cross platform

Many Windows or Macintosh users are perfectly happy to download their

jEdit is a cross-platform text editor written in Java.

Ubuntu Vibes: "Open Source and Cross Platform flight simulator game FlightGear has reached version 2.4 after being in development for 6 months bringing in many impressive new features and fixes."

We love Dropbox here at Linux Journal.

Microsoft has given us a tantalizing glimpse of its new touch-friendly UI, and what an HTML5-and-JavaScript multi-form-factor app ecosystem might look like.

Ubuntu Vibes: "Vertigo is a new fun arcade game for Linux which is based on Ogre3D and BulletPhysics Engine. The game is completely free, open source and cross platform."

ITWorld: "Developers who want to take advantage of Nokia's cross-platform application and user interface framework can now access the latest release candidate."

Information Week: "A NASA-led project has won the full support of the Apache Software Foundation, bolstering development efforts around Java-based middleware that uses metadata to foster cross-platform collaboration."

Back in August, we noted some online rumors that Microsoft was seriously cutting back on Silverlight, pushing internal folks to work on HTML5 instead.

Our comments were filled with people saying that we were crazy and that Microsoft was betting more and more on Silverlight.

Yahoo has submitted its new Yahoo Messenger app to apple for approval on the app store, it will allow iPhone users to make video chat calls with other users who do not use the iphone, such as PC etc