Microsoft Joins Spyware Fight, CES Day One Round-up

Microsoft finally joined in the fight against Spyware as they announced today the availability of it's new anti-spyware application on it's website.
Spyware is software that is secretly installed on a users computer, and tracks which websites they visit and automatically displays pop-up ads in your web browser.
The new program, currently in Beta, is available for download here.

CES 2005 got underway in Las Vegas last night, with Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates delivering a key note speech on the best features of MS's new Portable Media Center (PMC) software. And just to prove that even Bill Gates isn't immune to the "Blue Screen Of Death", while demonstrating PMC to host Conan O'Brien, the application unexpectedly froze prompting O'Brien to joke "right now nine people just got fired". Then if that wasn't funny enough following the address Gates told CNet.com that he compares anyone who doesn't support intellectual property laws to communists.