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Submission + - It's What's for Breakfast

Submitted by Crash McBang on Tuesday January 16, 2007 @08:54PM

Crash McBang writes: Apparently many are foregoing the morning coffee for something sweeter, according to this article: "There is nothing better than the feel of Coke on the back of your throat in the morning," said McKinsey, a morning pop drinker since the 1970s, savoring the cold, stinging sensation that coffee drinkers just don't get. What gets Slashdotters going after waking up?

Submission + - IE7: 100 Million Downloads, Still Falling Behind?

Submitted by

Kelson

on Tuesday January 16, 2007 @08:28PM

Kelson writes: "Internet Explorer 7 hit the 100 million download mark last week. Yet in the three months it's been available, Firefox's marketshare has continued to grow. Information Week reports that nearly all of IE7's growth has been upgrades from IE6. People don't seem to be switching back to IE in significant numbers, prompting analysts to wonder: has Microsoft finally met its match?"

Submission + - MS allows free OS with DX10 support?

Submitted by

neersign

on Tuesday January 16, 2007 @08:27PM

neersign writes: "There appears to be a BSD-derived operating system under development claiming it will have full DirectX 10 support. The developer claims they have made a deal with Microsoft where the source must be closed but the operating system can be released for free, only with the request that users legally own one Microsoft operating system. The operating system is called XSOS and it uses what is assumed to be a modified BSD kernel released under the BSD license with Windows running in emulation on top of it. Discussions about the operating system can be found here and here. The home page for the project is here."

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