Google phasing out internal use of Microsoft Windows: FT

Internet major Google is phasing out its internal use of Microsoft Windows operating system due to security concerns, which arose mainly after its China operations were hacked, a media report has said.
The report by the UK daily Financial Times, citing several Google employees, said the internet giant is "phasing out internal use of Microsoft's ubiquitous Windows operating system because of security concerns."
The directive to move to other operating systems had begun in January at Google, after its Chinese operations were hacked.
The move can effectively end the use of Windows at Google, which employs more than 10,000 workers internationally, the report added.
"We're not doing any more Windows. It is a security effort," FT quoted a Google employee as saying.
Another google employee said that many people have been moved away from [Windows] PCs, mostly towards Mac OS, following the China hacking attacks.
New people hired at Google are now given the option of using Apple's Mac computers or PCs running the Linux operating system.
In early January, some new employees were still being allowed to install Windows on their laptops, but it was not an option for their desktop computers, the report added.
Windows is known for being more vulnerable to attacks by hackers and more susceptible to computer viruses than other operating systems.
In addition to being a semi-formal policy, employees themselves have grown more concerned about security after the China attacks, the report said citing an employee.

Toddler smokes 40 cigarettes a day!

Ardi Rizal is just a two-year-old boy, but is not less than a chain smoker.
Rizal who lives in a fishing village Musi Banyuasin, Indonesia, smokes at least 40 cigarettes in a day. He got addicted to smoking after his father gave him a fag when he was just 18 months, reports thesun.co.uk.
He weighs more than 25 kilograms and finds it almost impossible to run with other kids.
"He's totally addicted. If he doesn't get cigarettes, he gets angry and screams and batters his head against the wall. He tells me he feels dizzy and sick," said her mother Daina.
Rizal smokes a particular brand and his habit costs his parents more than $5 a day.
The officials of the village have offered to buy the family a car if he quits.
However Rizal's father Mohammed, a fishmonger finds no problem with his habit and believes his son is quite healthy.
"He looks pretty healthy to me. I don't see the problem," said Mohammed.
(Photo Credit: The Sun)