Google has pushed out an update to its Chrome browser, taking its stable version to 4.1.249.1059.
The latest release closes seven security holes, 4 of which were rated as high, with the other 3 rated as medium.
A full list of security holes that were fixed can be seen in the release notes.
The browser will automatically update itself for Windows Chrome users, or can be downloaded from the Chrome website.
Google has removed the http:// from new development builds of it’s Chrome browser.
The change was noticed when a user posted a bug report in the Chromium issue tracker, to which a Chrome developer replied and stated that this is a new feature, and not a bug.
Currently when you copy and paste a the URL from these development builds, the http:// will be missing, but this is expected to change in the new future.
https:// and ftp:// are still displayed for security reasons, but some argue this is inconsistent.
This feature will eventually make its way into the standard browser.
Google has done the “impossible” to show the power of HTML5, and ported Quake II to run in the web browser in what seems another dig at Adobe’s Flash.
The move seems a little contradictory, with Google announcing just last week that they were bundling Adobe’s Flash with Chrome. Either way, a lot of work appears to have gone into porting the game.
“We started with the existing Jake2 Java port of the Quake II engine, then used the Google Web Toolkit (along with WebGL, WebSockets, and a lot of refactoring) to cross-compile it into Javascript. You can see the results in the video above — we were honestly a bit surprised when we saw it pushing over 30 frames per second on our laptops (your mileage may vary)” said Google’s Chris Ramsdale.
Right now, the game will only run in Google Chrome and Safari, and the port can be downloaded by visiting the Google code page.
The Chrome development team have today announced a new partnership with Adobe which bundles Adobe’s Flash with Google Chrome browser.
The latest development builds include Adobe Flash Player 10.1.51.95 (10.1 beta 3), and allows Chrome users to receive updated Flash updates automatically without the need of user intervention.
“The traditional browser plug-in model has enabled tremendous innovation on the web, but it also presents challenges for both plug-ins and browsers. The browser plug-in interface is loosely specified, limited in capability and varies across browsers and operating systems. This can lead to incompatibilities, reduction in performance and some security headaches” explains Google.
This move will ensure participating plug-ins are always up to date, increasing browsers security, while also integrating plug-ins tighter within the browser ensuring they become more stable.
Mozilla is also in on the plan, with Google using Mozilla’s next generation browser plug-in API. Other plug-ins such as Adobe’s PDF reader are expected to come further down the track.
Adobe’s Flash Player can be found from today with today’s dev channel update for Chrome; version 5.0.360.4 for Windows and Mac and 5.0.360.5 for Linux.
Google has pushed out a small update to Google Chrome, taking it to version 4.1.249.1045 on Windows.
The update fixes a crash bug, and adds a new option to disable the new translate feature. This release also closes a security hole which was rated as low and would crash the browser upon receiving a bad FTP response.
Information on these two crash bugs can be read in issues 38857 and 38845.
The update will be pushed out to Windows Chrome users automatically, or alternatively, you can download the browser from the Google Chrome website.
After day 1 of Pwn2Own, web browsers appear to have taken a big hit, but Google’s Chrome appears to have come out unscathed.
It didn’t take long, with Safari 4 on Mac OS X Snow Leopard the first victim thanks to the work of Charlie Miller. Millers set up a remote exploit at a web site through which a conference organisers MacBook was taken control after surfing to it.
Internet Explorer 8 on Windows 7 was next, with a similar exploit allowing Peter Vreugdenhil to take control of an organisers laptop once they browsed to a website with the infected code.
Firefox 3 was also exploited on Windows 7 using a memory corruption vulnerability, with another exploit that allows a remote attacker access to a users PC.
Both Opera and Google Chrome were not hacked, with Charlie Miller stating “there are bugs in Chrome but they’re very hard to exploit. I have a Chrome vulnerability right now but I don’t know how to exploit it. It’s really hard. They’ve got that sandbox model that’s hard to get out of. With Chrome, it’s a combination of things — you can’t execute on the heap, the OS protections in Windows and the Sandbox.”
All systems were patched and updated to their latest versions, with the exploits used to remain a secret until browser makers can update their browsers.
Google has pushed out Chrome 4.1.249.1042 to Windows users.
Not much was changed in this release, with only one change solving an issue with some extensions not installing from the Google Chrome extensions gallery. This fixes issue 38220.
The update will be pushed out to all Chrome users, while new users can download the browser from the Google Chrome website.
Google has pushed out Chrome 4.1.249.1036 to Windows users, which adds several privacy features and closes several security holes.
Users now also have the option to translate pages using Google Translate if the page they are visiting isn’t in their native language. A great time saver for many.
This latest release closes 9 security holes, 5 of which are rated high, 3 medium, and one low. More details on these security issues can read on the Google Chrome Blog.
The update will automatically be pushed out for Windows users, while users can download the browser from the Google Chrome website.
Microsoft has begun testing of its new browser ballot screen for European Union countries.
The ballot screen, which can be seen at http://www.browserchoice.eu/, lists the 5 major browsers in a random order, followed by 8 lesser known browsers also in a random order.
Early testing by DSL.sk shows the ballot screen might not be as random as once thought, with testing showing that the screen appears to favour Google’s Chrome, while IE shows the least amount of favouritism.
These results could be an anomalie however, and may differ with further testing.
A Windows Update is available for download for Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7 users in United Kingdom, Belgium and France.
Google Chrome developers have pushed out new code to Mac beta users allowing them access to bookmark sync and browser extensions, just over a month after these features made it to the dev channel.
Chrome 5.0.307.7 brings many new features to Mac, and also included updates for Linux users.
Mac users now have access to these new features:
The team have also worked hard to ensure the browser is more stable, while having better support for plug-ins like Adobe Flash Player.
The new updated will be pushed out to existing users, or can be downloaded using the links below: