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Pinkie Pie hacker strikes again; Google repairs two major Chrome vulnerabilities

The Chrome hacker known as "Pinkie Pie" helped reveal a serious flaw in the browser's media handler that was patched last week with the release of Chrome 23. That update also fixed a file path handling problem, which was discovered by Google's in-house researchers.

By Jon Gold | 04 December, 2012 19:14

Tags: Pinkie Pie, Hack In The Box, Google, security, software, web security, Google Chrome, chrome security
Chrome 15 tops IE8 as the world's most popular browser

Google's Chrome 15 browser is currently the most-used browser in the world, according to new data from Web analytics firm StatCounter.

By Brad Reed | 16 December, 2011 04:41

Tags: ie8, Chrome 15, Chrome browser, Microsoft, software, Google Chrome, mozilla, Firefox 8, Apple, IE 9, Google
Google launches WebGL Globe data visualisation tool

Google has used its Chrome Experiments site to launch a new platform for geographic data visualisation. WebGL Globe, the source code of which is available from Google's code.google.com repository, can map data sets stored in the JSON format to a 3D depiction of Earth.

By TechWorld staff | 10 May, 2011 11:07

Tags: html5, data visualisation, WebGL, Google, Google Chrome
13 features that make each Web browser unique

Many cynical users assume Web browsers do little more than dutifully render HTML. The content is the most important part, they say, so it makes little difference which browser you use.

By Peter Wayner | 02 May, 2011 20:08

Tags: opera, web browsers, Firefox, applications, software, Google Chrome, safari, Internet Explorer (IE)
Firefox 4 speeds past 20 million downloads

In the first week of its release, the Firefox Web browser has already tallied more than 20 million downloads with a real-time heat map recording the activity.

By Rodney Gedda | 25 March, 2011 09:58

Tags: web browsers, Firefox, firefox 4, IE9, Mozilla Firefox 4, Google Chrome, mozilla

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Safari 5 in depth: Has it sped past Chrome?

The just-released Safari 5 ups the ante in the browser wars, with two major improvements: a performance boost to rival speed king Chrome, the highly useful Safari Reader, which makes it much easier to read multi-page Web articles.

By Preston Gralla | 15 June, 2010 03:49

Tags: web browsers, Google Chrome, safari
Google Chrome 5 Beta: The top five features

Google recently launched the beta version of Google Chrome 5, the next iteration of the search giant's Web browser. New features include HTML 5 specifications like Geolocation and file drag-and-drop; expanded cloud sync capabilities; Flash integration; and JavaScript engine speed boosts.

By Ian Paul | 06 May, 2010 02:39

Tags: web browsers, browsers, Google Chrome, broadband
5 reasons why Google Chrome will crush IE In browser war

Google's Chrome browser is shining brightly, and it's not hard to see why. First, the stats: According to the latest NetApplications figures, Chrome now has 6.7 percent of the browser market--a stunning rise from zero prior to 2009. Competing browsers are either treading water or, as in the case of Microsoft Internet Explorer, in precipitous freefall.

By Jeff Bertolucci | 05 May, 2010 06:43

Tags: web browsers, browsers, Google Chrome, Internet Explorer
10 most useful Google Chrome experiments

When it comes to presenting graphically oriented programs through a browser, the usual go-to development platforms have been Adobe Flash and -- to a lesser extent -- Microsoft Silverlight. But other, more open technologies are starting to show promise.

By Howard Wen | 12 April, 2010 15:27

Tags: web browsers, Google Chrome
Chrome's gobbling market share, and here's why

Google's Chrome was the only major Web browser to gain market share last month, eating away at Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Safari.

By Jared Newman | 02 March, 2010 04:02

Tags: Google Chrome