Topic: Chrome

As we pointed out earlier, today is Google Chrome's second birthday. Since it launched in beta on September 2, 2008, it has come a long way (it's already 6 versions deep). Back then, it was Windows-only, with official Mac and Linux support only coming late last year. But now it's on the verge of another milestone: beco... More at digg.com
Trailrunner7 writes "Google has released a new version of its Chrome browser and has included more than a dozen security fixes in the update. The new version, 6.0.472.53, was released two years to the day after the company pushed out the first version of Chrome. Google Chrome 6 includes patches for 14 total securi... More at slashdot.org
When Google launched its Chrome Web browser in 2008, it was clear that the product had considerable potential. Its emphasis on performance and a its intriguing minimalistic user interface attracted a lot of well-deserved attention. Today, exactly two years later, Chrome has over 80 million users, a 7.52 percent global ... More at digg.com
MG Siegler / TechCrunch: On Its Second Birthday, Google Chrome Officially Hits Version 6  —  Ever since it became stable enough to use on a day-to-day basis on a Mac last year, Google Chrome has been my browser of choice.  Other browsers have been adding some nice features — but Chrome keeps ... More at techmeme.com
You hit a site; its down. You immediately reload; its still down. You start to freak out. How the hell are they down again!? Is anyone in charge over there?! WTF?! But quite often, its just you. And you look like an ass for your rant that you just spewed on Twitter (or on Facebook when its Twitter that is down). Thankf... More at digg.com
Google's Chrome web browser will soon gain hardware-accelerated graphicsthe latest trend for web browsers that has already shown up in early builds of Internet Explorer 9 and Firefox 4. Hardware acceleration allows the browser to offload intensive tasks like image scaling, rendering complex text or displaying scripted... More at digg.com
Google is a big proponent of HTML5, especially for video and rich graphics in the browser. To show off what HTML5 can do, Google Chrome teamed up with the Arcade Fire and director Chris Milk to create a custom interactive video for their song, We Used To Wait. The experience is called The Wilderness Downtown and is b... More at digg.com
An anonymous reader writes "Google is already experimenting with GPU acceleration in its latest Chrome developer builds. Chrome 7 can separate different layers of a webpage into CPU and GPU processes and combine those layers using the GPU as long as the browser is now launched with certain switches. Chromium 7 has... More at slashdot.org
Google Chrome has become a widely used web browser over the globe. Many people are using it because of its incredible features like good surfing speed, restore facility and moreover, its nice look. Google chrome has a large extension gallery.... More at digg.com
trooperer writes "On Thursday, Google introduced two significant changes in the Google Chrome Extensions Gallery: a developer signup fee and a domain verification system. The signup fee is a one-time payment of $5. The announcement says its purpose is to 'create better safeguards against fraudulent extensions in t... More at slashdot.org
CWmike writes "Google patched 10 vulnerabilities in Chrome on Thursday, but it didn't award any of the researchers who reported bugs its new top-dollar reward. Google divulged no details of the vulnerabilities and, as is its custom, it blocked public access to its bug-tracking database — a practice meant to ... More at slashdot.org
MG Siegler / TechCrunch: Google Begins Charging Devs $5 To List Chrome Extensions, Themes, And Apps  —  Completely open stores and galleries are great — until you realize that they quickly get loaded up with crap.  And especially when you realize that some of that crap is intending to be mali... More at techmeme.com
The title pretty much says it all on this one, folks. Yes, our source tells us that Google is building a Chrome OS tablet. It's real, and it's being built by HTC. No surprise there, since HTC churned out the Nexus One for Google.... More at digg.com
Lee Mathews / Download Squad: Google launching a Chrome OS tablet on Verizon, goes on sale November 26  —  The title pretty much says it all on this one, folks.  —  Yes, our source tells us that Google is building a Chrome OS tablet.  It's real, and it's being built by HTC.  No... More at techmeme.com
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