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Sedo solves the Microsoft logo mystery

August 28, 2012 by Theo Develegas 2 Comments

Sedo responded to my inquiry about the domain name, MicrosoftLogo.com, that some clueless chap went ahead and registered. Initially, I believed that the source code pulling ads from the Sedo server was some sort of a 'hack', but apparently I was wrong. Daniel from Sedo left this message: "It … [Read more...]

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Microsoft logo: Part 2 – The idiot who registered the .com

August 25, 2012 by Theo Develegas 2 Comments

Someone actually went ahead and did exactly what Microsoft didn't foresee: registered MicrosoftLogo.com The registration occurred roughly 10 hours after my post, reviewing the new Microsoft logo. For a company commemorating its re-branding after 25 years of using the same logo, this is both … [Read more...]

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Microsoft rebrands: The good, the bad and the ugly

August 24, 2012 by Theo Develegas 4 Comments

Microsoft corporation has changed its logo after a quarter of a century; this is going to be discussed in the coming months, more - in my opinion - than Bill Gates' departure from the company. There was nothing inherently wrong with the previous logo. It was single-colored, had a stylized … [Read more...]

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