Google have confirmed that they’re working on a version of Chrome for Windows 8 that will run in the Metro interface and adhere to the overall aesthetic. Rather than being based on the Android version of the browser, Chrome for Windows 8 would be the full-blown desktop client.
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‘Chrome’ Stories
Google confirms Metro style Chrome for Windows 8
Google patches critical Chrome flaw 24 hours after first exploit
Google's Chrome web browser has been one of the only browsers to make it out of the annual Pwn2Own contest without being cracked. That record changed this year after Google offered up a total prize package of $1 million to be given out to the developers who could exploit vulnerabilities in Chrome. A Russian student was able to exploit a vulnerability in Chrome, which won the hacker $60,000 courtesy of Google.
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Google Chrome hacked at $1m Pwnium contest
Eric Schmidt may have claimed that Google’s Chrome browser is “by far the safest” at his MWC 2012 keynote speech last week, but that hasn’t stopped an enterprising student from finding an exploit at CanSecWest Pwnium, an alternative to the Pwn2Own contest.
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iOS Safari lead widens against Android in mobile browser share
Data from the latest Net Applications market share report was highlighted for the metric change that negatively affected Google's Chrome desktop browser ratings, but something also interesting to note was the widening gap between iOS and Android when it comes to the mobile space. Safari may be behind Chrome on desktops, but in mobile it is by far the most used browser.
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Google’s Chrome ratings deflate from metric change
Google's Chrome browser took a small hit in the ratings recently, not due to any decrease in popularity but to an adjustment in the way that usage is measured. Market research firm Net Applications said that the pre-rendering technology used in Chrome had been inflating its usage share. The technology speeds up browsing by pre-loading web pages in the background that it predicts users will visit.
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Schmidt’s Privacy Obsession Leaves Google Torn
Privacy is a hot topic at Google, and chairman Eric Schmidt wasted no time in cultivating an MWC 2012 keynote around personal freedoms, the role of the internet as activist, and safeguarding of our individual information. Yet what Schmidt’s appearance did show us more than anything is that the chairman is consumed with an obsession around the topic, either attempting to convinced us that we have the option of anonymity, or outlining the dance which Google follows trying to balance between the public and the private.
Google’s Hugo Barra: “Android is a real operating system”
This week at MWC 2012, Eric Schmidt stood on stage with Hugo Barra, speaking about Chrome for mobile, a web browser that allows you to connect to your own profile. Barra took the opportunity to show off Chrome web browser on stage to show off the excellence of the browser in real time - fast as can be. He made sure to note that though this browser is working on a mobile platform, it's still Android, and as he says, it doesn't really matter that it's mobile because "Android is a real operating system."
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Google’s Schmidt: Chrome is “by far the safest”
Google CEO Eric Schmidt has taken the stage for his Mobile World Congress keynote, and he's already started with the zingers aimed at rivals with some comments on Microsoft and others' criticisms of Chrome. "If you care about security, you should use Chrome, because it's by far the safest" Schmidt said, referring to recent controversy about the security of the browser.
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Google offers hackers a total of $1 million to defeat Chrome and more
Each year the Pwn2Own hacking contest takes place where security researchers from around the world are offered the chance to hack web browsers and other software for prize money. Over the last three years, the only browser to come out of the contest without being hacked has been Google's Chrome. While Chrome has made it through the contest three times now, Firefox, Safari, and Internet Explorer have all been hacked.
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Google Do Not Track extension for Chrome available now
After much discussion today on how the Google Chrome web browser's up and coming "Do Not Track" button would be applied to the browser in future versions, Google has gone ahead and released a preliminary extension to make it so. This extension is one that anyone can click to install on their Google Chrome browser with ease, the functionality of it very likely to simply be baked in to future Google Chrome releases. This extension acts to opt your web browser out of online ad personalization via cookies once and for all - permanently.
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Control your web browser privacy in five easy steps
There’s an abnormally large amount of attention being payed to so-called privacy here at the start of 2012, and Google’s “Do Not Track” button has fired up the stove for further fanning of flames here in late February. There’s a lot of ways to “protect” yourself in the connected, mobile, and communicative world of today, but none is better than this: just keep away from the keyboard. What I’m saying is that should a person want to have total and complete severance from tracking on the web, there’s only one way: stop using it. For everyone else in the world that wants to be realistic, here’s five steps that will lead you to glory.
Google agrees to “Do Not Track” Chrome button
Google will add a "Do Not Track" button to its Chrome browser, the search giant has conceded, after being challenged to put its software where its mouth is over online privacy. The new system will allow surfers to avoid having their viewing habits used to tailor advertising and more, as part of an industry-wide shift to make privacy controls more visible. The decision follows several high-profile criticisms of Google's approach to user privacy, as well as the Obama Administration's Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights being revealed.
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