Archive for April 24th, 2009

Google’s Street View service should stay says watchdog (The Scotsman)

A PRIVACY watchdog has said that Google's Street View service should not be scrapped, despite admitting that it posed a "small risk" of privacy invasion.

Friday, April 24th, 2009

Google plugs severe security hole in Chrome (Silicon.com)

Google released a new version of its Chrome browser Thursday to fix a high-severity security problem. The problem affects Google's mainstream stable version of Chrome and is fixed in the new version 1.0.154.59. Google has built Chrome so it updates itself automatically with no user intervention, though the software must be restarted for the new version to run.

Friday, April 24th, 2009

Google Street View cleared of breaking Data Protection Act (Guardian Unlimited)

Google Street View privacy complaints are rejected by Information Commissioner's Office Google Street View, the controversial website that shows 360-degree street views of many of Britain's cities does not breach the Data Protection Act, the information commissioner ruled today. Hundreds of people complained that their privacy was breached by the service, which launched last month for 25 cities ...

Friday, April 24th, 2009

Google tackles severe Chrome security flaw (ZDNet UK)

A cross-site scripting vulnerability in Google's browser could let an attacker use a different browser to make Chrome do his bidding

Friday, April 24th, 2009

Google fixes severe security vulnerability in Chrome browser (Computer Weekly)

Google has released a new version of its Chrome...

Friday, April 24th, 2009