[link|http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/30686.html|Microsoft iLoo was no hoax - official]
"... In a statement issued last night Microsoft UK had this to say.
The MSN iLoo was not false or a hoax.
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Earlier this week the monster company said that the iLoo press release came out of the UK and that it was not a Microsoft-sanctioned communication.
Except, it's now clear that it was genuine.
Someone, somewhere has cocked up. Someone, somewhere is clearly "off message" and definitely not singing from the same hymn sheet". How amusing."