First time they have ever done this just shows I think all companies are going to have to start offering this unless they want there exploits sold on the black market. If java offered that much a bug they would have less problems.

I can't be leave were back in the OS wars again windows / mac / ChromeOS / Ubuntu whats old is new.

A lot of companies are starting games like this to raise moral, make work fun to up attendance and to get employees to collaborate.

WOW slashdot actually posted a ham radio article that's rare. Thanks slashdot.

I am very happy that finally I submitted a story worthy of the front page of slashdot I feel honored.

Does this factor in mac osx considering it's a unix based operating system.

Google is beefing security by doing this and adding 2048 keys but I agree your own HDD encrypted and offsite is a safer bet then in the google cloud. I don't put anything in the cloud that I don't want anyone to see.

That is crazy huge with my lowsee cable internet upstream it will take a week for someone to download that from me lol.

With the way world is now a days everyone has a voice and can be vocal more publicly now then ever. Opie and Anthony complain all the time about all the hate tweets they get yet same people that are complaining still listen. The same goes for everything else with social media being what it is made everyone a target cause it's so easy to get a quick thought out there via a cell phone a twitter that people really don't have a chance to think and say "Ok is this a good idea to say". On the flip side of that instead of saying something to 1 person you now say it to millions so the chance of you getting fragged is much higher. It's old joke of with social media why write something on a bathroom wall where 5 people will see it when you can write it on your facebook wall and millions see it.

I follow there stock a bit there last earning statement said they make a huge profit on there 3,000,000 dial up users and keyword info contract with Google. As they bought all these blogs and websites there never setup structure was bad move they just kept buying and buying and not managing right. I feel bad lot people going to loose there jobs but AOL needs to do this to make there stock holders happy and not put good money to bad money.

Google tried something like this years ago with Google apps for government. http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9179692/Google_rolls_out_Apps_for_Government_ Google did have quite a few people move over to the cloud system http://tech.slashdot.org/story/13/05/10/2014246/boston-replacing-microsoft-exchange-with-google-apps But overall in Google earning reports they have said the product was not a great success. With Microsoft doing a cloud OS maybe but I don't have high hopes for the product.

You can tell Apple's under new management recently. Apple used to never admit to security issues and flaws under the Steve Jobs flag. Apple has always been the holy grail of hackers.