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Microsoft apologizes for changing race in photo to suit Clients

by Barry ORegan | August 27, 2009 at 05:07 am

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Its nice to see Microsoft designing IT for countries world wide and suiting the tastes of their Clients needs. One wonders what other photoshop tricks they have designed to sate the unique needs of their Springeresque Clients, so I thought I would do it for them.

Software giant Microsoft Corp. is apologizing for altering a photo on its website to change the race of one of the people shown in the picture.

A photo on the Seattle-based company's U.S. website shows two men, one Asian and one black, and a white woman seated at a conference room table. But on the website of Microsoft's Polish business unit, the black man's head has been replaced with that of a white man. The colour of his hand remains unchanged.

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Jordan Yerman

at 06:50 on August 27th, 2009

Your Photoshop skillz are better than those displayed in the original.

everchanging

at 10:52 on August 27th, 2009

very true, jordan

Kyle Hickey (not verified)

at 13:48 on August 27th, 2009

No wonder Microsoft is heading down the drain... they are trying to paddle upstream, but there isn't even anyone in the damn canoe!

franciskyle

at 13:51 on August 27th, 2009

No wonder Microsoft is heading down the drain... they are trying to paddle upstream, but there isn't even anyone in the damn canoe!

eastvanray

at 14:06 on August 27th, 2009

To whom did they appologize?

Barry ORegan

at 20:14 on August 27th, 2009

Thanks all for your comments and as for photoshop, I had to use the paintbrush program, apparently my new computer says my 3 year old Photoshop CD is too old Jordan, so much for Windows Vista