Google has released Chrome 2.0. The speed-demon browser gets an additional kick of speed, a few more features, and a load of bug fixes.

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Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) just shipped in late March, but Microsoft is already asking users for input on its replacement.
The company has said it is trying to release updates to its venerable browser much more quickly than in the past. Meanwhile, some long-time Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) watchers contributed their own feedback as to what users [...]

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Browser vendors all update their software often to patch for security issues. The problem is that not all browser users update to the latest versions quickly, if at all.
A new study from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology’s Stefan Frei and Google’s Thomas Duebendorfer looked at how quickly users were updating their browsers based on [...]

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Security holes in the Apache Geronimo Application Server and SAP cFolders headline a list of five serious Web app vulnerabilities that demand immediate attention.
According to Mark Painter from the HP Security Laboratory, the Geronimo flaws expose users to a variety of attack vectors that could lead to the theft of sensitive information and cookie-based authentication [...]

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Security problems surrounding protocol handling and Web browsers have surfaced again — this time with Google Chrome and Microsoft’s Internet Explorer.
According to an advisory from the Google Chrome team, there’s an error in handling URLs with the a chromehtml: protocol that could allow an attacker to run scripts of his choosing on any page or [...]

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Originally posted by Mary Jo Foley
Internet Explorer 8 (IE is nearing the finish line, with a March release to manufacturing looking like a distinct possibility. But is IE 8 — or, more accurately — Web site developers and owners — really ready?
I have been testing IE 8 since the code became available publicly. And [...]

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