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Want Security? Move to Vista - Apple Patches Flood of Vulnerabilities in Mac OS

Present at the Financial Analyst Meeting 2007 on July 26, Kevin Turner, Microsoft Chief Operating Officer touted not only the fact that Windows Vista was the safest Windows platform to date but also the small and anodyne detail that it had outpaced Mac OS X and Linux in terms of code quality. The Vista security prais...

1 August 2007
13:19 GMT

Firefox Users Deserting to Safari, IE Still Top Dog

July has not been a good month for Firefox, as Mozilla's open source browser continued to lose users. Firefox initially showed signs of a weakened adoption from April to May 2007. While the Foundation was pressing users to upgrade to Firefox 2.0 from version 1.5 of its browser, it managed to lose market share wh...

1 August 2007
10:51 GMT

Apple Releases Safari Update

Safari used to be little more than 'Apple's browser' a very niche product that only Mac users used. Apple seems bent on changing all that and taking Safari further into the mainstream, not only by enticing sites to become more compatible with it but also by expanding the number of computers that the pr...

1 August 2007
09:41 GMT

It's as if Firefox and Safari Didn't Even Exist, When Contrasted to Internet Explorer

When contrasted to Internet Explorer, it's as if alternative browsers such as the Mozilla's open source Firefox and Apple's Mac OS X Safari didn't even exist. And this is not a question of browser market share or usage rate. It is simply a comparison of the impact that the three separate products ...

1 August 2007
03:40 GMT

Firefox 3.0 Delayed, Neither Firefox Nor IE Will Put Up a Fight to Safari

After it had made available for download Gran Paradiso Alpha 6 at the beginning of July, Mozilla was getting ready to deliver the first beta stage of Firefox 3.0. According to the initial milestone schedule for Firefox 3.0, Mozilla planned to offer Gran Paradiso Beta 1 on July 30. However, immediately following the r...

10 July 2007
07:07 GMT

Why Is Apple's Safari Losing Market Share?

On June 11, Apple Chief Executive Officer Steve Jobs, announced the availability of Safari 3.0 public beta for 32-bit and 64-bit editions of Windows XP and Windows Vista. The move is designed not only to offer developers the minimal level of support for the iPhone but also to open Safari's horizon outside of the...

5 July 2007
10:29 GMT

Firefox 3.0 Beta 1 Drops This Month

Both Mozilla and Apple are right on track to release version 3.0 of their respective browsers on the Windows platform by the end of 2007. The Cupertino-based company announced through the voice of Chief Executive Officer Steve Jobs on June 11, concomitantly with the release of Safari 3.0 Public Beta for 32-bit and 64...

4 July 2007
04:12 GMT

New Release of Firefox 3.0 Gran Paradiso in Response to Apple's Safari 3.0 on Windows

The Windows browser beta season is upon us. After Apple's Chief Executive Officer Steve Jobs introduced the native Mac OS X Safari 3.0 browser as a Public Beta for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows Vista and Windows XP on June 11, now it is Mozilla's turn to release another testing milestone for Firefox 3.0. Gran P...

3 July 2007
06:31 GMT

IE6 vs. IE7 vs. Firefox 2.0 vs. Firefox 1.5 vs. Safari 3.0 vs. Opera 9

Windows has become a crowded platform as far as browsers are concerned. There is only so much room to grow, and Apple has introduced Safari 3.0 into the equation in June. Apple Chief Executive Officer Stave Jobs, revealed since the birthday of Safari 3.0 on 32-bit and 64-bit Windows Vista and Windows XP that it was s...

2 July 2007
10:51 GMT

Internet Explorer Killed Firefox and Safari

Firefox and Safari are no match for Internet Explorer. When it comes down to audience and installed base, Microsoft's Internet Explorer far outweighs its direct rivals Mozilla Firefox and Apple's Safari. Mozilla was at a turning point the past two months. It killed support for Firefox 1.5 and it introduced ...

