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Google Buys Anti-Malware Security Startup

Posted by Zonk on from the securing-the-border-by-any-means-neccessary dept.

J Tomas writes "Google has quietly made its first anti-malware acquisition, snapping up GreenBorder Technologies, a venture-backed company that sells browser virtualization security software. GreenBorder's software creates a DMZ (demilitarized zone) between the Windows desktop and programs downloaded from Web pages or opened from e-mail messages in Microsoft Outlook. The early speculation is that Google will add the sandbox technology to the Google Toolbar or release a rebranded version as a standalone download."

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  1. Google ignores yet another Memorial day, politics by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    It has been noted that Google chose not to recognize Memorial Day with an altered logo, as they do with many other holidays.

    A reader forwarded the following reply from Google, about their continuing failure to mark Memorial Day; it's the same reply they've given for at least three years running.


            Thank you for your note. We appreciate your interest in seeing a Memorial Day Google logo. If we were to commemorate this holiday, we'd want to express reverence; however, as Google's special logos tend to be lighthearted in nature, this would be a particularly challenging design. We wouldn't want to create a graphic that could be interpreted as disrespectful in any way.

            We have a long list of holidays that we'd like to celebrate in the future. We have to balance this rotating calendar with the need to maintain the consistency of the Google homepage. We really value your feedback regarding the Google logo, and please be assured that we're actively pursuing ways in which we can acknowledge Memorial Day and other such occasions in the future.

            Regards,
            The Google Team



    By "in the future," they apparently mean sometime in the next century or so.

    As for their claim that they want "lighthearted" logos, how "lighthearted" were those melting glaciers they used on Earth Day?

    Here was Google's reply in 2005 when people asked why they didn't mark Memorial Day.


            We have to balance this rotating calendar with the need to maintain the consistency of the Google homepage.

            Furthermore, Google's special logos tend to be lighthearted in nature. If we were to commemorate Memorial Day, we would want to express reverence, rather than mirth. This would be a particularly challenging design. We would not want to, in any way, create a graphic that could be interpreted as disrespectful. In light of the mail we have received about this, we are actively considering designs we could display on this day next year. We welcome any suggestions you may have.


    To show you how transparently false this excuse is, here's the logo Google used for Australia's ANZAC Day, the Aussie equivalent of Memorial Day.

    And here's their logo for Canada's Remembrance Day, which they've been running for several years:

    In truth, Google is willing to honor the fallen of every country--except their own.