[NetBehaviour] Microsoft's earth deletes Apple HQ

[neil jenkins]

from http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/07/25/msn_earth_deletes_aple/

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Microsoft's earth deletes Apple HQ
By John Oates

Published Monday 25th July 2005 13:44 GMT

Not one but two Register readers emailed us to tell us that MSN's 
Virtual Earth is promoting a world free of the menace of Apple 
Computer.

If you've got time on your hands - stand up Jens and Stefan - have a 
look at Apple's Cupertino headquarters from Google and MSN's rival map 
sites. Both sites offer aerial photos alongside maps.

See the difference? Google shows the Apple Cupertino HQ - a lovely, 
shiny building probably full of iPods. MSN on the other hand shows an 
apparently empty field. Not as much as a black turtle-necked jumper 
remains of Apple's headquarters. This could be no more than an old 
picture taken before Cupertino was built or a glimpse of an imagined 
future.
How this terrible error came about is not yet clear. Nor can we be 
certain who else has been removed from Bill's upgraded planet.

Register reader Michael Sage pointed out that zooming in on the UK will 
reveal towns like Norwich and Lowestoft long before little old London 
appears. Is London next to be removed? We need to know.

Even more disturbing MSN's Virtual Earth still shows the twin towers of 
the World Trade Center in all their pre-9/11 glory.
No comment from Microsoft HQ as yet but we'll keep you posted.