Opensolaris 2010.03 will be the next Opensolaris version planned to be released on the end of March 2010. Many improvements and great new features will be added such as interactive installation for SPARC, the ability to install packages directly from the repository during the install, offline IPS support, a new version of the GNOME desktop, ZFS deduplication and user quotas, cloud integration and plenty more.

The FreeBSD Release Engineering Team is pleased to announce the availability of FreeBSD 7.3-RELEASE. This is the fourth release from the 7-STABLE branch which improves on the functionality of FreeBSD 7.2 and introduces a few new features. There will be one more release from this branch to allow future improvements to be made available in the 7-STABLE branch but at this point most developers are focused on 8-STABLE.

Sony Ericsson’s Android device, the Xperia X10, will be available from T-Mobile UK soon. The official website is already shown up the pricing details and launch date for you. T-Mobile UK will sell the Xperia X10 for £191 when purchased with a new 2-year contract with a minimum monthly fee of £15.

In this tutorial I want to share to you on how to install PostgreSQL v8.4.3 on FreeBSD/PC-BSD. This tutorial should be applicable on other BSD families (NetBSD, OpenBSD) and Linux distros (Slackware, Centos, Ubuntu, Redhat, Debian, etc) because we will install PostgreSQL from source distribution file.

The Nokia X9 concept is based on Nokia X6. The main features are large capacitive display, camera with video recording capability and HD 720p quad LED after Xeon module requires a lot of space to get into a delicate mobile. Support for memory cards microSD, mini HDMI output for connection to a TV. All known and technologically feasible right now.

Google is working with Intel and Sony to develop a platform called ‘Google TV’ to bring the Web into the living room through a new class of internet-enabled televisions and set-top boxes, according to the New York Times.

The Samsung Galaxy Spica, also known as the Samsung Galaxy Portal or Samsung i5700, depending on where you hail from, is now officially upgraded to Android 2.1. In order to get some Eclair, you will need to connect your device to the Samsung PC Studio 7 software and follow the usual update/upgrade procedures.

Motorola’s Android smartphone, the Droid will finally get the new firmware starting today. Verizon will roll out the Android 2.1 in batches of 250,000 which means that in the following next days the customer should get it. Hopefully it will all be a smooth ride and Droid users will not have to experience any rough times during the upgrade.

The PostgreSQL Project on March 14, released minor versions updating all active branches of the PostgreSQL object-relational database system, including versions 8.4.3, 8.3.10, 8.2.16, 8.1.20, 8.0.24, and 7.4.28. This release provides a workaround for some third-party SSL libraries, as well as multiple fixes for minor uptime and data integrity issues. All database administrators are urged to update your version of PostgreSQL at your next scheduled downtime.