Editor's Corner

The advancement of new technology, and the commitment from vendors to push the envelope, never ceases to amaze me. I'm not naive, vendors make money on better tools and systems, but when they move into the spectrum of helping users avoid security issues and headaches my respect for them does get a bit deeper. That's how I feel right now about Google's support of the StopBadware.org group, which aims to protect users from online malware and malicious Web sites. Google is working to help identify such sites and offer a warning up to its search users before they click through to the sites in question. Built-in protection services will prove economically smart for Google as I'd search through a site that offers such protection over a search engine that doesn't. I just hope that other search engine operators see the value Google sees and follows their lead. - Judy