..and Now Google’s Asking You To Hack Them

Though technically unrelated to the gChat virus that rifled through our inboxes yesterday, while we’re on the subject of breaking Google….

The company’s Native Client Security Contest, which begins today, challenges hackers to find weak points in its Native Client open source research technology. Glitches that impress the judging panel--including Harvard Computer Science Professor Greg Morrisett--will win cash in powers of two, with a top prize of $2^13 ($8,192).