Watch out! Later this evening Google might be airing an advertisement during the Superbowl.

Google CEO Eric Schmidt hinted about it on a twitter post yesterday.

Here’s a video of what the advert might be.

(Source: The Independent)

First, the world denounces Henry as a cheat. Then, police consider charges against Woods after a mysterious car smash. And, last night, Federer finally lost a tennis match! Susie Mesure asks the question: Gillette, the best a man can get?

This weekend it notched up more victims. Yes, one by one, the quartet of global sports stars who have eschewed facial hair to vaunt the merits of a close shave have, pardon the pun, been cut down by … the curse of Gillette.

First Thierry Henry, one of Gillette’s current trio of top-notch ambassadors (along with Tiger Woods and Roger Federer), goes and does that handball.

Then Woods, the golden boy of golf and all-round sporting god, makes headline news after crashing his car following an argument with his wife. Not only that, but Woods’s crash was quickly followed by a shock defeat for Federer, the world’s best tennis player, who was knocked out of the ATP World Tour semi-final by sixth-seeded Russian Nikolay Davydenko. On the scale of sporting defeats, it’s hardly Armageddon, but any Federer defeat is noteworthy.

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Microsoft has released some unaired video clips from it’s failed advertising campaign with family guy.

Well failed in my opinion anyway & they eventually pulled out of the deal. But below are four unaired clips Microsoft has released of Brain, Stewie & the gang promoting Windows 7.

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Here are 5 of my favourite print adverts.

1. John West

2. Vespa

3. Miller

4. Utopolis Cinema Chain

5. Fed EX

Got any you’d like to add? Leave a comment below.

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‘Modern Warfare 2′ rakes in $550 million in first five days

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 continues its onslaught on video game sales records.

Activision says the first-person shooter grossed $550 million worldwide in its first five days of release, an entertainment industry record. The game bests previous record-holder Grand Theft Auto IV, which generated $500 million during the same timeframe in 2008.

No word yet from Activision on how many copies of the game sold globally since its arrival on November 10. According to Activision estimates obtained by the Los Angeles Times, about 8 million copies were sold.

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Below you can watch an advert for Toshiba that is quite simply beautiful & amazing.

It’s is also a great example of a viral video, maybe not of one on a small budget, but hell it’s impressive!

According to an Engadget Article. Here are few facts about the shoot:

* A helium balloon lifted the chair and Toshiba’s own IK-HR1S ultra-compact 1080i camera to a height of 98,268 feet above terra firma
* FAA regulations required that the weight of the rig had to be less than four pounds
* The chair is made of biodegradable balsa wood at a cost of about £2,500
* The rig was launched in Nevada’s Burning Man Black Rock desert
* The temperature dropped to minus 90 degrees at 52,037 feet
* The chair took 83 minutes to reach an altitude of 98,268 feet and just 24 minutes to fall back to earth

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