Google has released a new version of its Chrome browser for Windows, MacOS X and Linux. With the update to version 7.0.517.44 ten security holes are closed. There is also a new beta version of Chrome 8 integrated with a PDF viewer. Google ranks every ten closed Vulnerabilities in Chrome 7, a "critical". Details on the vulnerabilities of the Internet company will, as usual, only to turn in when the majority of Chrome users, the new update has been installed. In addition, the update includes a new version of the integrated Flash plug-in.

Google's security program "Chromium Security Reward"is obviously good. As many as nine of the ten vulnerabilities have been discovered by external security researchers. For six vulnerabilities, the Internet company of 1,000 U.S. dollars paid in premiums, The new update for Chrome 7, via the integrated update function of the browser will be based as usual. The update is usually installed in the background automatically. Moreover, as the Chrome 7.0.517.44 now available for Windows, MacOS X and Linux to download ready.

Furthermore, Google has a beta version of Chrome 8 published. This includes a standard PDF viewer enabled, Google's browser to display PDF files without additional software. As usual, Google has placed great emphasis on speed, the representation of a PDF file should be as fast as an HTML page. In addition, the PDF viewer runs in its own sandbox to recover from possible security vulnerabilities to minimize the impact. In addition, the beta version of Chrome 8 other experimental features that at about: can be enabled flags. The chrome-8 Beta is now available on the Chrome beta-Channel for download.