Not too long after the first birthday of the Google Chrome browser, a new stable version has been released. The release includes:
Google Celebrates a Year of Chrome
Today Google celebrated the first birthday of Chrome, the company’s web browser. Google shares the following stats for what Chrome has seen over the past year:
Who Can Take the Cake in Chrome Creativity?
Update: Google says the Google Chome Icon Project is over now.
Google Makes Chrome Faster
Google has released a new beta version of Chrome today, which the company says is much faster and improves upon the tab page and Omnibox features. It also comes with some new options for themes.
Fake Chrome OS Screenshots Punk Tech Media
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve probably heard that Google announced that it would be releasing a new operating system called Google Chrome OS this week. One mysterious blog entry popped up soon after, claiming to have snagged some screenshots of the OS as Google demoed the product to Acer.
Here’s an excerpt from that post:
Will Google Chrome OS Challenge Windows?
Google has announced that it is working on an operating system based on Google Chrome (their browser). The company says the project is an attempt to "re-think what operating systems should be."
The OS-in-progress is simply called Google Chrome OS, it is open source, and it will initially be aimed at netbooks. The announcement came on the same day that Google dropped the "beta" tag from Google Apps.
Google’s Chrome Untouchable At Security Conference
For the longest time in hacker folklore Internet Explorer and Microsoft Windows were the key targets and most exploitable while Macintosh and Safari were virtually ignored. But times they are a-changin’, roles are reversing, and Google’s Chrome comes out as a dark horse.
IE and Google Chrome Browsers Get Upgraded
In the past two days both Google and Microsoft have announced either changes or a new releases for their browser. Both are obviously touting improvements with speed being the main focus of Google and features being that of Microsoft.
New Chrome Beta, Blog Announced
Everyone knows that Google loves the word "beta"; Gmail has stood as evidence of this for years. Well, love can do powerful things, and Google’s brought back the term to describe a fresh, faster-than-ever version of its Chrome browser. There’s a new Chrome blog, too.
Chrome Ads Hit YouTube, Facebook
The main competitors in the browser war may still be Internet Explorer and Firefox, but it looks like Google’s found another way or two in which to give Chrome an advantage. YouTube and Facebook users have started to notice promotions for Chrome pop up left and right.