Chrome News & Articles

Following a wave of browser related awesomeness, comprised of multi-process architecture (Chrome) and bar-raising sexiness (Safari), a brave and very unlikely candidate has dropped a few breadcrumbs concerning a new solution in the works.

Microsoft’s prototype—codenamed Gazelle—is reportedly after a huge fish. Taking a different route to their desired success than the aforementioned, the company’s research team recently released a thesis on what a secure browser should really look like. The statement addresses a number of security issues that have been around since day one, and the proposed solutions make Gazelle out to be the first browser that thinks like an operating system.

The catch? It’s slower, it uses more resources than IE7 and as of today, it’s still unavailable for test runs. If it’s ever finally released to the public, what do you think the chances are that the world will trade in convenience and speed for security?

Early on Tuesday, Apple slapped an unannounced release of Safari 4 Beta on the table, and the entire Internet subsequently went bananas.

We’ve taken it for a test drive and right off the cuff it feels natural to compare Safari’s upgrades to the features in Google Chrome. In fact, even after sleeping on it, it still feels that way.

Staying true to their reputation for paying extra attention to miniscule details however, Apple has somehow managed to take almost all of Chrome’s popular perks and make them more intuitive. Of course, that’s in addition to Apple’s own innovations, including the integration of an iTunes-like interface. As a mix of both fresher, more popular elements and good ol’ Apple standbys, the new release has got hard core Safari fans shedding tears of joy—and sorrow.

More browser news. Nothing about war or carnage, though. OK, maybe a little. Ben Goodger, whose internet celebrity is attributed to being one of the masterminds behind Google Chrome, gave a presentation about the browser at the Webstock conference this week.

After what started as a flurry of freakouts over security issues and a general concern over whether or not ‘Google’ was just a code name for CIA, the simple browser has settled into a cloud of overall contentment. Now that it’s doing quite well for itself, let’s talk about some of the reasoning behind its creation.

As the browser wars rage on, third-party extensions, plug-ins and add-ons have become key players. With Google Chrome out of beta, Microsoft Internet Explorer is working hard towards a full public release. Here to help them on their way is OneRiot’s Hot Topic Web Slice.

LiveMesh, released earlier this year by Microsoft and still in beta, picked up a major award at the 2008 Crunchies. Amidst a flurry of start-ups, new “2.0” services and power house competition, it was a little surprising to see LiveMesh win the Best Technology Innovation Crunchie. Is the award enough to sway skeptical bloggers’ opinions about the enterprise 2.0 synchronization and collaboration system?

With security issues plaguing the end of 2008, the browser wars are back in full swing. This time Google steps up to the plate, opening the new year of battle with their Chrome 2.0 pre-beta trial.

Internet Explorer has long been the topic of negative conversation in the tech community. And today is no different as a major security flaw has been announced that affects IE5 through the new IE8 beta.

The flaw allows serious and far reaching attacks that are not just theoretical in nature. According to sources this particular issue is already in wide use with attempts to steal game passwords. There are a reported 10,000+ websites infected with the code necessary to take advantage of this breach.

Firefox has been in the spotlight for the past few years, but now another browser is aiming to steal that attention away. That browser is none other than Google Chrome. It seems like these are very critical times as new browsers and browser versions are constantly being developed, but never has a new browser had such attention behind it. So, just how well does Chrome fair when compared to its competition?

Oh, Google, how much we overly obsess with you. We even keep up with your birthdays! You turned ten years old on September 7, 2008, and we couldn’t be more proud of you.

Ten years ago on this very day, who would have known then that you would turn into one of the most recognized brands in the world.

Within hours of Google Chrome’s entry into the Web browser arena, concerns about the browser’s privacy and copyright claims within the terms of service echoed throughout blogs and news organizations around the world.

With a unique ID embedded in each copy of Chrome, so the grumble goes, Google could use Chrome to harvest huge amounts of behavior data and potentially dramatically erode any remaining semblance of online privacy. This idea has given us pause. Is Chrome a major privacy threat or have the good net citizens of the world been overreacting?

Social Media moves so fast, it’s hard to keep up. Here’s the weeks’ SM news in scan-friendly format.

This Week:

• Google Chrome, (because yes, it IS a social media story).
• Twitter hits 99.x% Uptime
• The Scandalous Shock of Disgraceful Digg’s Bribery Scandal
• Socialmedian does Newsstreaming as Lifestreaming
• Shozu Social App hit iPhone
• Socialcast 3.0: Social Networking in the Enterprise

Google Chrome

Google launched a new browser this week. You may have heard something about it. It’s great, far as we can tell (here’s our take on Chrome), and is tailor-made for running rich web applications, because it runs RIAs in seperate tabs in their own environment, or something. Which FireFox and IE do not. Which is why FF 3 crashes like a mutha and why IE usually runs like a 3-legged dog.

Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 is now available for download by the public. Microsoft certainly needs to push IE8 out soon — especially when considering the recent developments within the Web browsing market. The company is touting the premise that IE8 is the most secure, reliable and privacy-aware version of the product to date. Will it be enough to impress the users of other browsers while keeping up with the expectations from current users?

Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari and Opera, watch out — Google is entering the fray with its shiny new creation called Chrome. Google’s newest creation will be available for download today in more than 100 countries for people using Microsoft Windows, but is the amount of drama brewing from Google’s announcement just the beginning of a new browser war? Are we prepared for what Google will bring to the table and what personal information they make take from it as a result?

The issue of user-generated content has been subject to scrutiny and debate among online news media, many of whom have questioned its place in online journalism.

We reported that A Moderated Approach to User Generated Content seemed to produce more accurate and censored content than opponents would lead you to believe. Then, we reported on the status of online comments as used by online newspapers and as to whether or not comments enhance the quality of online journalism.

Now, we bring the next phase in the saga of online comments: the difficulty in maintenance and moderation.