09 Sep 08 German Government Against Chrome
Blogoscoped.com report that the German government have issued a warning to citizens using Google Chrome. Here’s a quote from German news Tagesschau (translated);
“The Federal Office for Information Security warned internet users of the new browser Chrome. The application by the company Google should not be used for surfing the internet, as a spokesperson for the office told the Berliner Zeitung.”
So basically, the German government fear Google is gathering too much information about it’s people 
German government being over cautious and protective or Google in the wrong with it’s lax privacy policies and mass data collection?
Tags: chrome, Federal Office for Information Security, German government, google, google chrome
08 Sep 08 Google: Lack of Mac Chrome ‘embarrassing’
Sergey Brin (Google co-founder) has described the lack of a Mac Version for their newly released Chrome browser as ‘embarrassing’.
He also said the release date for Mac support will be ‘months away’. No doubt apple fans aren’t gonna be happy with that 
Check out the video here for more details… (around 4mins 30secs for the juicy stuff)..
Tags: browser, chrome, google, Macintosh, Sergey Brin
04 Sep 08 First Security Flaw in Chrome
It was bound to come along sooner rather than later and readwriteweb.com reports on how Google Chrome’s download feature can be exploited by hackers.
The flaw has got to do with Chrome’s lax downloading policy. When a user downloads a file and clicks the tab below (below) to open it, it is opened straight away without any prompts or warning.
For a demo of what i’m talking about check out this file (don’t worry, nothing in it, just a demo). It was compiled by security expert Aviv Raff.
Apparently it was a known bug in WebKit (the framework behind Chrome). Safari patched up this issue months ago, but Google were using an old WebKit version to work with Chrome and hence the problem.
03 Sep 08 Google Chrome Speed Test
Cnet published an article about how Google Chrome is kicking ass on the speed front, proving they’ve delivered what they’ve promised – a super fast browser.
It’s still very early days, but Chrome looks like the real deal. All it needs now are the extensions to match Firefox 
02 Sep 08 Chrome First Impressions
As a Firefox lover, i have to admit, Google Chrome is looking pretty slick and i could well be moving from Firefox to Chrome.
There’s a few things i like right away;
- No crap at the top of the window/page – just the bare minimum, increasing vertical page real estate.
- You can search google from within the url address bar – very handy
- ‘Incognito mode’ which basically allows you to browse under cover, leaving no traces of what sites you visit – very handy if multiple users are on your PC.
- on start up, it shows your most visited pages in a thumbnail fashion – very handy
- on start up, it displays a bookmarks toolbar which is a great use of space.
So overall, Chrome looks really impressive yet simple – a typical Google product. What do you guys think?!
02 Sep 08 Google Chrome Hype
Over the past 48 hours, there’s been an incredible amount of hype an excitement over Google’s new browser called ‘Google Chrome’. It will be release for public BETA download later today…
Here’s just some of the articles that have been written;
- Fresh Take on Browser
- Is Google Chrome an IE/Firefox/Opera/Safari Killer?
- First Images of Google Chrome
- G Browser comes to life
- Google Introduces Chrome Browser with Cartoon
Make no mistake about it – Google Chrome is gonna ruffle some feathers in the browser wars.
Tags: browser, chrome, download, google chrome, hype
