Thursday, September 24, 2009
Google Speeds Up Internet Explorer
Google's Chrome Frame plug-in makes Internet Explorer almost 10 times faster.
By Kristina Grifantini
A new plug-in from Google called Chrome Frame, released on Tuesday, makes Internet Explorer 8 run 9.6 times faster, according to benchmark tests done by Computerworld.
According to the Computerworld article, Google released the plug-in so that IE users would see better performance when using an as-yet unreleased tool called Google Wave. The plug-in, which users can download here, installs a version of the Javascript engine and HTML 5 functionality from Google's own browser, Chrome, inside IE (it doesn't work with all web pages, however).
Microsoft has responded to this rather embarrassing blow by stating that the Google Chrome Frame introduces severe security issues. In an interview with ARS Technica, which has a skeptical take on that claim, a Microsoft spokesperson says:
"Given the security issues with plugins in general and Google Chrome in
particular, Google Chrome Frame running as a plugin has doubled the
attach area for malware and malicious scripts. This is not a risk we
would recommend our friends and families take."
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Comments
neilrieck
09/25/2009
Posts:19
kamranbrohi
09/27/2009
Posts:1
If you don't like the idea of intellectual property, that's fine. Opt out. But opt out completely. Don't use it as an excuse for stealing, and then try to make money off intellectual property. Anyone who pirates stuff, and then makes money off intellectual property, is nothing but a low-life thieving hypocrite.
dmm
09/28/2009
Posts:193
How about the guy whom creates a software that can make a stock transaction in a Millionth of a second, when news comes out one way or the other!
He can Buy or Sell ahead of everyone else!
Is this an unfair advantage/disadvantage in the stock market for him?
Some folks say doing this is ok because he isn't doing anything illegal! They justify this by saying you can go out and creat the same software? /or/ you don't have to invest in the market!
But I say, this is a morally wrong thing for someone to be doing! This behavior adds no value whatsoever to the market. So my moral upbringing says, this is hurting others, and this is wrong! Investing adds value!
The stock market is a now a casino, no longer a place to invest, when this happens.
Likewise, two wrongs do not make a right!
So what is the answer to make people play fair?
Is this all part of our human condition?
I have grown up a "Boy Scout" believing in and living my life by the "Oath" & "Law", but you know, I often find myself questioning my moral code! I have at times suffered, the result of having done the right things. But than I realize there is one saving grace. I have to live with myself! It is that realization that comforts me!
So what is a fair profit? Who decides? And Why?
Stealing is Wrong! Yes! I agree! No ifs ands or buts!
kbillet
09/29/2009
Posts:6
If given the choice between being used by 90% and paid by 25%, and being used and paid for by 25%, they'll eagerly take the former, because the main thing the 25% is paying for is to be compatible with the other 65%. Piracy makes them the industrial standard, and so is in many ways the only thing keeping them in business.
Monsterboy
10/02/2009
Posts:89