Google offers a $20,000 prize for those who can break the Chrome browser's security. The prize can be won in the Pw2Own competition. To increase the safety of its product, Google is ready to pay money to the first who can find security vulnerabilities in the Chrome browser. It is worth noting that last year Chrome was the only browser that was not hacked by competitors. The competition will be held March 9-11.
In the beginning of 2011, we have conducted a browsers test to find out which one is the fastest and compatible with the latest Internet standards. We have tested all most popular browsers (Opera, Firefox, Chrome and Internet Explorer) as well as less popular (Rekonq, SeaMonkey, Konqueror). The browsers were tested with the Peacekeeper, Sunspider, Google V8, and Dromaeo JavaScript benchmarks. in addition, we have check the browsers' compatibility with the latest web standards using the ACID3 test.
According to earlier announcements, Google wants to release the first beta version of Chrome web browser for Mac OS X till the end of the year, but at the expense of many valuable features.
Developers decided to move several functions to the second beta version. The reason is that Google wants to release the browser before January 1, 2010.
Google has launched a website with plugins for Chrome. Currently, all developers can upload their own extensions. All Chorme users will soon be able to use them.
The launch of Google Chrome Extensions was announced by Aaron Boodman on a special mailing list, and Lei Zheng on one of the official Google Blog. Currently, it is possible to upload plugins, but it will soon be possible to download them.
Google has released an important security update for Chrome browser. The latest version 3.0.195.24 eliminates a serious bug which makes it possible to run arbitrary code. The bug resides in the implementation of the dtoa function in JavaScript V8 engine. In a special situation, an attacker can run malicious code inside of Chrome (the sandbox). The attack may occur after visiting appropriately crafted web site.
Google offers a $20,000 prize for those who can break the Chrome browser's security. The prize can be won in the Pw2Own competition. To increase the safety of its product, Google is ready to pay money to the first who can find security vulnerabilities in the Chrome browser. It is worth noting that last year Chrome was the only browser that was not hacked by competitors. The competition will be held March 9-11.
In the beginning of 2011, we have conducted a browsers test to find out which one is the fastest and compatible with the latest Internet standards. We have tested all most popular browsers (Opera, Firefox, Chrome and Internet Explorer) as well as less popular (Rekonq, SeaMonkey, Konqueror). The browsers were tested with the Peacekeeper, Sunspider, Google V8, and Dromaeo JavaScript benchmarks. in addition, we have check the browsers' compatibility with the latest web standards using the ACID3 test.
