the corner office

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A Spanish-language version of Windows XP, destined for Latin American markets, asked users to select their gender between "not specified," "male" or "bitch," because of an unfortunate error in translation.

This and other balls-ups at CNET: How eight pixels cost Microsoft millions

(via Ian Murdock)

In 2019, I finally fixed a typo in the link to cnet.com - the article was still there. I also removed the link to Ian Murdock's site, which is now an advertising domain.