This is a chart generated from Cisco, who plans on making a bunch of cash in the next couple of years as massive server farms are built to support global IP traffic for cloud services and operating systems like Chrome OS. And even though the rise in smartphones will be significant, it’s the traditional data…
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Chromebooks: Not a Clear Winner
I’m writing this post on a Google CR-48 that I have used since December 2010. I’m happy to report that the device has improved over the past few months. Each software update has brought better performance and stability. I like the CR-48, but do I like it enough to pay $350-$499 dollars or more (see subscription…
What Happened to the Chrome Logo?!?
Last month Google announced a redesign of the Chrome logo: The reason for the redesign is as follows: Since Chrome is all about making your web experience as easy and clutter-free as possible, we refreshed the Chrome icon to better represent these sentiments. A simpler icon embodies the Chrome spirit — to make the web…
My Favorite Chess on Chrome OS
Chess and computers have a long history. From Wikipedia: The idea of creating a chess-playing machine dates back to the eighteenth century. Around 1769, the chess playing automaton called The Turk became famous before being exposed as a hoax. Before the development of digital computing, serious trials based on automata such as El Ajedrecista…
H.264 Video Support and Chrome OS
Image via Wikipedia On January 11, 2011 Google announced via a three paragraph post on the Chromium Blog that it was pulling support for the widely used, but patented H.264 video codec from the Chrome web browser as it pertains to he HTML5 video tag. H.264 encoded video can still be played via the Flash…
Preparing Your Taxes on Chrome OS
Image via Wikipedia It is that time of year again when we start receiving our W2 and 1099 forms and preparing to file our federal and state income taxes. In the past you might have gone to Staples or Office Depot and purchased this year’s version of TurboTax or similar tax preparation software. If you…
Windows 7, OS X, or Ubuntu on a CR-48: Why?
Image via Wikipedia If you have been following the news stories about Google’s Chrome OS pilot program featuring the CR-48 notebook that has been sent to thousands of individuals for testing and feedback, you are aware that some clever people have figured out how to install other operating systems including Windows 7, Mac OS X…
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Dev Channel Update
The Dev channel has been updated to 28.0.1500.20 for Chrome Frame, Mac, Linux, and Windows
This build addresses some known regressions and stability issues. Full details about what changes are in this build are available in the SVN revision log. Interested in switching release channels? Find out how.
If you find a new issue, please let us know by filing a bug.
Anthony Laforge
Google ChromePosted: May 21, 2013, 8:30 pmStable Channel Release
The Chrome team is excited to announce the promotion of Chrome 27 to the Stable Channel. Chrome 27.0.1453.93 for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Chrome Frame contains number of new items including:- Web pages load 5% faster on average
- chrome.syncFileSystem API
- Improved ranking of predictions, improved spell correction, and numerous fundamental improvements for Omnibox predictions. Please see the Help Center for more information on our updated policies.
Security fixes and rewards:Please see the Chromium security page for more information. (Note that the referenced bugs may be kept private until a majority of our users are up to date with the fix.)
This automatic update includes security fixes. We’d like to highlight the following fixes for various reasons (crediting external researchers, issuing rewards, or highlighting particularly interesting issues):-
[$1000] [235638] High CVE-2013-2837: Use-after-free in SVG. Credit to Sławomir Błażek.
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[$500] [235311] Medium CVE-2013-2838: Out-of-bounds read in v8. Credit to Christian Holler.
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[$1500] [230176] High CVE-2013-2839: Bad cast in clipboard handling. Credit to Jon of MWR InfoSecurity.
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[$1000] [230117] High CVE-2013-2840: Use-after-free in media loader. Credit to Nils of MWR InfoSecurity.
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[$1000] [227350] High CVE-2013-2841: Use-after-free in Pepper resource handling. Credit to Chamal de Silva.
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[$2000] [226696] High CVE-2013-2842: Use-after-free in widget handling. Credit to Cyril Cattiaux.
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[$1000] [222000] High CVE-2013-2843: Use-after-free in speech handling. Credit to Khalil Zhani.
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[$1000] [196393] High CVE-2013-2844: Use-after-free in style resolution. Credit to Sachin Shinde (@cons0ul).
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[$1000] [177620] High CVE-2013-2846: Use-after-free in media loader. Credit to Chamal de Silva.
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[$1000] [176692] High CVE-2013-2847: Use-after-free race condition with workers. Credit to Collin Payne.
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[$500] [176137] Medium CVE-2013-2848: Possible data extraction with XSS Auditor. Credit to Egor Homakov.
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[171392] Low CVE-2013-2849: Possible XSS with drag+drop or copy+paste. Credit to Mario Heiderich.
In addition, our ongoing internal security work was as usual responsible for a wide range of fixes:-
[241595] High CVE-2013-2836: Various fixes from internal audits, fuzzing and other initiatives.
Many of the above bugs were detected using AddressSanitizer.
This build also contains a new Adobe Flash build. You can find more information here.
Full details about what changes are in this build are available in the SVN revision log. Interested in switching release channels? Find out how. If you find a new issue, please let us know by filing a bug.
Karen Grunberg
Google ChromePosted: May 21, 2013, 4:30 pmBeta Channel Update for Chrome OS
The Beta channel has been updated to 27.0.1453.103 (Platform version: 3912.79.0) for all Chrome OS devices. This build contains a number of bug fixes and stability improvements.
Release Highlights:- Pepper Flash updated to 11.7.700.202
- Stability Fixes
If you find new issues, please let us know by visiting our help site or filing a bug. Interested in switching channels? Find out how. You can submit feedback using ‘Report an issue...’ in the Chrome menu (3 horizontal bars in the upper right corner of the browser).
Josafat Garcia
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