“The slow death of IE 6 support” and other links…

Ajaxian: “Many sites have been slowly crying off of IE 6 support, and big boys like Twitter, Facebook, Digg and YouTube are joining the action. …Twitter took the tact of ‘if the user is using browser X, I will just prompt them to get the latest version’. If you are in IE 6, prompt for IE 8.”

“Windows 7 RC | Support, Deployment, Resources”

TechNet: “This guide provides assistance on migrating from Windows XP to Windows 7, all the way from gathering information about your environment to deploying the operating system. As you move through each step in the process, you can leverage deeper resources by clicking on the individual icons. With this content, you can make the best decisions and learn about the tools available from Microsoft.”

“C# Sqlite”

Miguel de Icaza: “Noah Hart did a line-by-line port of Sqlite to C# and has uploaded the code to code.google.com/p/csharp-sqlite. …The frequently asked questions on the web site talks about performance (it is about 5 times slower than native code, but still, it can do 1.5 million selects per second, 300k inserts per second). …Still, not bad for a line-by-line port; Folks on the #mono channel on irc.gnome.org a couple of days ago were commenting on the possible ways of tuning it up by not forcing the C way where the C# way would work just fine. …The potential for this library is huge. It could be used for ASP.NET servers running in medium trust mode, or it could be used by Silverlight applications.”

“Quake in Silverlight 3.0”

Silverlight Show: “Quakelight is a Microsoft Silverlight™ port of the famous id Software game Quake™. …You can now play the game straight from any compatible web browser.” I never get tired of this stunt…

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