Many unfortunate incidents in the business world fall under the realm of "What could the involved parties possibly have been thinking?"
Microsoft, whose Windows operating system owns close to 90 percent of the market, experienced one such embarrassing incident on Tuesday, when it was noticed that one of the company's ads on its Polish site was changed from a U.S. version to Photoshop out the face of a black man at a company meeting.
In addition, the photoshopping (or perhaps using MS Paint, by the looks of it) was likely hastily performed, taking no effort to change the color of the man's hand and including a large smirking head that seemed strangely out of place on the body. Additionally, it was also noticed that the man was using a MacBook in both ads, with the logo photoshopped out in both, but the characteristic case was unchanged.
"The distinction between real and virtual idols hardly seems tenable when we consider the almost complete fabrication which goes into creating a traditional 3D idol, with painstaking application of advertising, image management, dubbing, makeup, plastic surgery, and Photoshop enhancement all ensuring the end result bears very little resemblance to the real person."
Sony’s longed for PS3 Slim has been greeted rapturously, with the console topping pre-order charts at retailers in the Japan and US alike. Additionally, new firmware has been announced for release (to all PS3s) before the year is out, finally offering full PS2 compatibility.
On the other hand, all the progress the Xbox 360 has made over the years:
The dread Red Ring of Death has long been a feature of Xbox 360 ownership, but a recent survey reveals the shocking truth: the console boasts a failure rate of 54.2%, compared to 10.6% for the PS3 and 6.8% for the Wii.
Microsoft of course never releases statistics on its returns rate, so it has taken a third party survey to uncover the apparent rate. In this case, rag Game Informer surveyed 5,000 readers, asking them about the failure rates of the consoles they owned.
Yeah it's been a crazy couple months with Metro, starting with the fatal accident. Since then drivers have been caught reading while driving, texting while driving, sleeping(!) while driving, talking on a cell phone while driving, and one bus driver was charged with kidnapping for holding passengers hostage. There was also the case last week of subway train doors opening while the train was moving. Welcome to your nation's capital!
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