Ail’s Work

By now you’ve probably heard that Google has released their first version of Chrome.

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Chrome is a browser based on Webkit just like Safari. That’s good news for designers as they don’t have to deal wth another peculiar set of HTML and CSS rules and exceptions.

Pixels for free!

The first thing that comes to mind when opening Chrome is the lack of chrome. The toolbar containing files, edit, bookmarks, etc. has been removed, the search bar known from IE7 and Firefox has been integrated into the address bar (Google has named this Omnibox) and the status bar is hidden by default and is set only to show it’s ugly face when you hover your mouse over a link. Let’s look at just how much extra space Chrome can offer in comparison to it’s two biggest competitors.

1. Chrome: 1663 x 930 = 1546590 pixels
2. IE7: 1659 x 904 = 1499736 pixels
3. FF3: 1663 x 867 = 1441821 pixels

To find the actual view port I took a screen shot at 1680×1050 and cropped the image to contain only the view port area. All browsers were set to their default configurations.

Chrome offers a blasting 1546590 pixels on a screen resolution of 1680×1050 pixels. That’s a mind bobbeling 7 percent more than what Firefox 3 can offer and 3 percent more than IE7.

If Chrome becomes the browser of choice we might see that extra space used to display more ads, bigger top banners and a like. With the extra space Google could fit even another sponsored link on top of the search results. Let’s just hope that doesn’t happen.

Performance

General performance seems to have increased slightly from Firefox 3, but the real performance gain is found in the way it renders JavaScript. Google’s own numbers show that Chrome are about three times faster than Firefox 3 and up to ten times faster then IE7.
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Test the JavaScript performance yourself

The virtual JavaScript engine is called V8 and has been developed by a Danish Google division.

Chrome can be downloaded here but unfortunately it can only be run on Windows environments.

HITBSecConf2008 - Malaysia. The main aim of our conference is to enable the dissemination, discussion and sharing of deep knowledge network security information. Presented by respected members of both the mainstream network security arena as well as the underground or black hat community, our events routinely highlight new and ground-breaking attack and defense methods that have not been seen or discussed in public before.

HITBSecConf2008 - Malaysia will be our 6th conference in Malaysia and is expected to attract over 1000 attendees from around the Asia Pacific region and from around the world. This year’s event will also see the introduction of a third track to our conference program called the ‘HITB Labs’. These new hands-on sessions are designed to give attendees a closer and deeper understanding of various security issues from physical security bypass methods to the security of RFID and other wireless based technologies.

HITBSecConf2008 - Malaysia will also see our highly popular team-based hacking competition known as Capture The Flag. First developed and presented at Defcon in the US, the idea behind a CTF competition is to allow for teams of three to hack into prepared servers running in order to retrieve marked files or flags on these target machines. Participants will also be required to defend their systems from attack. Teams will be judged on both their defensive as well as the offensive game play.

We believe HITBSecConf is an ideal platform for leading network security vendors to not only meet with some of the leading network security specialists but to also showcase their own technology and solutions with the public as well.

Event Details

Venue: The Westin Kuala Lumpur

Hands-On Technical Training Sessions - DAY 1
Date: 27th October 2008
Time: 0900 - 1830

TECH TRAINING 1 - Structured Network Threat Analysis and Forensics
TECH TRAINING 2 - Bluetooth, RFID & Wireless Hacking
TECH TRAINING 3 - Web Application Security – Advanced Attacks and Defense
TECH TRAINING 4 - The Exploit Laboratory

Hands-On Technical Training Sessions - DAY 2
Date: 28th October 2008
Time: 0900 - 1830

TECH TRAINING 1 - Structured Network Threat Analysis and Forensics
TECH TRAINING 2 - Bluetooth, RFID & Wireless Hacking
TECH TRAINING 3 - Web Application Security – Advanced Attacks and Defense
TECH TRAINING 4 - The Exploit Laboratory

Conference DAY 1
Date: 29th October 2008
Time: 0900 - 1800

Triple Track Security Conference featuring new HITB Labs
Capture The Flag (CTF)
Lock Picking Village
Wireless Village
Open Hack

Conference DAY 2
Date: 30th October 2008
Time: 0900 - 1930

Triple Track Security Conference featuring new HITB Labs
Capture The Flag (CTF)
Lock Picking Village
Wireless Village
Open Hack