Forget about Symantec or McAfee, is Google going to rule security

Saw an article this morning about Google acquiring GreenBorder. For those who are not familar, GreenBorder puts your browsing into sort of a sandbox that is deleted when you are done browsing.  Everything you do while browsing including running active-x, java and other downloads is kept in a virtual machine, so as to not harm your computer.  GreenBorder refers to the green border around your browser while using the program to show you are protected. 

I remember playing with GreenBorder back when it first came out.  My concern was would you be able to do everything you normally do while browsing and would it slow down your browsing.  In any event, I would imagine as the article I read said, that Google will offer this for free now.  This could be just the first step by Google into security.  It will be interesting to see how they use this and where they go from here. Maybe now we know why they started a security blog ;-) What will be even more interesting is how the established security vendors react to Google coming onto their turf.  Security is increasingly becoming a game for the big boys, but it is smaller companies like GreenBorder that fuel innovation.