The Google developers consider their web browser Chrome in the generation 33 as mature enough to release it as Chrome 33.0.1750.117 in the stable distribution channel for the general public. The new Chrome version also brings the current Flash Player 12.0.0.70, in which Adobe has eliminated critical security gaps.
In Chrome itself, developers have fixed 28 vulnerabilities, including nine discovered and reported by external security researchers. For this, Google pays out a total of 13,500 US dollars in bonuses as part of its bug bounty program. Five of these gaps are classified as high risk.
Among the rest of the stuffed gaps discovered by the Google team themselves, seven are reported to allow a break out of the sandbox. The Chrome Sandbox encapsulates the browser from the rest of the system to prevent code from entering the browser into the operating system.
Chrome 33 should also be faster when executing complex javascript applications. The developers have improved the V8 javascript engine. It now stores the code optimization in a background thread instead of performing it as before in the main thread. The JIT (Just in Time) compiler translates the script code at runtime into native machine code, which can be executed much faster. But the optimization in the main thread costs more computation time, which can lead to a stagnation in large applications, such as games.
The update to the new Chrome version is usually downloaded and installed automatically. If you have disabled the Google Update service, you can access the menu item "About Google Chrome" in the browser to start the update. In addition, as Google announced in June 2013, Chrome Frame retired. ChromeFrame is an add-on module for Internet Explorer, which makes it possible to display web content in the Microsoft browser with the HTML engine from Chrome. Because newer IE versions support the current web standards, Google Chrome Frame is now no longer required.
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