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12 Feb 2010Google Chrome developers have pushed out new code to Mac beta users allowing them access to bookmark sync and browser extensions, just over a month after these features made it to the dev channel.
Chrome 5.0.307.7 brings many new features to Mac, and also included updates for Linux users.
Mac users now have access to these new [...]
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12 Feb 2010Private browsing will now extend to the Flash plug-in with Flash Player 10.1 Adobe have announced.
“Integrating with your web browser, Flash Player 10.1 will automatically clear stored data in accordance with your browser’s private browsing settings” said Adobe Engineer Jimson Xu.
Flash Player 10.1 supports private browsing with Internet Explorer 8+, Mozilla Firefox 3.5+, and Google [...]
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3 Feb 2010Google has pushed out version 5 of Chrome to the dev channel for Windows, Mac and Linux.
Not much has changed so far, but Windows versions will now use the default download folder for downloading files, while the Mac version is now more stable with extensions.
Linux versions now include support for desktop notifications, along with improved [...]
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27 Jan 2010Google has pushed out an update to its Chrome browser on Windows, taking it to version 4.0.249.78.
The update now includes extensions and bookmark sync in the stable version on Windows.
The update also addresses 11 security issues, 4 of which were rated as high severity, 2 medium, and 5 low.
New users can download Google Chrome from [...]
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8 Jan 2010Google overnight has updated the development channel version Google Chrome, this time turning on extensions for Mac.
This is new version is in addition to the beta version, which Mac users have been able to test for the last few weeks.
Almost 1,400 extensions are currently available for Chrome users.
Mac users wanting to test out extensions can [...]
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9 Dec 2009With the latest Beta releases of Google Chrome today, Google have also released Extensions Beta.
Available to Beta Chrome users on Windows and Linux (with Mac still in progress), over 300 extensions can be downloaded at today’s launch.
Extensions can let users check their Gmail, translate web pages into different languages, and watch eBay items all without [...]
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9 Dec 2009Google has finally released Chrome Beta for both Mac and Linux.
Version 4.0.249.30 has been promoted to the Beta channel for Windows, Mac and Linux.
Mac users who had a previous developer build installed will automatically be moved to the Beta channel.
Chrome on Linux is integrated tightly with native GTX themes, while updates are managed by the [...]
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14 Nov 2009TechCrunch has received word from Google that Google Chrome for Mac is indeed scheduled for release in December this year.
“As I’m sure you know, we generally don’t comment about timelines for releasing specific features or products. But we’ve been quoted a few times saying Chrome for mac should be out by the end of the [...]
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13 Nov 2009Google has just pushed out Chrome 3.0.195.33 stable. The update fixes two potential problems.
The first issue is a simple bug fix, which would cause Google Chrome to stop working if a required Windows DLL (t2embed.dll) was not found, or not readable by the browser. This DLL is no longer needed by Chrome from this release.
The [...]
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6 Nov 2009Google has pushed out a new version of Chrome 3, taking it to version 3.0.195.32. The release fixes 5 stability issues, and plugs 2 security vulnerabilities.
The first security issue which was rated as medium where user were not warned for some file types that could execute JavaScript. The second security issue was rated as high [...]