Sony beats out Microsoft's XBox by positioning the PS3 as a social networking
site for gamers
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| As reported on BBC News, Sony has informed the public that it
| plans on viewing the PS3 service as an online community. The
| PS3 network will allow game owners to chat, download extras,
| store images, video, or music, and browse the net.
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http://www.606tech.com/fullarticle.php?artid=83
Microsoft Prepares Legal Action Over Sony Propaganda
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| Sony has been showing off the following chart (above), which
| supposedly shows a price comparison between the PS3 and
| Xbox 360.
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http://forums.xbox.com/7498563/ShowPost.aspx
The Windows EULA forbids side-by-side comparisons as well. But
never mind all of the astroturfing from Microsoft, including
the funding of pro-XBox Web sites. Never mind the shills and
viral marketing, e.g.:
A new Microsoft-commissioned anti-Linux study debuts
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| Microsoft seemingly has backed off from trumpeting
| its "Get the Facts" studies, as of late. But that doesn't
| mean the company has ceased commissioning research outfit
| to perform its anti-Linux dirty work.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/index.php?p=12
Microsoft Traps and Hunts for Bloggers in India !!
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| Microsoft has announced the "Microsoft BlogStars" contest,
| to Hunts for Developer Bloggers in India. After feeling the
| power and increase of the Bloggers community in India,
| Microsoft tries to trap and hunt Bloggers in India to
| buildup the blogging community, for writing blog posts
| supporting towards Microsoft Technologies.
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http://i5bala.blogspot.com/2006/10/microsoft-traps-and-hunts-for-bloggers.html
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| Instead of inspiring actual interest in a grassroots fashion,
| Microsoft has resorted to spreading fake grass, crafting each
| site to suggestt he appearance of something other than the
| advertisement it is.
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http://www.roughlydrafted.com/RD/Home/9F60D74A-0E27-4F5F-B88D-835974628809.html
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| Some years back, Microsoft practiced a lot of dirty tricks
| using online mavens to go into forums and create Web sites
| extolling the virtues of Windows over OS/2.
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http://worldcadaccess.typepad.com/gizmos/2005/11/2_grassroots_an.html
Notable examples of viral marketing
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| # ilovebees.com - viral marketing for Halo 2
| # Hotmail, promoted largely by links at the bottoms of emails sent by
| its users, is the classic viral marketing example
| # Microsoft's Origami Project campaign
| # Microsoft's Xbox 360 campaign, called OurColony
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viral_marketing
Recent examples
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| In 2001, the Los Angeles Times accused Microsoft of
| astroturfing when hundreds of similar letters were
| sent to newspapers voicing disagreement with the
| United States Department of Justice and its antitrust
| suit against Microsoft. The letters, prepared by Americans
| for Technology Leadership, had in some cases been
| mailed from deceased citizens or nonexistent addresses.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astroturfing
Halloween V: The FUD Begins
http://www.catb.org/~esr/halloween/halloween5.html
Bill Gates lends cash to buy newspapers
$350 million to MediaNews
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| Gates involvement has been very behind the scenes. In fact
| many of those involved in the deal didn'teven know he was
| one of the investors. It was carried out through the Gates
| Foundation, the world's largest philanthropy outfit.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=33849
ToorCon ("Firefox security is a mess") sponsored by Microsoft
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| Lately, I read the headline: "Open Source browser
| Firefox is so critically flawed that it is impossible to
| fix, according to two hackers." Further on, in the
| ZDNet article I read: "The hackers claim they know
| of about 30 unpatched Firefox flaws. They don't plan to
| disclose them, instead holding onto the bugs."
|
| Since that sounds suspicious, I decided to start
| searching for connections with MS. Easy enough, here
| it is...
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http://lxer.com/module/newswire/view/70873/index.html
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