A few weeks ago, we became aware of a security issue with WebGL: shaders could be used to indirectly deduce the contents of textures uploaded to the GPU. As a result, the WebGL specification was updated to be more restrictive when it comes to using cross-domain images and videos as WebGL textures. As a result,…
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New Chrome OS Dev Update Brings Subtle Changes
After about a month with the CR-48 notebook, I noticed my first update. My notebook is in Developer mode and I enabled the Developer channel. The Chrome version number got bumped up to 0.10. 142.3 and brought a newer version of the browser itself, Chrome 10.0.634.1. With that you get features in the browser that…
New Processors Announced at CES That Could Benefit Chrome OS
Image via Wikipedia The 2011 Consumer Electronic Show (CES) just ended in Las Vegas this past weekend. Chrome OS did not have any (or at least very little) presence, but Google’s Android played a pretty big role in various tablets, especially Motorola’s Xoom tablet and Atrix 4G phone which docks into a dumb terminal notebook and…
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Dev Channel Update
The Dev Channel has been updated to 29.0.1541.0 for Windows, Mac and Chrome Frame; 29.0.1541.2 for Linux. This release fixes a number of crashes, as well as other bugs. A full list of changes is available in the SVN log. Interested in switching release channels? Find out how. If you find a new issue, please let us know by filing a bug.
Jason Kersey
Google ChromePosted: June 18, 2013, 10:48 pmStable Channel Update for Chrome OS
The Stable channel has been updated to 27.0.1453.116 (Platform version: 3912.101.0) for all Chrome OS devices. This build contains a number of stability fixes and security improvements.
Machines will be receiving updates over then next several days.
Release Highlights:- Pepper Flash updated to 11.7.700.225-r4
- Firmware update for Chromebook Acer C7. Note: A screen with Chrome Logo and a critical update notification will be displayed
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.)Known issues:
- File App keeps loading for small images (248235). Work around: Select multiple images to be able to open/edit
- File App shows "File could not displayed" when moving across large images when they are still loading. (250936)
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.)
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
Google ChromePosted: June 18, 2013, 5:45 pmStable Channel Update
The Stable channel has been updated to 27.0.1453.116 for Windows, Macintosh and Chrome Frame platforms.
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):-
[249335] Medium CVE-2013-2866: Clickjacking in the Flash plug-in.
This build also has fixes to the following issues:- Multiple flash movies on one page not playing [Issue: 243290]
- Arc rendering bug in canvas [Issue: 243996]
- Select box with Multiple option fires Onchange event on scroll [Issue: 244406]
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: June 18, 2013, 5:43 pm -
