<A target="_blank" href="http://feeds.wired.com/~r/wired/index/~3/UV_8c4fovXw/">Family Guy has been around since 1999</A>. This should have given Microsoft execs plenty of time to research the show before saying they'd sponsor an episode. So. Why were they so shocked? <A target="_blank" href="http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/technology/iandouglas/100000131/microsoft-advertises-internet-explorer-8-with-another-awful-attempt-at-humour/">They are the same company that came up with a series of questionable ads for IE 8.</A>