NS BASIC announced the release of NS Basic/CE 6.1, which features full support for SQLite, a popular, easy to use industry standard SQL based database engine. NS Basic/CE is a VB-like development tool. It allows the development of applications on a Windows desktop computer which will run on Windows Mobile, Pocket PC and Windows CE devices. A unique feature of the development tool is that it can also be used on the device to develop apps. Also announced is NS Basic/Desktop 2.1, which adds support for SQLite as well. NS Basic/Desktop allows apps to be created for Windows XP and Windows 2000. Code for NS Basic/Desktop and NS Basic/CE is interchangeable, so it is easy to write applications that run on Windows Mobile, CE, Pocket PC, XP and 2000.