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Gift laptops from Microsoft ignite 'blogosphere' controversy
0 Comments | AFP, December, 2006
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) — Laptops that Microsoft sent free to authors of popular weblogs had the 'blogosphere' abuzz with controversy regarding the propriety of the gifts. In recent weeks Microsoft and chip-maker Advanced Micro Devices have sent Acer Ferrari laptop computers to a total of 90 bloggers so they could put the new Vista operating system through its paces, according to the US software giant.
Recipients ranged from authors of technology-oriented blogs to those focused on topics such as photography or video in which Vista features could be seen as assets. Word of the gifts spread after Christmas on Monday, triggering debate about the ethical obligations of the bloggers as well as Microsoft's motives. By Friday, the opening web page of Amit Argawal's blog Digital...
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