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Microsoft's answer to Google Analytics
by Victor Agreda, Jr. May 9th 2006
According to eWeek's Google Watch blog, Microsoft announced it has made a "significant" investment in web traffic analysis firm DeepMetrix. DeepMetrix provides a eerily similar service to that now being provided by Google's Analytics. According to eWeek, DeepMetrix's data will eventually be injected into most (if not all) online services from Microsoft. Real time analysis is a powerful tool, and I'm a little surprised it took MS this long to get into the game. But it looks like Ballmer is making the moves to at least try and "kill" Google ... Time (and lots of real-time data) will tell...
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 ...
