Google Chrome released a new stable release version 18 and updated it to new version 18.0.1025.168 and is available for download as offline standalone installer as well web installer.
New features so included in this version are:
- Canvas 2D’s speed: 2D canvas is being implemented in this version so as to bring animations run faster and smoothly.
- SwiftShader: It’s the software GPU toolkit which is the world’s fastest & most flexible pure software 3D rendering technology. Swiftshader is enough capable of performing 100 times faster than rendering of traditional softawre.
Security fixes in this update of Google Chrome:
- High CVE-2011-3078: Use after free in floats handling.
- High CVE-2012-1521: Use after free in xml parser.
- Medium CVE-2011-3079: IPC validation failure.
- Medium CVE-2011-3080: Race condition in sandbox IPC.
- High CVE-2011-3081: Use after free in floats handling
Try this: Several features in Google Chrome are needed to be enabled as are not on by default, you can check some of the Tips and Tricks which can be applied on Google Chrome and use the best out of it. Locked features like Multiple Profiles, Experimental Page, Side Tabs, Print Preview, Instant Search, Compact Navigation and others can be managed with about:flags help. Updates details can be checked here.
Download: Web Installer | Offline Standalone Installer | MSI Installer
