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LOS ANGELES–Software giant Microsoft Corp. has apologized for altering a photo on its website to change the race of one of the people shown in the picture.

A photo on the Seattle-based company’s U.S. site shows two men, one Asian and one black, and a white woman seated at a conference room table. But on the website of Microsoft’s Polish business unit, the black man’s head has been replaced with that of a white man. The colour of his hand remains unchanged.

"We apologize and are in the process of pulling down the image," Microsoft spokesperson Lou Gellos said in a statement. Microsoft replaced the altered version of the photo with the original, unedited image on its Polish website.

Bloggers argue Microsoft was attempting to please all markets by having a man with both a white face and a black hand.

Others say the ethnic make-up of the Polish population, which is predominantly white, may have played a part in the decision to change the photo.

Associated Press

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