Google Quietly Launches Chrome

Posted September 4, 2008 by Alex W. in Grab Bag, Science/Tech

Google Inc. launched the beta build of their web browser, Chrome.Â A browser built from the ground up to encompass all of the best browsing features and is built on today’s top of the line open source technology including Apple’s WebKit 3 and Mozilla’s Firefox engine.

“Under the hood, we were able to build the foundation of a browser that runs today’s complex web applications much better . By keeping each tab in an isolated “sandbox”, we were able to prevent one tab from crashing another and provide improved protection from rogue sites. We improved speed and responsiveness across the board. We also built V8, a more powerful JavaScript engine, to power the next generation of web applications that aren’t even possible in today’s browsers.”

Source: Google

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