Google unveils 'faster' Chrome 3.0

Google has unveiled a new version of its Chrome web browser.

Chrome 3.0 is 25 per cent faster when rendering JavaScript than the previous stable release of the browser, Google said.

Google released a beta version which included features such as the Omnibox, still present in the official release.

The Omnibox suggests sites from your history and bookmarks when you type a few letters into it and uses icons to help you distinguish between the suggestions more quickly.

Chrome 3.0 also supports the HTML5 standard, as does the latest release of Mozilla's browser, Firefox 3.5.

"We're very excited about HTML5 becoming standard in modern browsers, and continued to add HTML5 capabilities to this stable release," said Anthony Laforge, program manager for Google Chrome.

Recently Microsoft's Amy Barzdukas, general manager for Internet Explorer, slammed rivals who used claims of support for HTML5 to promote their browsers.

"We're on the HTML5 working committee but announcing support for a standard that's not yet written or ratified bears the hallmarks of PR spin," she told Web User.

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