The BugBlog

Google Chrome is Tarnished

According to ZD Net's Zero Day security blog, Google is silently patching their Chrome browser due to a critical security bug. The problem is in how Chrome validates some input, which could allow an attacker to crash the browser and run hostile code. According to Zero Day, the browser will patch itself without informing the user. Read more here.

Backing Up iGoogle

It's important to back up your data - but what about stuff up in "the cloud", as in cloud computing. In particular, if you've spent lots of time customizing your iGoogle page, are all your settings safe? According to Google, they make back-ups of your settings on their servers. However, you can also make your own back-ups and save them on your own computer. This Google Help page shows you how.

Facebook Worm Fakes Out Google Reader

According to ZDNet, a Facebook worm that appears to be sending messages from you to your friends is also faking out the Google Reader, making it look like faked video downloads are actually hosted on Google. Read more about it here.

iGoogle - Bug or Feature?

If you use iGoogle as a portal or home page, you may have been surprised by the new look - I certainly was. Giving the tabs their own column seems like a waste of screen space, but the font on the rest of the page seems to have been made smaller, so more is visible vertically. Here's some other complaining about the change.