14 DAY TRIAL // Just in time for the holidays, the Google Chrome developers at Google proudly announced last evening (December 2nd) the stable release and immediate availability for download of the Google Chrome 8.0.552.215 web browser for Linux, Windows and Macintosh platforms.
The new version, Google Chrome 8.0.552.215 brings a built-in PDF viewer, over 800 bugs squashed and stability enhancements, security fixes, and more. Google Chrome 8.0.552.215 is available for both 32-bit and 64-bit architectures with binary packages for the Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick Meerkat) operating system.
"The Chrome team is happy to announce our latest Stable release, 8.0.552.215. In addition to the over 800 bug fixes and stability improvements, Chrome 8 now contains a built in PDF viewer that is secured in Chrome’s sandbox. As always, it also contains our latest security fixes, listed below. This release will also be posted to the Beta Channel." - was stated in the official release announcement.
Highlights of Google Chrome 8.0.552.215:
· Build-in PDF viewer; · Stability improvements; · Over 800 bug fixes; · Fixed possible bypass of the pop-up blocker; · Fixed cross-origin video theft with canvas; · Fixed an issue with HTML5 databases, which made the browser to crash; · Fixed excessive file dialogs issue, which made the browser to crash; · Fixed an issue with HTTP proxy authentication, which made the browser to crash; · Fixed an out-of-bounds read regression issue in WebM video support; · Fixed bad indexing issue with malformed video, which made the browser to crash; · Fixed a browser memory corruption issue, via a malicious privileged extension; · ...and many more!
Instead of showing a blank page, Google Chrome offers you eight thumbnails, displaying the most visited websites, a history search bar and even the last ten closed tabs.
Google Chrome is extremely fast, from the moment you open it until it is closed. It’s available for the Ubuntu platform!
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