Google fixes 10 flaws in Chrome

Google has released a new version of its Chrome browser, fixing 10 vulnerabilities, one of which was rated as critical.

The only critical flaw affected the Mac version of Chrome, while six of the other nine threats were given a "high" ranking.

The search giant has paid out $4,000 (2,560) to the researchers who alerted Google to the security holes, having previously announced it will be offering financial rewards for bug finders.

Just one of the researchers who identified the vulnerabilities came from Google - Chris Evans from the Chrome Security Team, who discovered a flaw only affecting Linux users.

Elsewhere, Google has released technical details of the performance of its next browser Chrome 7 already claiming it can achieve a speed 60 times faster than the current version.

"With Google Chrome's fast release cycles, we expect to be able to get these enhancements to users quickly and add new performance improvements over time," a Google blog post from software engineers James Robinson and Gregg Tavares read.

Meanwhile, the browser wars continue with Microsoft's beta release of Internet Explorer 9 and some have noted its similarities with Chrome in the layout's stripped down appearance.