2 July 2007
08:54 GMT

Internet Explorer 8 = Creating Order Out of Chaos

Are you wondering why it will take Microsoft two years to develop Internet Explorer 8? Because by the most optimistic timetable presented by the Redmond company, IE8 will be made available either in late 2008 or early 2009, considering that IE7 was launched on 18 October 2006. Well, the answer is simple. With IE8, Mi...

29 June 2007
09:33 GMT

Major Firefox Upgrades on the Way

Mozilla has begun pushing the last nail in Firefox 1.5's coffin. On 28 June 2007, Mozilla has begun distributing the automatic updates to Firefox 2.0 to all users of Firefox 1.5. In this manner, the Foundation steps in the footprints of Microsoft. The Redmond company debuted automatic updates of Internet Explore...

29 June 2007
06:57 GMT

Mozilla Gets Ready to Take On Apple's Safari

Mozilla is hard at work getting ready to put Apple's Safari 3 back in its place. The Foundation announced that it is getting closer to the next milestone release of Gran Paradiso, the next version of the open source Firefox browser. Safari 3 for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows Vista and Windows XP was made available o...

27 June 2007
04:52 GMT

Safari for Mac Gets Security Updates

The popular web browser Safari gets a new security update for the Mac OS X version along with the recently-released improvement for the entire system. Safari Beta 3.0.2 for Mac OS X includes the latest security updates for the browser and corrects an issue that closed the application when the parent controls were ena...

25 June 2007
09:34 GMT

Symantec Canary for Internet Explorer, Firefox and Safari

Internet browsers are one of the main traditional vectors of attack for the Windows platform. And of course that due to the prevalence of Internet Explorer, as it is intimately connected with Windows, the browser is also one of the principal avenues of attack for the operating system. This status quo has extended ove...

25 June 2007
04:40 GMT

Safari Font Rendering Scares Windows Users

The Windows version of Safari is definitely getting a lot of attention, hardly any of it good, and hardly any of it deserved. The latest aspect of the browser that has stirred up a hornet's nest is the way Safari - and by extension OS X - handles font rendering. The way Apple does fonts is very different from th...

20 June 2007
11:02 GMT

Mozilla Scared of Apple's Safari

John Lilly, Mozilla's chief operating officer, is displeased with Apple's plans for Safari, and thinks that apple is not only being unrealistic, but also has a view that is bad for consumers everywhere. The big issue Lilly has is with Jobs' charts.Firstly, he is less than pleased with the way Apple rep...

19 June 2007
10:14 GMT

Safari 3 Brings Color-Managed Browsing to Windows

Apple recently announced that Safari for Windows topped a million downloads in 48 hours. While there can be no doubt that a chuck of those downloads are Mac users downloading Safari for use on their PC at work or their virtual machine, there is at least one group of people for which Safari offers what no other Window...

18 June 2007
07:04 GMT

Mozilla Top Executive Blasts Apple's Steve Jobs: Out-of-Date, Corporate-Controlled

John Lilly, Mozilla's Chief Operating Officer, blasted Apple's Chief Executive Office Steve Jobs over Safari on Windows. Lilly claims that Jobs focuses on driving Firefox out of the browser market that Apple will then dominate in tandem with Microsoft. The official position of the open source Foundation in ...

15 June 2007
14:47 GMT

Kaspersky Dealt with Windows Vista, Getting Ready for Escalation in Mac Attacks

Russian security maker Kaspersky has yet again warned of an increase in attacks focused on Mac OS X. After downplaying the relevance of the additional security mitigations introduced into Microsoft's latest operating system Windows Vista, Kaspersky came down hard on Apple predicting that the Cupertino-based comp...

15 June 2007
10:30 GMT

Apple's Safari Doesn't Like Google

The recently-released Apple's Safari 3 doesn't like the Google search engine as it asks its users twice before changing the default homepage to the official website of Google. "Are you sure you want to switch your home page to Google search? You can do a Google search directly from Safari's search fiel...

