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Safer than ActiveX: An Arstechnica look at Google's Native Client plugin

Google has released a new experimental browser plugin that allows web applications to securely run native code on the underlying platform. The plugin, which is called Native Client, is distributed under the open source BSD license and is designed to work with all major platforms and browsers.

Native Client provides a sandboxed web-embeddable runtime environment for portable x86 binaries. It also provides a bridge to facilitate communication between JavaScript and Native Client executables. This makes it possible for complex web applications to seamlessly leverage native code for processor-intensive computations.

Allowing web applications to run native code has traditionally posed significant security risks. Microsoft's COM-based ActiveX technology, which aimed to provide developers with similar capabilities, is widely viewed as one of the most egregious security failings of the Windows operating system and it has become a frequent attack vector for malicious code.

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arstechnica.com
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Manor Lords: What Are Region Development Points, How to Get Them, and Best Development Points

This article teaches you everything about Development Points in Manor Lords - what they are, how to get them, and the best tier list.

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Bethesda Might Have Dropped A Major Clue For Starfield Shattered Space DLC In May Update

Bethesda may have just dropped a major hint regarding the upcoming Shattered Space DLC for its action role-playing game, Starfield.

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twistedvoxel.com
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Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League - Developer Update - May 3rd

Rocksteady writes: "Hello people of Metropolis!

It was great to see the positive feedback to the upcoming changes we laid out in last week’s Developer Update, and so we wanted to take the opportunity this week to touch on some of the other content you can expect to see in Episode 2."

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suicidesquadgame.com
INMATEofARKHAM2m ago

Always nice to get a pulse check from a developer you know it's day's are numbered.