Friday, August 11, 2006

Good on you Google!

Google always known for bringing out cool tools, not just search; are using their vast experience and expertise to warn users of potentially harmful content as reported by David Richards on SmartHouse.

'Website search engine giant Google has started warning users if sites they are about to click on could damage their computer.

The move follows a large-scale research project monitoring and cataloguing programmes which bombard customers with advertisements, spy on their web habits or steal personal data.'

Some people might think this is going too far, with the power the search engine giant wields; but I think it is a good thing. Experienced users will know better, newbies will think twice and lets hope they do. It's the cross I bare, :); fixing friends, relatives PC's because their click happy kids have run amock across the web!

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