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Microsoft has announced retail pricing for Windows 7 that includes an option to preorder the operating system at a substantial discount.  From today through July 11, U.S. consumers can preorder an upgrade from XP or Vista to Windows 7 Home premium for $49 or Windows 7 Professional for $99.  However, XP customers must do Related posts: Determine Windows Version and Edition with C# Windows SDK for Windows 7 and .NET Framework 3.5 SP1: RC Microsoft to Share .NET Framework Code

Mono is an open source implementation of the .NET framework for Linux, Windows, MacOS and other operating systems.  Mono v2.0 was just released and represents a major milestone in the Mono project. Read more >>