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Microsoft's iLoo Project A Hoax

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the taken-in dept.

minesweeper writes "It appears that the 'iLoo,' a portable toilet with Internet access designed by Microsoft, was actually just a hoax issued by its MSN division in the United Kingdom. In addition to receiving press here on Slashdot, the fake release was also covered by The Wall Street Journal, The Associated Press, and Reuters. See a diagram of the iLoo here."

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  1. a hoax by greenalbatros · · Score: 5, Funny

    and if you were unfortunate enough to have fallen for it, your picture and whatever it was you did in there will soon be posted on the internet for the world to see. Trusted computing my arse

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    this sig steers like a cow. and i can prove it
  2. Yeah, but by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    unfortunately.. it turns out Longhorn wasn't a hoax. :(

  3. dont read if you offend easily by daveatwork · · Score: 5, Funny

    sooo, not only do microsoft talk shit, they talk shit about making things that deal with shit, which end up being as useful as shit, because, in the end, its all shit... :-)

  4. Shit by A+Proud+American · · Score: 5, Funny

    I guess this means I should cancel my GNUPoo project over at SourceForge.

  5. Not in my lifetime... by pongo000 · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...would I have ever thought I would see /. ranked right up there with the big boys:

    In addition to receiving press here on Slashdot, the fake release was also covered by The Wall Street Journal, The Associated Press, and Reuters.

    What prestige! I bet my boss wouldn't even notice if I swapped out his beloved Journal with a copy of today's /. headlines. Hell, he might even stop bitching at me about wasting time reading all that geek drivel, now that he realizes he's been in good company all along.

  6. This was not a hoax! by Black+Perl · · Score: 5, Informative

    This time, SFgate is wrong. It's not a hoax. Read the article. It's a legitimate experiment to build a prototype for the Glastonbury festival. It's just that it got so much attention that an embarrassed Microsoft had to say that it wasn't officially sanctioned communication. This does not mean it's a hoax. The SFgate chose a poor headline, especially after the reporter verified that the project was true.

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