by Mick on November 26, 2008
The latest Beta version of Google Chrome has just been released, The updated patch should be available in the next few days. You can check the update by clicking About Google Chrome under the menu, if the version appeared isn’t the latest version you can get it updated right away from there.
As the update of the previous chrome version, Google Chrome Beta Release 0.4.154.25 brings up some new changes including import/export features on the bookmark manager, bugs fixing, new blocked pop-up notification.
Bookmark manager
After the pacth installed, you should be able to see Bookmark manager under wrench menu. Bookmarking features such as export and import can be effectively managed with this new feature.
Bug Fixing
The downloaded files are no longer connecting to network with XMHttpRequest() and you will be prompted to confirm for downloading if it is HTML file.
New blocked pop-up notification
The new chrome will display a small notification that shows the number of blocked pop-up is displayed at that corner instead of the blocked pop-up window. To open each of the blocked pop-up windows, you can simply click on the menu on the notification.
Privacy section under Options
Features that might send data to another service are grouped under wrench menu -> Options -> Under the Hood tab.
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by Mick on October 30, 2008
Google Chrome version 0.3.154.9 Update
Google has already begun distributing the a third beta version of its recently released Chrome browser. “You will automatically get updated in the next few days,” Said Chrome program manager Mark Larson in a mailing list Wednesday night announcing the new version.
But for users who can’t wait to see the new Chrome, they can anticipate the updated version right away by clicking ‘About Google Chrome’ from the wrench menu.
The update takes Chrome to version 0.3.154.9 and takes on a variety of fixes, performance tweaks, and security weaknesses. One such vulnerability includes a scenario where, once a user opens a pop-up window, the site could show a different web address one that actually supplied the information.
Larson warns that such a flaw could be used to trick mislead people about the origin of a Web site and giving up sensitive information.
Other changes include better performance and reliability for plug-ins such as Silverlight and Flash; support for scrolling with a touchpad; and better performance and reliability for people who browse the Web through a proxy.
More features that makes browsing experience much convenient including the ability to sort columns in the password manager, adding a command line switch to the start the browser in incognito mode, better support for Windows Media Player, crash fixes, and more, as outlined in the release notes.
via | cnet
by Mick on September 16, 2008
It seems that google is downplaying The Chrome’s carpet bombing flaw, recently Philipp Lenssen interviewed Brian Rakowski from Google here’s the quote;
“Lenssen: are ways to make Chrome automatically download a file without the user confirms this (at least using chromium default). Do not you consider that a potential problem?
Rakowski: On its own, downloading a file is not dangerous. It may be awkward if a site tries to download a set of files to fill your hard drive, but there are other ways of doing things like that and it did not become a problem. The danger arises automatically when a file can be downloaded and run automatically. We have taken steps to prevent this in Google Chrome and will continue to ensure that this is the case. ”
Since its early release Chrome has been getting a lot of criticism internationally, with Germany’s Federal Office for Information Security directing users not to use the browser, alongside the Dutch Computer Emergency Response Team (Govcert. nl) to recommend it to be used for testing purpose since it’s still in the BETA version.
[ source : ZDNet ]
