FYI, "Google boosts bonuses for Chrome bug bounty hunters" -
http://www.computerworld.com/s/artic...bounty_hunters
"...Evans outlined new bonuses that Google will award researchers who report certain kinds of flaws.
Google has launched an experimental programme to encourage external security researchers to find and report vulnerabilities in its browser.$500 will be awarded for each bug found.Google is hoping that this will improve the security of its browser and therefore security for its users. Any bug found c ...
Google just announced that Google Apps for Business, Education and Government customers can now call and email the company with their questions about Chrome. Google, of course, has always been somewhat notorious for its lack of customer support options, but this is slowly changing.
InternetNews notes that Mozilla is offering bounties to discover security vulnerabilities: "By paying for flaws, what Mozilla is doing is providing an economic model for both security researchers and for itself.
The Google Chrome developers at Google proudly announced last evening, August 2nd, the stable release and immediate availability for download of the Google Chrome 13 web browser for Linux, Windows, Macintosh and Chrome Frame platforms. The new Google Chrome 13 web browser includes various exciting new features, such as the highly anticipat... (read more)
The Google Chrome developers at Google proudly announced last evening (June 7th) the stable release and immediate availability for download of the Google Chrome 12 web browser for Linux, Windows, Macintosh and Chrome Frame platforms. The new Google Chrome 12 web browser includes various interesting new features, such as the highly anticipa... (read more)
The Google Chrome developers at Google proudly announced last evening (April 27th) the stable release and immediate availability for download of the Google Chrome 11.0.696.57 web browser for Linux, Windows, Macintosh and Chrome Frame platforms. The new Google Chrome 11 browser contains some interesting improvements, such as speech input th... (read more)
The browser in Google's Android mobile operating system is more than 50 percent faster than the browser found in Apple's iOS, according to company Blaze.io. Blaze tested the embedded browsers in Android 2.3 and iOS 4.3. These were WebView and UIWebView, respectively. The tests were conducted against websites of Fortune 1,000 corporations.
Google just launched an update to Chrome for Android that provides the browser with a strengthened sandbox. Google says this will help ensure that malicious mobile sites remain contained and can’t impact the entire browser. It’s worth noting, though, that this enhanced sandbox will only be available to Android 4.1 Jellybean users.
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