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Chrome, meet Lynx

, Apr 1st 2011 Discuss [3]

Those cards over at Google released the newest, best, most useful extension for Chrome ever. ChromeLite, speeding Chrome up past the point of no return. Google posted the extension to their app market earlier today. It hearkens back to the command lines of old, ASCII terminal emulation, and the internet before embedded images. Read The Full Story

Want to Hear a Great Story?

, Mar 19th 2011 Discuss [11]

Sometimes having the Internet in your pocket is convenient other times it is extremely useful. This story is an example of the latter. Some context first, I grew up in Silicon Valley, one of the more well known tech hubs in our country. I also grew up completely immersed in technology because my father, Tim Bajarin, was one of the first PC industry analysts on the scene. I’ve had a PC of some kind in my life as far back as I remember, which is what makes this story all the more interesting.
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Chrome Owns Pwn2Own, Google’s $20K Safe

, Mar 10th 2011 Discuss [10]

Last week, we reported on Google's unprecedented $14,000 payout to developers for finding flaws in its Chrome browser. It seems that those fixes have now paid off, since Chrome has not been a big target for hackers at the contest. Read The Full Story

Google Chrome 10 Complete With Faster Speed and Flash Sandbox

, Mar 8th 2011 Discuss [2]

Google has just officially released the stable version of Chrome 10. This version brings the Crankshaft JavaScript engine and is two thirds faster than Chrome 9. Hundreds of bugs are fixed and several security vulnerabilities are addressed including added protection from Flash crashes and security holes through sandboxing. Read The Full Story

Prepping for Pwn2Own: Google Pays $14,000 for Finding Chrome Flaws

, Mar 1st 2011 Discuss [0]

Google has paid 9 researchers a total of $14,000 for finding vulnerabilities in its Chrome 9.0.597.107 browser, in preparation for next week's Pwn2Own hacking contest. The outside researchers found 15 bugs, and Google identified four more. None of the bugs were ranked critical, but 16 of them were rated "high", and three were rated "medium". Google patched all 19 flaws on Monday. Read The Full Story

Springpad Announces Spiffy New Features And Tips

, Feb 18th 2011 Discuss [0]

In case you're unfamiliar, Springpad, is fast becoming one of the major life-organizing note repository services such as Evernote. And having just passed the 1 million user mark, Springpad is announcing the release of several new features including a web app, chrome extension, and iPhone and iPad apps. They promise even more spiffy new features to come within the next few months. Read The Full Story

Google’s Chrome Passes 10% of Market

, Feb 1st 2011 Discuss [6]

Google’s Chrome web browser has earned itself a double-digit share and a third place ranking in the market place with 10.7%. This is a big jump from the 5.2% share Chrome had at the beginning of 2010, according to market research by Net Applications. This marks a big achievement for Chrome since it was launched only in 2008 and does not have a dedicated platform to run on. Read The Full Story

Google Keep My Opt-Outs for Chrome prevents personalized ads

, Jan 25th 2011 Discuss [0]

First Mozilla detailed its "do not track" system for Firefox, and now Google has announced its own version for Chrome. Keep My Opt-Outs is a Chrome browser extension that takes advantage of ad industry regulations around personalized web adverts; basically, it lets surfers permanently opt out of ad tracking. Read The Full Story

IE9 5x more malware secure than Firefox say researchers

, Dec 16th 2010 Discuss [5]

Internet Explorer 9 has been praised for its malware-blocking abilities, with researchers NSS Labs finding [pdf link] the Microsoft browser was more than five times more likely to protect surfers from socially-engineered malware than Firefox 3.6. Looking solely at "a web page link that directly leads to a download that delivers a malicious payload whose content type would lead to execution, or more generally a website known to host malware links" - i.e. fake downloads as often seen on Facebook or Twitter - the research found IE9 capable of blocking 99-percent of the threats encountered. Read The Full Story

Chrome for a Cause Donates to Charities for Each Opened Tab

, Dec 15th 2010 Discuss [6]

Google's probably not done with vast projects, even if one of their larger ones has been a bit delayed. This new idea from Google wants you to surf the Internet. A lot. And, if you want to participate in the new charity program called "Chrome for a Cause," you'll be able to make a big difference in the world just by browsing to your favorite websites (like SlashGear), all the while opening new tabs to do it. Read The Full Story

Google Rolls Out Sandbox for Adobe Flash Player in Chrome Browser

, Dec 7th 2010 Discuss [0]

If you were following along today with the live feed (and or our coverage of the Google event) you're aware that one of the big improvements Google hopes to make with both Chromes (the OS and the browser) is increased security for users. One of the immediate implementations of this secure future is a "sandbox" of security, employed immediately on Adobe Flash Player. They've apparently been working since this past March with Adobe on this new functionality, and this week they'll be releasing their initial Flash Player sandbox for their dev channel users on Windows XP, Vista, and 7. Everyone else will just have to wait for their turn. Read The Full Story

Google Chrome Event Re-Cap and Analysis

, Dec 7th 2010 Discuss [9]

Google’s Chrome team had a lot to share with the public today at an event they held in San Francisco.  They shared how now there are 120 m consumers who use the Chrome browser to surf the internet.  They also announced that with Chrome 8 the browser is no, thanks to a new technology called “Crankshaft” is now the fasted web browser on the market.

Two of the biggest announcements was the official launch of the chrome web app store and a public beta of their Chrome OS which included showing off a reference Chrome notebook called CR-48.

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