Google Chrome Stable Version Released

Google Chrome 12 is now the stable version of Google's web browser, making several improvements to security, privacy and graphics capabilities. Chrome now check downloaded files for malware, and Google says it has designed the feature so you do not have to know that the URLs you have visited or downloaded files to be able to detect malicious files. Now you can adjust the data stored on your computer to websites, including Flash Player local shared objects (also known as Flash cookies) directly from Chrome.

In terms of graphics, Chrome 12 includes support for hardware 3D acceleration CSS, which allows for some nifty effects like rotate and scale videos. Chrome Try this experiment to see some new features in action.

Finally, Chrome 12 brings a number of minor improvements, such as an improved interface for setting up a web page and search for Chrome applications directly from the address bar.

Google Chrome 12 is available at www.google.com / chrome. Existing users are automatically updated to the new version in the next couple of days.