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Comment Re:I don't think this is worth doing. (Score 1) 467

by Tomynocker on Wednesday January 06, 2010 @05:21PM (#30675058) Attached to: The LHC, Black Holes, and the Law

So all we need to do is search for black holes with about the same mass as earth. Like that we could prove the existence of intelligent life. "We were not alone"

Google Chrome Developers On Browser Security 61

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Friday June 19, 2009 @05:02PM from the never-ending-war-of-escalation dept.

CowboyRobot writes "Developers of Google's Chrome browser have spoken up in an article describing their approach to keeping the browser secure, focusing on minimizing the frequency, duration, and severity of exposure. One tool Chrome uses is a recently open-sourced update distribution application called 'Omaha.' 'Omaha automatically checks for software updates every five hours. When a new update is available, a fraction of clients are told about it, based on a probability set by the team. This probability lets the team verify the quality of the release before informing all clients.'"

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