Google To Defenestrate Windows

"Google is phasing out the internal use of Microsoft’s ubiquitous Windows operating system because of security concerns, according to several Google employees.

"The directive to move to other operating systems began in earnest in January, after Google’s Chinese operations were hacked, and could effectively end the use of Windows at Google, which employs more than 10,000 workers internationally.

"`We’re not doing any more Windows. It is a security effort,` said one Google employee.

"`Many people have been moved away from [Windows] PCs, mostly towards Mac OS, following the China hacking attacks,` said another.

"New hires are now given the option of using Apple’s Mac computers or PCs running the Linux operating system. `Linux is open source and we feel good about it,` said one employee. `Microsoft we don’t feel so good about.`"

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Google: Epic FAIL

"It looks like Google is marking all of its search results with the warning `This site may harm your computer.`

"If you click on a Google result link in spite of the warning, you get an interstitial page with an additional warning: `Warning - visiting this web site may harm your computer!`

"Clicking the warning itself will take you to this page, which explains that `This warning message appears with search results we've identified as sites that may install malicious software on your computer.`

"The server(s) that hosts that page seems to be getting hammered right now. No surprise. So is StopBadware.org, a site Google refers its users to for more information."

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