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Today belongs to Windows 7 (or so Microsoft wants you to think)

via UNEASYsilence by Dan on 10/22/09

Happy Windows 7 launch day! Vista be dammed the next generation Microsoft OS is upon us and the internet is all atwitter!

I think the biggest celebration of Windows 7 would be Burger Kings 7 patty Whopper.

While I walking by a Burger King today I stumble upon the new 777 Yen Windows 7 Whopper Burger… 7 Layers of meat (13cm and 113g) and sold in Japan until the 28th [via]

Unfortunately after the first 30, the price goes up. Or maybe that should be… Thankfully after the first 30.

If you got your copy of Windows 7 today, maybe you might want to spruce it up a little. Microsoft has released several sponsored themes to complement the new and spiffy launch themes.

Windows 7 already has a good batch of stylish themes and eye-pleasing wallpaper, and now Redmond has opened up its vaults and released new themes and wallpapers, some of them with sponsored partners.

Gearheads and greasemonkeys (the kind that aren't into custom JavaScript/CSS tweaking) will probably dig the sponsored themes crafted by Ferrari, Ducati, Infiniti, and Porsche. Those looking to spruce up their desktop with frames from around the world can grab international themes from more countries than originally included in Windows 7's Release Candidate packages. [via] Theme Gallery

Fake Steve Jobs also chimes in his sage wisdom about the OS launch:

Do you feel it in the air? That heaviness and oppression? The smell of sulfur? Yes, dear readers, the Beast of Redmond is unleashing yet another tangled mess of hell-spawned code into the world. We know it is evil. You know it. I know it. But millions do not. Millions, in fact, will race out to obtain this evil, and will pay for the privilege of making their horrible lives just a tiny bit more horrible. I weep for those people. I pray for their souls. I just woke up from a terrible dream, one in which I'm hanging from a cross and Bill Gates is on the cross next to me. I tell him I know why he's here, but why am I? He says, Because you copied all my good ideas. That's when I woke up — screaming. [via]

Last but not least, when you are ready to upgrade to Windows 7 Microsoft has a special Twitter presence to guide you through any stumbling block you may encounter.

Microsoft has set up a Twitter account called @MicrosoftHelps and aims to provide Windows 7 customer support on the hot micro-sharing service, writes Sarah Perez over at Channel 10.

The account has been around for a week or so but hasn't been met with much attention so far. That's a shame, because I honestly think it's really interesting to see Microsoft set up a customer service channel on Twitter, much like Best Buy recently amazed me with its @Twelpforce endeavors.

According to Perez, the company even talked to Best Buy to learn more about what it could do on Twitter.

The new Twitter account is English only and will initially focus solely on trying to support Twitter users who have questions about or issues with Microsoft's new operating system, Windows 7, which is being debuted all around the world today. It might be expanding it to include more Microsoft products later on.

Microsoft reportedly also said that it doesn't expect to be able to answer all queries at all times, but that's only logical. Judging from the background image on the account, there are four people managing the account at this point. [via] Read More