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Microsoft had contracted Family Guy to make some funny Windows 7 promotional video clips, but after the show did a more than usual controversial show that Microsoft execs attended, they decided the show’s values were not consistent with Microsoft’s Windows brand. Microsoft did publish the four video tape clips on their YouTube Windows channel. … [Read more...] about Family Guy Windows 7 Microsoft Promotion Videos

Jon Skeet has received the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Award since 2003 for his work and contributions to the C# programming language. Skeet joined Google about a year ago, and recently asked his Google bosses if he could renew his award, which is only given out to around 1,500 developers worldwide, and his Google bosses said no. Skeet wrote on his blog:It’s with … [Read more...] about Jon Skeet Not Allowed to Accept Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Award

A few days ago Microsoft released their free anti-virus software called Microsoft Security Essentials, which is replacing Windows Defender. Microsoft says Security Essentials provides real-time protection for your home PC that guards against viruses, spyware, and other malicious software, but it is Security Essentials itself that contains spyware. Read on, I’ll explain. This is … [Read more...] about Microsoft Security Essentials Includes SpyNet Spyware

Microsoft is quietly migrating all their basic applications to Windows live. Windows Mail users, who might be experiencing a slow mail client experience, can now upgrade for free to Windows Live Mail. Windows 7 will not support Windows mail, so if you plan to upgrade to Windows 7, then it’s a good idea to upgrade from Windows Mail to Windows Live Mail now. We’ll walk you … [Read more...] about Upgrade from Windows Mail to Windows Live Mail

A site called House Party made some videos promoting the use of Microsoft Windows 7 to host parties. Yes, this is a real video that encourages people to have a party to celebrate the launch of Windows 7, but hey, bring your own computer with Windows 7 installed. The video above is the serious, and really boring video. The video below is the spoof, and yet not a spoof, because … [Read more...] about Microsoft Windows 7 Hosting Party Spoof Video