Microsoft pulls plug on 'Family Guy' special | Beyond Binary - CNET News
Microsoft marketing, can you get more out of touch?
A Hired Gun for Microsoft in Dogged Pursuit of Google - NYTimes.com
This guy scares me. 9:30pm staff meetings??
Nokia phone versus pint of beer (via NokiaConversations)
I’m a sucker for these semi-viral “unorthodox” ads, like the IE 8 Ad Campaign
Microsoft’s Odd (and, in One Case, Utterly Revolting) Ads for Internet Explorer | Technologizer
I love these ads. Especially the one with puke. Apparently I have no taste.
Bing: The Cure for Search Overload Syndrome (via bing)
I think not everyone will get the premise that these people are regurgitating the search results for those keywords, at least until a few watches. But given how much Microsoft is planning to spend, they’ll get more than a few viewings to figure it out…
Lifehacker - Better Windows Live Makes Microsoft Sites Better - Greasemonkey
Sadly, this is the the only strategy that would actually result in people using Microsoft’s web search.
Q: My Phone does rhyme with iPhone. Were you wary of doing that, or was that part of your plot?
Lees: No, no. My Phone is a feature. It’s not even a brand, it’s a feature. I didn’t even notice it before you said it.
” Microsoft exec denies knowledge of My Phone rhyming with iPhone - TechFlash: Seattle’s Technology News SourceThis is so hilariously typical of the reality distortion field of working at Microsoft. Someone asks you a simple, obvious question. Unable to comprehend simple questions, you answer by creating a semi-nonexistent distinction that you think renders all simple questions void. When pressed, you expand on the distinction, still ignoring the questions.
The discussion around UAC in Windows 7 was another classic example, which was later apologized for.
Remixes: Awful Product With Awful Ad Makes Awful Music
These made me laugh to tears, especially Sgt. Pepper’s. Roxanne was actually faithful to the vocals in a very eerie way.
