Google patches 14 Chrome bugs before Pwn2Own
Google pushed out another update to its Chrome Web browser Sunday, fixing 14 holes three days before Chrome's trial by fire in an annual hacking competition.
The latest version, 17.0.963.65, fixes errors with cursors, backgrounds and plug-ins not loading, as well as issues with copying and pasting text and using touch controls on websites, according to the official Chrome blog.
It also pushes out the latest version of Adobe Flash Player, which ought to restore functionality to the "Plants vs. Zombies" app that's been unusable since the last Chrome update in mid-February. As is customary with Chrome updates, Google will be paying the finder of each patched flaw $1,000. But this update brought added prizes — three of the four people who found the latest round of bugs have been so prolific recently that Google's giving each of them an extra $10,000 just for being "awesome" and bringing "significant pain" to bugs.
