Google Updates Chrome for Mac

Google recently announced that it has released a new version, 26.0.1410.65,  of its Chrome browser, only for Mac OS X.  The update, according to the Release Announcement, fixes a bug related to WebGL.   You should get the update automatically; I don’t think there’s any reason to rush to get it, since the bug it fixes doesn’t appear to have security implications.

Google Chrome Updated

Google has released a new version of its Chrome browser for all platforms.  The new version number for Mac OS X and Linux is 26.0.1410.63; for Windows and Chrome Frame it is 26.0.1410.64.   The principal change in this release is the new version of Adobe’s Flash Player, released today; some bug fixes and stability improvements are also included.

Because of the security content of this release, I recommend that you update your systems as soon as you conveniently can.   Windows and Mac users can get the new version via the built-in update mechanism; Linux users should check their distribution’s repositories for the new version.

Google Releases Chrome 26

Google today released a new major version, 26.0.1410.43, of its Chrome browser for Linux, Mac OS X, Windows, and Chrome Frame.  This release incorporates fixes for 11 identified security vulnerabilities, two of which Google rates as High severity.  The new version also includes some new features:

• “Ask Google for suggestions” spell checking improvements (e.g. grammar and homonym checking)
• Desktop shortcuts for multiple users (profiles) on Windows
• Asynchronous DNS resolver on Mac and Linux

Further details are available in the Release Announcement.

Because of the security content of this release, I recommend that you update your systems as soon as you conveniently can.   Windows and Mac users can get the new version via the built-in update mechanism; Linux users should check their distribution’s repositories for the new version.

Update Tuesday, 26 March, 22:14 EDT

Ars Technica has an article on the new Chrome release; it has a useful description of some the new spell-checking features.

Google Updates Chrome to 25.0.1364.172

Today Google released a new version, 25.0.1364.172, of its Chrome browser, for all platforms: Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, and Chrome Frame.  The principal change is the updated version of the bundled Adobe Flash Player; there are some other miscellaneous bug fixes, as well.   More information is available in the Release Announcement.

Because of the security content of this release, I recommend that you update your systems as soon as you conveniently can.   Windows and Mac users can get the new version via the built-in update mechanism; Linux users should check their distribution’s repositories for the new version.

Security Fix for Google Chrome

Google today released a new version, 25.0.1364.160, of its Chrome browser for Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X.  This release provides a fix for a High severity security vulnerability in the WebKit rendering component.  Further information is available in the Release Announcement.

Because of the security content of this release, I recommend that you update your systems as soon as you conveniently can.   Windows and Mac users can get the new version via the built-in update mechanism; Linux users should check their distribution’s repositories for the new version.

Chrome for Mac Updated Again

Google today released another new version, 25.0.1364.155, of its Chrome browser for Mac OS X.  According to the Release Announcement, this version is intended to fix a bug that can cause a crash when the user is typing in the OmniBox.  This seems to be the same bug for which an updated Mac OS X version was released this past Friday.  (Corresponding new Windows and Linux versions were released yesterday.)  There is not much more information available at this point.

Mac users should receive the new version via the built-in update mechanism.