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Submission + - Microsoft Evangelist Promises Windows Phones For t (wmpoweruser.com)

Submitted by Roman Grazhdan
Roman Grazhdan writes: Ben Rudolph, a Microsoft evangelist, tries to launch 'Get The Facts 2.0', viral and involving social networks, and this time Android is the target. Five Windows phones are to be raffled off among the authors of anti-Android tweets. It's quite a smart move, #droidrage storm is rising on Twitter, and Android fans will not even be able to strike back: much less people have seen Windows Phone, not to mention being outraged by it.
Piracy

Submission + - Anti-Piracy Ad Caught Using Pirated Music (summify.com)

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addam666
addam666 writes: "You wouldn't steal a car, you wouldn't steal a handbag...

We all know how the rest goes, because thanks to the Motion Picture Association Of America and their foreign associates, every time you hire a DVD, you have to sit through this ad before you get to the main menu. But in what must be the most delicious slice of irony served this year, it has just been discovered that that the music used to soundtrack this 50-second pain in the ass is actually stolen."
Mozilla

Submission + - Adblock Plus developers to allow 'acceptable' ads (adblockplus.org)

Submitted by Roman Grazhdan
Roman Grazhdan writes: Developers of Adblock Plus, an award-winning add-on for Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome boasting over 12,000,000 users, announced that starting from version 2.0 the extension would come with a white list of unobtrusive, privacy-respected ads. These will be allowed by default, users will still be able to block them by unchecking "Allow non-intrusive advertising". The developers say: "Only 25% of the Adblock Plus users seem to be strictly against any advertising".

What is this — betrayal of ideals of annoyance-free web or birth of independent authority for standards for advertisement?

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