Microsoft is seeing little green men. The software giant will be seeing ET-like captains of UFOs until at least mid-July. In what seems to be the almost feverish global hunt for life on other planets, Microsoft is looking for proof positive. It is inviting users of its MSN Web portal to `take a picture’ of a UFO or alien and publish it on their blogs–online scrapbooks–with an explanation how they came across it. (This is London, Evening Standard, June 23, 2005). There must be untold thousands of potential Steven Spielbergs out there in cyberspace. Or as Microsoft puts it, there’s a lot of room here for technical creativity. It will not be Bill Gates or even Spielberg who get to choose the winner. The best entry will be picked by ex-Ministry of Defence analysts (We all knew they must be good for something). The winner will score a free visit to the Nasa Space Centre in Florida.No pictures of Bill Gates, please. Snaps of him will not even be considered.Besides canadafreepress.com has already enshrined Bill as an ageing Harry Potter and nobody who doesn’t look like your average space alien really wants to be portrayed as one.Microsoft’s Space Race competition only runs to mid-July, so entry competitors should start snapping.
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