Here you are, one of the millions who like to play casual games on the internet, ready to log on for some fun. So you go to a gaming website and try to ignore the ads on the page. Then you wait as the game loads and a 10-second advertisement covers your computer screen. Ah, the start button. Now you can play, but don't expect the virtual escape to guarantee relief from marketers' attempts to get in front of your eyes. On Monday, online game provider Shockwave.com will begin offerin...

More spyware in the news. After infecting over 26,000 machines with a variant of an internet worm, a 20 year old in Los Angeles has been arrested for using those infections to get money. Selling ads for a 180Solutions based company and another ad provider, as well as renting his network of infected machines to others, he pulled in nearly $60,000 in the course of a few months. It wasn't to last, and now he doesn't face just fraud charges, but a lot more: "Jeanson Ancheta faces a 17-count fede...