Google Chrome 17.0.963.0 has been updated to the Dev channel

Dev Channel Update (December 6, 2011)
The Google Chrome Dev channel has been updated to 17.0.963.0 for Windows, Mac OS X, Linux and Chrome Frame platforms. This release contains new version of Chrome's V8 (3.7.12.6) JavaScript engine, and several updates and improvements over previous version, along with fixes for known issues and bugs.

Overview
Google Chrome is a browser that combines a minimal design with sophisticated technology to make the web faster, safer, and easier. It has one box for everything: Type in the address bar and get suggestions for both search and web pages. Will give you thumbnails of your top sites; Access your favorite pages instantly with lightning speed from any new tab. Desktop shortcuts allow you to launch your favorite Web apps straight from your desktop.

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What's new in Google Chrome 17.0.963.0 Dev channel
This release contains the following updates:
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• Updated V8 - 3.7.12.6 JavaScript engine.
• r113121 Omnibox suggestions will now be prerendered if our confidence of the user following the suggestion is high.
• Support for [meta name="referrer"]
• Content Settings (in Options, Under the Hood) now has UI for "Mouse Cursor", which controls the Mouse Lock API permissions.
• r110556 Fixed a renderer crash that could happen when opening a new tab with many tabs open.
• WebKit Issue 73056 - Small fix for BiDi selection.
• WebKit Issue 63903 - Fixed WebKit's implementation of bdo, bdi, and output elements to match HTML5 spec section 10.3.5.

Windows

• r111156 - Desktop shortcuts will be created for each user account, to launch Chrome with that account active.

MAC

• The PDF viewer now renders nicer looking text.
• r111426 - Plugins using the Core Animation rendering model are now rendered through Chrome’s compositor rather than directly to the screen. This should have no user visible side effects; please file bugs and cc: kbr@chromium.org if any unexpected issues are seen with plugin rendering on Mac.

Known Issues

• Extension/App/Themes installs on Linux/ChromeOS are currently not working. This includes sync-driven installs. (Bug 106599)

You can find the full details about changes that are in this version of Chrome 17 from the SVN revision log.

Source: Google Chrome Releases