IE version does not really matter during the OS projects, they somehow can release some features as an earlier release than the final target release. Perhaps 10 will be somehow an earlier version of 11
I think this changes is what I am looking forward to considering that Windows 8 is a good OS so it can be more of an improvement if they are planning to integrate IE10 with Windows8
Now we are talking about ie 10 already hey. Heck ie9 barely went stable a week or two ago. Now talk of ie 10 sheesh. Ie 9 is no beauty not sure why everyone seems to jump all over this ie junk all the time. Ms has a few dollars, if they would spend a few of them to develop a decent browser they might get back in the game. If they continue with the junk ie they have been putting out they will continue to fall in the browser market.
One way or another Internet Exploer is probably one of the worst browsers that were made. There are way better alternatives avaiable like Opera, Firefox, Chrome. The biggest problem is that MS does not seem to actually want to work on it and listen to the suggestions of people who'd like to use it. Funny enough, they could easily spend a few bucks in order to hire a team that could dev a fast and professional browser that people would prefer over the products of other, 'rival' companies. As far as I'm concerned MS just keeps digging his own grave in the case of IE.