Filed under: Security, Windows, Microsoft
Another Windows Genuine Advantage lawsuit
by Jordan Running Jul 5th 2006
On Friday we reported on a lawsuit filed by a California man against Microsoft for the spyware-like behavior in its Windows Genuine Advantage anti-piracy tool. Lawsuits travel in packs, so it's no surprise that today brings a new one, this time filed against Microsoft on behalf of two Washington state businesses and three Seattle-area residents. Among other things, the suit questions the accuracy of WGA, stating "Users of licensed Windows software have been erroneously subjected to popup displays warning (once per hour after 14 days) that WGA considers Windows to be non-licensed. Thereafter, these users are denied certain important software updates." Oops. Microsoft, of course, says the suit is without merit. Still, last week Microsoft released a new version of WGA without the phone-home "feature" and with a new, clearer license agreement that will continue to go unread by everyone.
So, just how good at time waster games are you? Think you've got the stuff? Well, The World's Hardest Game 2.0 doesn't think you do.
Yes, amazingly, it's possible to have a sequel to a game called "The World's Hardest Game". It doesn't seem logically possible, since if the first one was actually the world's hardest, how could another one come along and share the moniker? It made me doubt the name in the first place. That is, until I tried the game.
The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...
