Google adds Octane to its benchmark suite
A new browser benchmark suite is cruising down Main Street: Google Octane, which updates the V8 benchmark by adding more tests. Although speed is a major factor in browser choice, many people don’t want to know why their favorite browser is fast — they just care that it is. But the standards and assessments used […]
Adobe to Linux users: Get Chrome or forget Flash
Adobe today said that it would stop offering direct downloads of Flash Player for Linux, telling users to move to Google’s Chrome browser, which bundles Flash with its updates. Today’s demotion of Flash participant on Linux to Chrome-simplest was once the second time in the last three months that Adobe has withdrawn some or all […]