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Windows 7 targets Family Guy viewers

Microsoft have adopted a new advertising approach for their operating system Windows 7. Hoping to appeal to the common man - or indeed the Family Guy - Microsoft have managed to ’sneak’ a little brand placement into the popular animated TV show. The episode (sourced from Crunchgear) on which the above clip appeared was immediately followed by an advert for Windows 7

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Microsoft’s Bing in talks with News Corp for exclusive content

Microsoft is revealed to be in early discussions with Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation to remove their news content from Google’s search engine and host them exclusively on Bing. If such a deal went ahead, it would be a landmark event in the history of the internet, which has thus far largely thrived on providing an open platform for consumers and businesses. If exclusive agreements are reached to omit content from certain search engines , customers are faced with a scenario that The New York Times likens to the model of cable TV subscription, as major companies compete for exclusive content and users have to pick sides.

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Microsoft: Windows 7 to be released without a web browser

Microsoft has come under further criticism from European Union regulators over the bundling of Internet Explorer with Windows. However, after being fined around