Seinfeld To Revive Microsoft

August 26, 2008 | ISSUE 44•35

In order to revitalize its brand image, Microsoft has hired former sitcom actor Jerry Seinfeld as a spokesman. What do you think?

Microsoft…Jerry Seinfeld...I remember those."

Ray Dorsey
Sleep Clinician
I hope he does the bit about high-bandwidth digital content protection.

Anita Conniff
Building Inspector
I can't even imagine why they stuck with John Hodgman for so long. What a poor advocate for PCs.

Ben Jankowsky
Traffic Cop

Burmese Pythons Exterminating Everglades Mammals

02.02.12 | ISSUE 48•05

A study in the journal Proceedings Of The National Academy of Sciences links a drastic decline in raccoons and other mammals in the Florida everglades to the introduction of Burmese pythons.
Facebook To Launch IPO

02.01.12 | ISSUE 48•05

Social networking site Facebook is expected to go public this week and will likely become the largest tech IPO in history.
Chevy To Sticker Cars' Environmental Impact

01.31.12 | ISSUE 48•05

Beginning with its 2012 subcompact Sonic, Chevrolet will begin providing information on the lifetime environmental impact of its cars.
Dogs Domesticated Earlier Than Thought

01.30.12 | ISSUE 48•05

The discovery of a jawbone in a Siberian cave may indicate the domestication of dogs took place 30,000 years ago, 16,000 years earlier than previously thought.
Oklahoma Bill Would Ban Use Of Fetuses In Food

01.27.12 | ISSUE 48•04

A bill introduced by Oklahoma state senator Ralph Shortey would prohibit the use of aborted fetuses in food products.