In the United States, the advertisements aired during the Super Bowl have become a spectacle all unto themselves, equally as important perhaps as the game. In 2004, Janet Jackson made big news — and netted broadcast company Fox a $500,000 fine — when she “accidentally” bared a breast at the end of a raunchy dance routine. This year, all advertisements were closely scrutinized and several were either rejected outright, or pulled by the ad sponsor. One of the pulled ads was a spoof on the Jackson wardrobe malfunction where a stage hand mistakenly damaged the garment. Now tell me (more…)

Godaddy.com decided to enter the Super Bowl Football Championship advertising arena. Ad’s cost something like $80,000 US a second. They tried several ads and were rejected on one. Then their second commercial was pulled as the game was being played. I didn’t think the ad was all that funny to be honest.
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It was funny, but nothing special. Bob could do better I think. I don’t see anything more offensive about the rejected commercial.

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The first Super Bowl Commercial to picque my interest is the Olympus m:robe, a music/camera combo. The score of the game is 0 to 0, but lets put up a point for Olympus. I want to know more about the product. I’ll decide later whether to wade through the flash pages to actually find out about it.

Much to the chagrin of head honchos at Microsoft, it seems employees there like Mac’s Ipod just as much as the rest of the world, and there are internal memos to address this faux paus.

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Stick around htmlfixit for any length of time, and you’ll soon find we like and endorse web standards around here. Yet, that’s such an ambiguous statement to make, as many people, including web designers, are still in the dark as to what standards are and why they matter.
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The RIAA has dropped to a new low. Apparently death and taxes are not the only things that are definite, if you’re on the Internet, the chances are good that you’ll get sued by the RIAA at some stage. They once sued a 12 year old girl and if you are a uni student, and your uni didn’t go for one of their “class licenses” then you’re a major target (thousands have already been hit), and now they have sued an 83 year old dead woman who hated computers. Well, you have to love their persistence right? See TheRegister for more.