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Google rolls out Chrome Office Viewer Beta, enables in-browser file viewing

, Apr 26th 2013 Discuss [0]

There are some universally annoying things the average Web surfer will encounter from time-to-time, and while the list is mostly made up of pop-up advertisements that bypass your ad-blocker, one of them is direct-file links to things like PowerPoint and Word files. Clicking one of these files results in it being downloaded and opened by the application, a potentially slow and usually unwanted action. Google aims to solve this problem with the launch of Chrome Office Viewer (Beta). Read The Full Story

Google Chrome for iOS updates with full-screen browsing, new printing options

, Apr 9th 2013 Discuss [0]

Google issued a fairly minor, but still noteworthy update to its Chrome iOS app today. The update now includes full-screen browsing, as well as new printing options, allowing users to take advantage of Google's CloudPrint protocol or Apple's AirPrint feature. The update also comes with support to save a website to a PDF directly to Google Drive. Read The Full Story

Google Chrome for desktop updates with improved spell checking

, Mar 26th 2013 Discuss [0]

Google Chrome for Windows, OS X, and Linux received a fairly hefty update today. The browser got bumped up to version 26, and it comes with spell check improvements, desktop shortcuts for multiple profiles on Windows, and an asynchronous DNS resolver on Mac and Linux versions, as well as the usual bugfixes and performance improvements. Read The Full Story

New Mac trojan injects ads into web browsers using plugin

, Mar 21st 2013 Discuss [0]

Viruses, trojans, and other malicious pieces of software are nothing new on OS X. While the mainstream consensus is that Apple's desktop platform is impervious to such malware, that's actually not the case. In fact, a new piece of adware is making the rounds that injects advertisements into web browsers after installing a disguised plugin. Read The Full Story

Chrome Beta integrates speech recognition

, Jan 14th 2013 Discuss [0]

While you'll likely be able to speak to and be understood by most of your electronics in the distant future, here in the present Google's Chrome browser updating with a new Web Speech API is still considered a big deal. This feature is coming today to Chrome Beta, that being the perpetually beta pre-final release iteration of the web browser, here bringing speech recognition to any app whose developer wishes to integrate it in-browser. Read The Full Story

Chrome for Windows gets battery-saving feature, Do Not Track

, Nov 6th 2012 Discuss [0]

Google has released version 23 of its Windows Chrome browser, which includes a feature designed to save users' battery life. Unlike with previous versions of Chrome for Windows, the latest version provides enhanced video decoding, which reduces hardware usage and thusly increases battery life. This is in addition to a couple of other handy features, including Do Not Track. Read The Full Story

Chrome Remote Desktop out of beta, has new features

, Oct 29th 2012 Discuss [0]

Last year, Google launched its Chrome Remote Desktop in beta. This app allows users to remote access their own computers while away, and to access other computers running Chrome with the remote desktop extension. Google announced Monday that the application is now out of beta, and that it includes some new features. Read The Full Story

Google Nexus 7 runs Chrome as default browser, shuns Flash

, Jun 27th 2012 Discuss [0]

Here’s an interesting little tidbit from the Nexus 7 reveal: the tablet will be the first device that will ship with the Google’s Chrome as the standard browser. It will replace the default Android browser, so it looks like Google is finally going to throw some weight behind the mobile browser on future devices. It does raise an interesting question though: does that mean Google is going to ignore Flash content completely? Read The Full Story

What a ClusterFuzz: Google details Chrome security

, Apr 27th 2012 Discuss [0]

Developing a browser can be a tricky business, especially in the case of Chrome, which has an ever shifting codebase. Google’s answer to the problem is a “fuzzing” infrastructure, a cluster of hundreds of virtual machines that run around 6,000 instances of Chrome simultaneously. Dubbed the “ClusterFuzz”, the servers automatically download the Last Known Good Revision of Chrome and perform fifty million tests on it per day. Read The Full Story

PSA: How to temporarily fix the Chrome SSL bug

, Apr 9th 2012 Discuss [0]

Over the weekend, Google Chrome received an update that prevented the browser from accessing SSL based services such as Gmail, as well as Facebook and Twitter. While Google has acknowledged the problem on Google Groups, a solution has yet to be pushed out. In the meantime, there are two temporary fixes for the problem so that you can continue using Chrome without frustration. Read The Full Story

Google Chrome hit by SSL bug restricting Google services

, Apr 6th 2012 Discuss [42]

Google Chrome today has been hit by a bug that prevents the browser from logging on to Google services requiring SSL, such as Gmail and Google Docs. After an update was pushed to Google Chrome, users on Windows 7 found that trying to access Google services resulted in an “Invalid Server Certificate” message, with no way around the problem except to use another browser. Read The Full Story

Chrome 18 release fixes bug competition finds

, Mar 29th 2012 Discuss [0]

It was the Pwnium competition held by Google that revealed the bugs that the newest release of Google's Chrome web browser version 18. This version has been release today to the public in its first stable release, and includes notes to the effect of congratulating the participants of the Pwnium competition for their hard work and great contributions to the Chrome project. The Chromium security page has full details of what this update is all about, meanwhile let's have a look at some simplified details below! Read The Full Story
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