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Chrome only browser left standing after day one of Pwn2Own
During a contest at the CanSecWest event, security researchers competed to exploit vulnerabilities in web browsers. Firefox, Safari, and Internet Explorer were all successfully compromised, but Chrome was able to withstand the first day of the competition.
NEWS: Safari hacked within seconds at Pwn2Own contest
NEWS: Safari hacked within seconds at Pwn2Own contest
pocket-lint.com — IE8 and Firefox cracked soon after In just day one of the annual Pwn2Own hacking competition, IE8... and Firefox were cracked within a matter of hours, and Safari floored within seconds. ... Read Safari hacked within seconds at Pwn2Own contest ... (more) NEWS: Safari hacked within seconds at Pwn2Own contest
All five smartphones survive PWN2OWN hacker contest
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DVLabs | Pwn2Own Day 2
dvlabs.tippingpoint.com — The 3rd annual Pwn2Own contest kicked off its second day today at CanSecWest this morning. If you... missed it, check out yesterday's browser carnage (with pics) . Today, any contestant could attempt to break into a fully patched browser (IE8, Firefox, ... (more) DVLabs | Pwn2Own Day 2
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Chrome Is the Last Browser Standing at Pwn2Own Hacking Competition [Browsers]
Gizmodo — ... . However, it's reign is likely to be a short one as day two ups the ante with more prize money and the ability to use plugins as part of the hack. [Ars Technica] ...

The 404 303: Where even we know not to get a bacon tattoo
Crave: The gadget blog — ... Some days on The 404, there isn't much news to report, so we do something we like to call "milking" and boy are we good at it! It's not for lacking of try. We spend as much as ten minutes every day looking for stuff on the Interwebs to riff on, and while we could talk about hackers taking apart Safari in seconds, it's really not that funny. And it's not 404-esque material. See, how much text I've written, and really I haven't said anything. ...

Afternoon Linkage for March 20th, 2009
GEARFUSE — ... Afternoon Linkage for March 20th, 2009 By Vince Veneziani March 20, 2009 Comments (0) Filed under: Features Sorry for the lack of posts today but coupled with the terrible news out there and my fucked up back, it was bound to happen. To Friday! The Godfather II is shaping up nicely Nice crib, dude Dataflux: Shape-shifting art Oh how I’d love to have some flexible OLEDs The Lightpot can probably grow some amazing weed Apparently, Chrome is the safest browser out there Have great links you want showcased on ...

Happy Birthday: A Look Back at One Year of Google Chrome [Google Chrome]
Lifehacker — ... can be found (yay!), but it doesn't really allow you to do anything, and it's wonky to install ( sigh ). On another front, Google scores a nice little PR victory by being the last browser standing in the Pwn2Own hacker challenge , since its individually "sandboxed" browser processes make it hard to hack too deep into the system it's running on. While they've got the muscle pose on, Chrome's developers also show off some ...

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