Google updated the Mac beta of its Chrome browser, adding the support for extensions that had previously been available only in a less stable "developer" build.
Also now part of Mac Chrome's beta are bookmark synchronization, improved bookmark and cookie managers, and a task manager for handling the browser's tabs. The latter is useful since Chrome -- unlike most rivals -- runs each tab as a separate process to prevent browser crashes when one tab stalls. The task manager can be used to monitor Chrome's memory usage -- the each-tab-in-its-own-process approach consumes prodigious amounts of memory -- and kill a tab if it's unresponsive.
Google first added extension support and bookmark synchronization to a "dev" channel Mac edition of Chrome in early January. Before that, Chrome for the Mac had lacked important features, including extensions and sync, that were already available in the Windows and Linux editions.
Today's update was to version 5.0.307.7; current Chrome users can wait for the automatic update, which should kick in within the next 24 hours, or if impatient, can select "About Google Chrome" from the browser's "Chrome" menu to check for and then download available updates.
Patched seven security vulnerabilities in the production edition of Chrome for Windows. Google ranked three of the bugs as "high" in its severity scoring system. Access to information on those three flaws, as well as on one tagged "medium," have been blocked by Google, which regularly locks down details until it decides that a majority of Chrome users have upgraded to the patched version.
source:http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9155918/Google_upgrades_Mac_Chrome_beta_patches_critical_Windows_bugs
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
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