Google this week announced it had shipped a stronger Flash Player sandbox for the OS X version of Chrome,making good on an August promise to ship a Mac browser better able to ward off exploits of the Adobe software. Chrome 23,which ...
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IDG News Service-Google released a Chrome browser update with a video decoding enhancement that the company claims will help users save battery life. The feature,available for Chrome on Windows,cuts power consumption by executing video ...
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An IT recruitment expert has criticised government pay thresholds for overseas IT workers in the UK, claiming it groups vastly different jobs together and sets salaries too low, presuming an IT director in the UK can earn as little as ...
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Computerworld - Google today awarded $60,000 to a security researcher who cracked Chrome at the search firm's second "Pwnium" hacking contest. The researcher, a teenager who goes by the nickname "Pinkie Pie," was a returning winner: Last ...
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While java hacks are an almost weekly occurrence,a zero-day exploit discovered yesterday looks set to become unusually disruptive,as Oracle has so far offered no solution,and experts are recommending users turn off Java off unless ...
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Google yesterday said it will pay up to$2 million for major vulnerabilities in its Chrome browser at a second Pwnium hacking contest this fall. Pwn2Own,a rival contest sponsored by Hewlett-Packard,will award as much as$200,000 in a ...
Tags: Google, Pwn2Own, Kuala Lumpur, Chrome Hacking Contest
Facebook is on the hunt for 22 new recruits to make up its new London-based engineering team. Based in Covent Garden,the Facebook team is to focus on key areas such as mobile and platform. The team will be led by software engineer ...
Tags: Facebook, engineering team, Philip Su, mobile and platform