<s>
GreenBorder	B-Application
was	O
a	O
security	O
software	O
company	O
that	O
specialized	O
in	O
using	O
virtualization	B-Application
to	O
create	O
safe	O
zones	O
for	O
online	O
activities	O
for	O
Internet	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GreenBorder	B-Application
allows	O
computer	O
operators	O
combine	O
hardware	O
and	O
software	O
to	O
create	O
"	O
virtual	O
"	O
machines	O
where	O
tasks	O
such	O
as	O
reading	O
e-mail	O
or	O
exploring	O
websites	O
could	O
be	O
done	O
without	O
exposing	O
systems	O
to	O
viruses	O
or	O
other	O
malicious	O
programs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Web-based	O
programs	O
that	O
try	O
to	O
access	O
files	O
or	O
computer	O
registries	O
are	O
stopped	O
from	O
leaving	O
what	O
are	O
commonly	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
online	O
"	O
sandboxes	O
"	O
created	O
by	O
GreenBorder	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
GreenBorder	B-Application
was	O
founded	O
in	O
2001	O
by	O
Vlad	O
Dabija	O
(	O
founding	O
CEO	O
until	O
2004	O
)	O
,	O
Úlfar	O
Erlingsson	O
(	O
founding	O
CTO	O
until	O
2002	O
)	O
,	O
Rosen	O
Sharma	O
and	O
Srinivasan	O
Keshav	O
(	O
as	O
founding	O
board	O
members	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bernard	O
Harguindeguy	O
joined	O
the	O
team	O
in	O
2005	O
as	O
the	O
CEO	O
and	O
lead	O
the	O
turnaround	O
before	O
selling	O
the	O
company	O
to	O
Google	B-Application
.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
GreenBorder	B-Application
,	O
which	O
is	O
based	O
in	O
Mountain	O
View	O
,	O
California	O
,	O
where	O
Google	B-Application
has	O
its	O
headquarters	O
,	O
posted	O
a	O
message	O
at	O
its	O
website	O
announcing	O
that	O
it	O
had	O
been	O
bought	O
by	O
Google	B-Application
.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
confirmed	O
the	O
purchase	O
of	O
GreenBorder	B-Application
,	O
saying	O
the	O
deal	O
was	O
completed	O
mid-May	O
2007	O
but	O
the	O
financial	O
terms	O
were	O
not	O
disclosed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GreenBorder	B-Application
said	O
it	O
is	O
no	O
longer	O
taking	O
on	O
new	O
customers	O
and	O
will	O
service	O
current	O
subscribers	O
until	O
their	O
contracts	O
expire	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
terms	O
of	O
the	O
deal	O
and	O
Google	B-Application
's	I-Application
specific	O
plans	O
for	O
GreenBorder	B-Application
's	O
technology	O
were	O
not	O
disclosed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
fate	O
of	O
the	O
technology	O
became	O
apparent	O
when	O
Google	B-Application
Chrome	I-Application
was	O
launched	O
in	O
September	O
2008	O
:	O
several	O
former	O
GreenBorder	B-Application
employees	O
were	O
named	O
in	O
a	O
description	O
of	O
the	O
new	O
browser	O
's	O
sandboxing	O
ability	O
.	O
</s>
