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Microsoft inks Facebook ad deal
The New York Times is reporting that Microsoft has inked a deal with Facebook to provide and sell ads on the social networking powerhouse. You'll recall that earlier this month Google inked a similar deal with MySpace to the tune of $900 million. The terms of the Microsoft-Facebook deal were not disclosed, but it is known that starting this fall Microsoft will be Facebook's exclusive ad provider at least until mid-2009, and Microsoft has stated that it would provide "graphical ad placements as well as automated text-based advertisements targeted to content, and over time, aggregate user behavior on an anonymous basis." Some analysts are describing the deal as a "consolation prize" after Microsoft's loss of MySpace to Google, but a Microsoft's Steve Berkowitz insists that it's "not comparable to the MySpace deal because we focused on the right economics for both parties."
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 ...