15 June 2007
09:37 GMT

Apple Releases Safari 3.0.1 Public Beta for Windows

Apple surprised everyone by releasing a Windows version of their Safari browser. While the Windows version of Safari may look and behave almost identically to the OS X version, it seems to be far more deserving of the beta label than its Mac counterpart. Not only have many users reported a host of bugs for the Windo...

15 June 2007
09:14 GMT

Safari For Windows: 1 Million Downloads in 48 Hours! Get Your Free Copy Now!

The Cupertino company is proudly announcing that its famous browser Safari reached the 1 million downloads border after the Windows version of application was recently rolled out by Apple. According to the company, the first free public beta of Safari for Windows recorded this impressive number of downloads in 48 hou...

15 June 2007
03:33 GMT

Safari for Windows Updated and Available for Download

Following the complaints made for recently-released Safari for Windows, Apple decided that it was the time to publish an updated version of the browser that fixes the security holes discovered in the application. Although the browser was introduced a few days ago, he was quickly brought in the spotlights as it is des...

14 June 2007
14:51 GMT

Microsoft, Mozilla and Apple Comment on Safari for Windows

At the beginning of this week, Apple Chief Executive Officer unveiled Safari for Windows Vista and Windows XP. The move from Apple comes as a natural extension of the availability of the iPhone, a closed environment to third party developers, with the exception of JavaScript applications running via Safari. Apple...

14 June 2007
03:50 GMT

Symantec Confirms All the Vulnerabilities in Safari on Windows

Security company Symantec has confirmed all eight vulnerabilities impacting Apple's Safari on Windows. Starting on June 11, 2007, Apple made Safari available for Windows XP and Windows Vista. Currently, the product is a public beta release, and Apple informed that the browser will be delivered as a free download...

13 June 2007
10:53 GMT

Apple iTunes Store Account Required To Set Up iPhone

Those who have signed up online to receive information on the iPhone from AT&T got an e-mail that looks like this:Get ready for iPhone.iPhone arrives on June 29. iPhone features an amazing mobile phone, is the best iPod ever created, and puts the Internet in your pocket with desktop-class email, web browsing, searchi...

13 June 2007
07:39 GMT

Windows Version of Safari Full of Holes

The windows version of Safari was greeted with open hands by security researchers, which then proceeded to submit it to various experiments and pound it with strangely shaped tools. The conclusion: the Windows version of Safari is far from bug and vulnerability free.Apple released a beta version of Safari 3 to the ge...

13 June 2007
06:47 GMT

Apple's Safari is Zero in the Shadows of Internet Explorer and Firefox

Safari is not a newcomer when it comes to the browser market. As a matter of fact Safari is an established presence thanks to the bundle with the Mac operating systems. Back in 2003, the intimate connection between Safari and Mac OS have convinced Microsoft to stop all development efforts that the Redmond Company mad...

12 June 2007
11:30 GMT

Mozilla Saw Apple Safari for Windows Coming a Mile Away

Want an accurate perspective of the future of browser development? Then turn to Mozilla. The open source foundation saw Apple's Safari 3 for Windows coming a mile away. On June 11 2007, the Cupertino-based company announced through the voice of its Chief Executive Office Steve Jobs that its Safari browser, nativ...

12 June 2007
09:21 GMT

Safari on Windows - First Day - First Vulnerabilities! Already under Attack!

It's raining zero-day vulnerabilities for the Apple Safari browser as an official welcome to the most attacked platform in the world. On June 11 2007, Apple Chief Executive Officer Steve Jobs took Safari - the native browser for the Mac platform - out of its safe heaven and cast it onto the wild Windows operatin...

12 June 2007
06:35 GMT

And the Best Mac OSX Browser Is…

Nowadays, numerous companies are fighting for the most powerful browser title but it seems the leaders are still the classic ones. Macworld published an interesting research, sustaining the most secure Mac OSX browser of 2006 is Safari. The company said Firefox was affected by 26 percent fewer security flaws than Mic...

21 March 2007
10:28 GMT




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