You had to see this coming (and it was rumored, too), with the popularity of low-cost ultra-portable laptops such as the Asus Eee PC, the OLPC, and the Classmate. Microsoft has given Windows XP another reprieve, but only for a class of devices they call ULCPCs or Ultra-Low-Cost PCs.

McAfee, Inc. announced that McAfee® VirusScan® Enterprise 8.5i now supports the Windows XP Embedded operating system.

Apple unveiled Safari browser for Windows and Mac. The launch of a beta version for Safari 3 for both Windows XP/Vista and Mac is claimed to be "the fastest, easiest-to-use web browser in the world" and that Safari browser loads pages two times faster than Internet Explorer.

Marvell, the leader in storage, communications and consumer silicon solutions, today announced that the Company's industry leading WLAN products fully support the Intel Ultra Mobile PC (UMPC) initiative.

National Instruments, a global leader in graphical system design, announced the availability of a new version of LabVIEW, the graphical design platform for test, control and embedded system development, for use with Windows Vista