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Microsoft goes after Google with mugs, T-shirts and hoodies

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FORTUNE — Just in time for holidays, Microsoft (MSFT) has accessorized is anti-Google (GOOG) propaganda campaign.

If you thought Redmond’s rivalry with Apple (AAPL) was bitter, check out this season’s offerings at Microsoft’s Scroogled.com store. Items offered as Christmas gifts range from a $8 Mug (“Keep calm while we steal your data”) to a $26 hoodie illustrated with a word cloud of 20 “synonyms” for scroogled ( “squeezed,” “bled,” “defrauded,” “bamboozled,” etc.).

“This whole thing makes Microsoft look bad, not Google,” says Daring Fireball‘s John Gruber. “Who would actually buy any of this stuff?”

Below: Microsoft’s official “how you get Scroogled” video.

http://youtu.be/iI1ominSL_c

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