---
title: Google Chrome
date: 2008-09-02 09:10:09
permalink: https://lesterchan.net/blog/2008/09/02/google-chrome/
author: Lester Chan
categories:
  - Software
tags:
  - browser
  - Google
---

Google has hoped on to the web browser bandwagon. Google Chrome is an open source web browser developed by Google using the WebKit rendering engine.

- An address bar with auto-completion features called “omnibox.”
- The V8 JavaScript Virtual Machine.
- A privacy mode.
- Web applications can be launched in their own browser window without an address bar and toolbar.
- Chrome includes an automatically updated phishing and malware blacklist using the Google Safe Browsing API.
- Uses the WebKit Rendering Engine.
- Puts individual tabs and plug-ins into separate processes.
- Integration of Gears.

The beta should be available tomorrow (Singapore time). Wonder how well it will stand against Mozilla Firefox.

Source: [Google Blog: A fresh take on the browser](http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/09/fresh-take-on-browser.html)  
Taken From: [Wikipedia: Google Chrome](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Chrome)  
More Information: [Google Chrome, Google’s Browser Project](http://blogoscoped.com/archive/2008-09-01-n47.html)