A 700-pound ice sculpture of a monster truck crushing a computer? Check. Trucker hats and laptops for everyone? Check. Beer and a nacho bar? Of course. And that's how a group of 75 Microsoft developers set out Thursday to brainstorm at an internal event called "Hack Day." The topic of the day was Windows Live — a collection of online services being built to compete with Google and Yahoo! The idea is that pulling developers away from their routines and giving them beer, laptops and an empty cafeteria might inspire their creativity.
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