Ron Schenone

Is Google Losing Its Shine?

Posted by on Sep 25, 2008 | 3 Comments

I read an article over at ZD Net this morning that indicates that some companies seem to think that Google’s Chrome browser is a security risk. Though nothing specific is being mentioned, it appears that someone, some where may be trying to take the shine off of Chrome. Or is it a real security risk?

It is difficult to say, beacuse every browser has had problems. Just yesterday Mozilla issues 5 security updates for Firefox. What does this tell us? That all browsers have their moments and one browser should not be singled out for condemnation. The article also stated that:

It is wrong to evaluate Chrome as you would a new TV show. It is wrong to consider it solely in terms of Google because, like Firefox, this is an open source product subject to the open source process.

FWIW – Chrome is still in beta [testing] and its main purpose is not to currently replace your browser of choice. I believ that Google has other plans for Chrome and is just letting us use it to iron out any bugs.

But what do you think?

Comments welcome.

ZD Net source.

  • George

    to me, google is still primarily email and a search site and a map site. i dont really use it for anything else. i really love google, but i’ve kinda noticed lately that they’ve been getting a lot of bad press. maybe they deserve it. i hated it when they came out with crome, and then everyone was like “THIS WILL REPLACE YOUR OPERATING SYSTEM FOR SURE!!!!” because it was a bad browser, and probably still is. i like google, but they shouldn’t have too much power

  • Anonymous

    so With ThunderBolt and A USB3.0 Adapter,
    Can i Connect a USB Hub, so that I can Plug as many Devices as I want to my laptop/macbook
    or would there be a limit as to the number of devices I can plug on that Adapter?

    and How Fast would it be compared to a native USB3.0?

    say I have 10 peripheral devices plugged into a Thunderbolt w/ 3.0 Adapter
    If I compare that to a
    laptop that has 3 slots of USB3.0
    with the same number of peripheral devices (10)
    which would transfer faster?

    I used this comparison because this is probably the set-up of netbooks which will soon be available to the market…

  • D Lowrey

    With the cable around $50 from Apple only and being used only on Apple products right now…it’s not even a question looking in search of an answer.