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Google Releases Native Client, Runs Code Natively in Browser

Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 10th Dec 2008 19:49 UTC, submitted by BluenoseJake

Google has released an early version of Native Client, a framework designed to run portable x86 binaries inside a web browser - in a sandbox. Native Client also includes technologies that allow for easier communication between JavaScript and Native Client executables, which makes it possible for web applications to leverage native code when it comes to processor intensive tasks. This sounds eerily similar to Microsoft's ActiveX - one of the biggest security failures of the Windows operating system. Google insists, however, that Native Client is much, much more secure.

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hmm...

by poundsmack on Wed 10th Dec 2008 20:42 UTC

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2005-07-13

maybe i am missing hte bigger picture, but does anyone else think that google's time could have been btter spent on something else?

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RE: hmm...

by rexstuff on Wed 10th Dec 2008 21:37 in reply to "hmm..."

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2007-04-06

Maybe. But then again, a lot of major advancements in technology have come from companies investing in research that seems of questionable importance to their main business plan.

Xerox, anyone?

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