Microsoft Ad Makes Viewers Sick, Pulls Ad

(wsj.com) Microsoft appears to have come to its senses over an advertisement that had some observers claiming it was the worst technology commercial ever.

The company has yanked official versions of the online-only ad for its Internet Explorer 8 Web browser off online video sites after users complained it was offensive. If you haven’t seen it, count yourself lucky.

If you really must watch it though, there are still copies floating around on YouTube. We’ve included one below. Warning: don’t watch it on a full stomach.

To recap, the ad shows a woman borrowing her husband’s laptop at the breakfast table, only to discover a Web site (unseen by the viewer) so disturbing in his browser’s history file that she vomits copiously and repeatedly all over the kitchen and her husband. Microsoft’s title for the ad is O.M.G.I.G.P., as in “Oh my god I’m going to puke.”  Read more.. [via wsj.com]