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Microsoft's YouTube Channel Gets Hijacked and Wiped Clean

Microsoft's official YouTube channel was hijacked on Saturday and all videos hosted on it were temporarily removed. The hacker replaced them with others claiming that Microsoft is holding a contest. "We are sponsoring" an [...]

Posted On : Oct, 25 2011 | Comments : 0

Microsoft's YouTube Account Hacked

Ruh roh. What has more than 8 million video views, nearly 25,000 subscribers, and absolutely no content whatsoever to view? If you answered, "Microsoft's YouTube page," then you're correct. But it's not a purposeful [...]

Posted On : Oct, 24 2011 | Comments : 0

YouTube Users Do Not Like Microsoft’s Plan For Kinect-Enable...

YouTube users like a lot of things. They like watching kids being shot by paintballs. They like watching babies get kicked by break-dancers. Heck, they even like watching some poor kid slur his words after a visit to the dentist. Judgm [...]

Posted On : Jun, 29 2011 | Comments : 0

Microsoft Pulling Plug On YouTube Rival Soapbox

Microsoft's YouTube competitor will bow out on August 31, in another nod by Microsoft to the tough economy. Microsoft said in June that it was re-evaluating Soapbox, although Microsoft vice president Erik Jorgensen said in a published repor [...]

Posted On : Jul, 23 2009 | Comments : 0

Microsoft removes IE8 vomit advert from YouTube

A couple of days ago I wrote about a new series of Microsoft adverts that were only available online and promoted Internet Explorer 8. In total four adverts were made with Dean Cain starring in all of them and proclaiming IE8 can solve man [...]

Posted On : Jul, 03 2009 | Comments : 0

Microsoft gives up YouTube chase

In the coming months, Microsoft plans to significantly scale back Soapbox, the video site it once hoped might take on YouTube in the user-generated content arena. In an interview on Tuesday, Microsoft Vice President Erik Jorgensen said So [...]