Google Chrome 9 Released and Credits Reddit for Bug Fix

Google does not say much about their Chrome versions but they have recently released Chrome 9 now. They also credited Reddit.com for a critical bug fix.

Google discusses some new features released with Chrome 9: WebGL, Chrome Instant, and the Chrome Web Store.

WebGL will bring in hardware-accelerated 3D graphics support. They provided some demos of WebGL here.

Chrome Instant will bring Google Instant support to the Omnibox. This means that websites will begin loading as soon as you type the URL of a website.

Chrome web store will bring in new apps, including integrating TweetDeck. Although it's only available for US users for now.

Google thanks the Reddit /r/gaming community for helping uncover a critical bug in Chrome.

The details surrounding the bug involve a race condition:

Google even rewards people who find security holes in their system with "Chromium Security Awards". And they also recently

It's good to see one of the most prominent social network on the internet getting the attention it deserves. Recently they also just hit one billion page views for one single month.