Very interesting! Google Chrome is blocked in some countries (Cuba, Syria, North Korea, Iran, and Sudan) :
Google says:
“In accordance with US export controls and economic sanctions regulations, we are unable to permit the download of Google Chrome in Cuba, Syria, North Korea, Iran, and Sudan.”
Tags: Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan, Syria
Think twice before switching browsers
1. It’s only in its first beta
2. You won’t have any add-ons
Add-ons are a huge draw for Firefox fans, and none of these are available in Chrome yet. Google does intend to create an API for such extensions, but for now you’ll have to make do without your AdBlocks, Better Gmails, and BugMeNots, or you’ll have to switch between browsers to use the add-ons you want when you want them.
3. You can’t synchronise
One big plus of Firefox is its ability to synchronise across multiple computers using Mozilla’s Weave option. This arrangement allows you to keep your home browser, your laptop browser and your work browser looking identical at all times and once you get used to that level of synchronisation, it’s hard to give up. Chrome doesn’t yet have that capability.
4. You may draw the short stick on standards
5. You’re giving advertisers extra ammo
6. The drop-down bar is dropped
7. You lose some history power
Very intresting John Sanders shows you how the Web giant Google hopes to shake up the Internet.
Here is a short movie with installation help of the new Google Chrome browser (sound included)
The announcement of the lunch of Google Chrome made in early September can be considered the most important event of the year not only because Google tends to revolutionize the internet browsing experience but also because it comes as a strong competitor for Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox. Some rumors in the web world say that Chrome was designed to be Explorer’s killer and by lunching Chrome, Google declared war to Microsoft. They say that this new browser by Google is only the first step of an operating systems revolution. In the future we’ll may be using an application of this kind for all our computer related work. So, Chrome is Explorer’s killer only on short term. In a long shot Google plans to take down Microsoft’s top product, Windows.
Beside this rumors Chrome made a lot of people curious. These people immediately wanted to try out Google Chrome. They’ve downloaded it from google.com and off to a new web browsing experience. The first reaction: stunned by the user friendly interface, simple and efficient. When these curios internet users began surfing they were even more impressed of what Chrome can do. They’ve experienced a much safer, faster and reliable web surfing session.
Generally the online world is happy with what Google managed to achieve with its Chrome. Even though Chrome is available for all users, Google admits that his web browser is far from being completed. There is still a lot of work to be done and Google is open to any suggestions for improvement coming from users.
www.TheChromeBlog.NET
A new article made by Roger Grimes for InfoWorld dot com, Why I never trust new browsers and Chrome is included!
If you want to read the article click here
Google’s Chrome is a worthy option in the browser battles, but far from perfect from a security perspective
Google released its new, open source, browser, called Chrome, a few days ago. You can download it from Google’s home page. It’s a pretty, clean, fast browser. [As a Microsoft employee], I welcome the competition. Competition is always good and improves everyone’s product.
As a security guy, I wondered how well Chrome would prevail against malicious misuse. One of Chrome’s benefits is that it is relatively smaller, code-wise, than its nearest competitors (Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari, Opera, and so on). Less code could mean less potential exploit vectors and bugs. It will be a year or so before we can see how well it fares overall, but it isn’t off to a stellar start.
[ Check out InfoWorld's Special Report for all the news, reviews, and commentary on Google's open source Chrome browser. ]
There were at least three announced Chrome exploits in the first two days. The first exploit showed that Chrome could be tricked into silently downloading executables to local user locations. After this exploit was announced came the expected rash of novice defenses stating that just because something is downloaded to a user’s desktop doesn’t mean it is executed, and therefore the user is safe. Yeah, right. Apparently you’re new to computing and haven’t learned that stage one of the exploit (the hardest part) is always followed by stage two, where someone else teaches us how to silently execute that code ..
First of all we should mention its new JavaScript engine V8 meant to give more strength to the browser. This power opens the road for future web applications that were impossible to run with today’s common browsers.
Because of its engine Google Chrome is capable of running our day to day complex web applications in a more secure and fast way. For example each tab was made to be an isolated “sandbox”. This feature resolves a stability problem of all the other browsers because if one tab crashes for different reasons, the other can function normally without any data loss.
Beside speed and independent tabs Google Chrome has also other cool features that can make him the next generation web browser. Here is the top 10 of this browser’s coolest features:
After taking a look at Google Chrome we can clearly see why he is better than all the other tools of its kind. It has more speed due to his JavaScript V8 engine, more stability given by his independent tab feature, a much safer browsing and last but not list a more user friendly interface characterized by simplicity and reliability.
A cool presentation from http://chris.pirillo.com about the new Google Chrome.
This guy likes the same thinks that we all like: chrome speed, efficiency, clean and open source.
http://www.youtube.com/user/lockergnome
http://live.pirillo.com - In a few short hours from the time this was recorded, we all had our hands on Google Chrome. I feel this is a game changer in the way the World Wide Web works. I made up a list of five reasons that Chrome will soon become your default browser.
Tags: browser, chrome, gadgets, Google Chrome, internet, pirillo, webkit
On the CNET News Daily Debrief, Charles Cooper and Ina Fried consider the questions raised by the disclosure that Google has the right to log every keystroke you type into the browser’s address/search bar.
This is related to “To Crom or not to Crom” post
I found an intresting video on YouTube made by a guy trancesynaptic ( http://www.youtube.com/user/trancesynaptic ) under the title “Google Chrome’s Dirty Little Secret!”
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