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Old 10-14-09   #11 (permalink)
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"Microsoft and Fox are joining forces to showcase how the power and simplicity of Windows 7 can enhance the content Fox viewers enjoy most, whether it's comedy, drama, sports, or reality programming on TV or on the Web....
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Old 10-14-09   #12 (permalink)
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Here's another article with some additional info: http://adage.com/madisonandvine/arti...icle_id=139644

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its only like getting famous people to sell world of warcraft example :

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Oh dear god...
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Anyone else lol at the title?

"Microsoft taps "Family Guy". Dirty Buggers.
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this should be interesting, my dvr auto records all new family guys.
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It probably couldn't go any worse than Microsoft's huge advertisement campaign with Jerry Seinfeld for vista.
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It probably couldn't go any worse than Microsoft's huge advertisement campaign with Jerry Seinfeld for vista.
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It probably couldn't go any worse than Microsoft's huge advertisement campaign with Jerry Seinfeld for vista.
They were not too bad.

Better then any mac commercial that I remember at the least.
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