First of all, kudos to Australia for building such a civilized society that citizens are allowed to wager on matters of such little import, namely guessing the name Microsoft will choose for its new Web browser, currently code-named Spartan.

The browser will appear in Windows 10, though reports of a concurrent killing off of Internet Explorer were apparently premature. Looks like they’ll coexist, at least for a time.

As for the wagering in Australia, first reported by a Mashable correspondent there, Spartan is the current favorite (no one said gamblers were particularly creative). Others include unlikely knockoffs such as Windowscape, Firesoft and Google II

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