Google Chrome for Windows gets more secure Flash player, gives users a browsing sandb

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Chrome turned 21 (http://www.engadget.com/2012/07/31/google-chrome-21-stable-release-adds-retina-macbook-pro-support/) last week, and in that new version, Google's made playing Flash videos in its browser even safer (http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/21/google-patches-flash-vulnerability-in-chrome-leaves-other-brows/)... for Windows users, anyway. This latest release puts Adobe's Flash Player plug-in for Windows in a sandbox, much as Chrome 20 did for Linux (http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/29/chrome-20-browser-released-64-bit-linux-flash/). This sandbox is "as strong" as Chrome's extremely robust native version -- even in Windows XP -- which means that Flash-borne malware can't hurt Microsofties. Securing the Flash Player plug-in is the result of two years of work, and was made possible by a new plug-in architecture (http://www.engadget.com/2012/02/22/google-and-adobe-team-up-to-make-flash-player-for-linux/) Google co-developed with Adobe. In addition to the security benefits, the architecture has also brought performance improvements by way of a 20 percent decrease in Flash crashes and GPU acceleration for smoother scrolling and faster Flash rendering. And, while the immediate good news is for Windows users, Google has assured us that a port for OS X is in the works, and it hopes to ship that Mac version soon.

http://www.engadget.com/2012/08/08/google-chrome-windows-secure-flash-player/