Google Chrome 31 Is Out: Web Payments, Portable Native Client 123
An anonymous reader writes "Google today released Chrome version 31 for Windows, Mac, and Linux. The new version includes support for Web payments, Portable Native Client, and 25 security fixes. 'Under the hood, PNaCl works by compiling native C and C++ code to an intermediate representation, rather than architecture-specific representations as in Native Client. The LLVM-style bytecode is wrapped into a portable executable, which can be hosted on a web server like any other website asset. When the site is accessed, Chrome fetches and translates the portable executable into an architecture-specific machine code optimized directly for the underlying device. This translation approach means developers don’t need to recompile their applications multiple times to run across x86, ARM or MIPS devices.' You can update to the latest release now using the browser's built-in silent updater, or download it directly from google.com/chrome."
Re:I need help? (Score:0, Funny)
Re:Security? (Score:2, Funny)
With security fixes of course: "Tuesday December 24, 2013 ... Google Chrome 214 is Out: this update includes 14 security fixes in the Portable Native Client which should plug all the security holes. Yes we know we said the same thing in the last 5 updates yesterday, the day before, and last week, but this time we've fixed all the, ahem, known security flaws. Promise."
That sounds familiar. (Score:2, Funny)
That approach sounds familiar. What's to stop this being Just Another Vulnerability Apparatus?
Re: Potato exploit (Score:5, Funny)
One day, hear knock on door.
Man ask "Who is?"
"Is potato man, I come around to give free potato"
Man is very excite and opens door.
Is not potato man, is secret police.