Microsoft
has responded to charges that the company is
giving favored treatment to spyware-maker Claria, which the company is said to be interested in purchasing. The charges stem from changes made to Microsoft's AntiSpyware product, which previously flagged Claria's products for deletion, and now gives them a pass (though it still gives users the option to delete them). According to Microsoft, the change is simply part of efforts to be "fair and consistent with how Windows AntiSpyware (Beta) handles similar software from other vendors." The company also admitted that while Claria had asked Microsoft to reconsider its classification of the spyware-vendor's products, "absolutely no exceptions were made for Claria."
With Halloween fast approaching, it's a great time to get in some practice defending your territory against zombies. In Graveyard Shift, you take aim at zombies and other creepy-crawlies, blasting them into splatters of cartoony green guts. It's a casual first-person shooter, and it's very easy to get the hang of - use the mouse to aim, click to fire. Graveyard Shift has at least 15 levels, and it might even have some secret stages I haven't unlocked yet.
They key to getting good at Graveyard Shift is learning to use ...
