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Advertising coming to your Windows 7 desktop theme
Big-name companies may soon be able to place adverts on the Windows 7 desktop thanks to a marketing-friendly initiative from Microsoft
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BEST DEALS: LCD & plasma TVs for Christmas
Free BluRay players, digital cameras, PVRs... it must be the silly season again, where TV makers are competing savagely for your Christmas dollar.
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IN PICTURES: Zut alors! Inside the Windows Cafe in Paris
In what may well be the weirdest promotional strategy ever, Microsoft has opened a Windows Café in the heart of Paris. APC takes you on a tour.
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Hacker places anti-Apple ad in front of Apple store
The guy that broke DVD encryption, then Apple's Fairplay DRM, has done it again -- this time breaking into Apple's reality distortion field.
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Microsoft blames economic crash on search engines. WTF?!
Microsoft has launched its first ad in a $100 million campaign for its newly rebranded search engine, Bing.
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Optus admits slow broadband problem
Optus has admitted that it has been "shaping" internet connections to a slower speed than advertised.
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WARNING: diabolical fine print in Optus' new "monster caps"
$680 worth of calls for $49 looks like a great deal, but Optus is again using dodgy fine print to cheat customers.
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Microsoft Australia aims blowtorch at Apple
Microsoft is no longer shy about openly attacking Apple: it says PCs are cheaper and has the stats to prove it.
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Kogan busted by ACCC over 'non-existent' savings
Discount electronics manufacturer Kogan Technologies has promised to modify its advertising practices after the ACCC gave it a stern warning.
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"I'm not cool enough to be a Mac person": Microsoft ad
Microsoft has turned the tables on Apple, featuring people in ads who are "not cool enough to be a Mac person".
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Banned iPhone ad shown in Australia
Did you buy the iPhone based on promises of "really fast' 3G, only to find it was a dog speed-wise? You've been sucked in by iPhone ads, banned overseas for false advertising.
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Microsoft's new Seinfeld ad: one word - WTF?
Microsoft provides proof that even $300 million and Jerry Seinfeld can't revive the fortunes of the sickened Vista OS.
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Optus, Vodafone, Acer: I've had it with dishonest tech marketing!
I Why don't tech companies just say what they mean? As a journalist, I'm sick of receiving essentially dishonest announcements from big tech companies.
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Guy climbs Everest to send ludicrous SMS
Guy climbs Everest to send ludicrous SMS After days of fighting off frostbite, avoiding practically bottomless abysses and battling through howling winds, British climber Rod Baber reached the summit of Mt Everest...
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