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Apple has put out a notice to all registered developers informing that a new version of the Safari web browser is available for testing. The update boasts faster JavaScript on OS X Lion, delivers plug-in fixes, multi-touch enhancements, and more.
Labeled as “Safari 5.1.4 Update for Mac and Windows”, the ... |
3 February 2012
03:27 GMT |
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A hacker known as w3bd3vil posted a message on Twitter a couple of days ago claiming that he found a vulnerability in the 64-bit version of Windows 7 that could be taken advantage of using Apple’s popular web browser Safari. “<iframe height='18082563'></iframe> causes a BSoD... |
21 December 2011
03:21 GMT |
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A new version of Apple’s proprietary web browser, Safari, is now available for Mac and Windows customers with a bunch of fixes that improve the stability of the application, as well as other minor improvements and enhancements.According to the tech company headquartered at 1 Infinite Loop, Cupertino, California... |
30 November 2011
02:44 GMT |
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In addition to releasing a new iTunes beta to developers this week, Apple has posted a new version of Safari with some bug fixes and a bunch of instructions for areas that require testing.According to those familiar with the build, “Safari 5.1.2 fixes issues where PDFs in frames were not displayed in the browse... |
4 November 2011
09:16 GMT |
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After iTunes, now it's time for Safary, Apple TV, iOS and OS X Lion to get new security updates which will make sure Apple enthusiasts are better protected against potential attacks.
As it turns out, a large number of vulnerabilities were present in some of their products and before any criminal mastermind wo... |
13 October 2011
07:48 GMT |
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Apple has launched Safari 5.1.1, which includes support for iCloud (the company’s new set of free cloud services), as well as several new fixes and improvements, including security patches.For Safari users in particular, iCloud support means that they can now store their bookmarks and Safari Reading List and ha... |
13 October 2011
06:16 GMT |
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Glu Mobile Inc. has announced its new Safari Zoo game for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch. It’s a free download from the iTunes App Store and it lets you earn currency through special offers.Safari Zoo is aimed at kids who want to build, maintain and interacti with their very own preserve of exotic wild animals.&ld... |
6 September 2011
10:31 GMT |
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Changes in the browser market seem to be slowing down, at least according to the latest data from Net Applications. While IE lost yet another percent point in July, Firefox is holding steady and Chrome only gained a few new users.
In fact, the only interesting move was Safari's, Apple's browser got more... |
3 August 2011
10:55 GMT |
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Apple has released new versions of its Safari browser for Windows and Mac addressing a number of 56 vulnerabilities many of which allow for remote code execution.As usually, a large number of vulnerabilities were patched in the WebKit layout engine and were reported downstream by researchers working through Google�... |
20 July 2011
13:52 GMT |
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Minutes into the release of Mac OS X Lion, the Support Downloads area of Apple’s website saw the addition of two new Safari versions for Snow Leopard and Leopard users respectively. Windows PC users get the latest enhancements as well. To get one thing out of the way as quickly as possible, Safari 5.0.6 for Le... |
20 July 2011
10:53 GMT |
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Among the 200+ new features in iOS 5, the latest version of Apple’s mobile OS set to launch this fall, there is a new version of Safari, the company’s standard web browser across both Mac OS and iOS.
Dubbed Safari ‘Mobile’ on iOS, the new implementation set to arrive this fall brings a bunc... |
5 July 2011
08:49 GMT |
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Apple has confirmed that developers registered with their $99 program can immediately download a preview version of Safari 5.1, the latest build of Apple’s web browsing application.On its Developer connection channels, Apple is telling Safari and Mac Developer Program members that they can “download Safar... |
8 June 2011
03:30 GMT |
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Apple is working on adding a Do-Not-Track option to Safari, following in the footsteps of other browser vendors who have already implemented such solutions.Last year, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) called for an uniform do-not-track browser setting that people can use to express their desire not to be tracked onl... |
15 April 2011
02:30 GMT |
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As predicted by Italian security firm Vupen, Apple has released a Safari update tasked with patching a number of WebKit vulnerabilities. The release also improves stability, accessibility, and compatibility, Apple’s technical documentation reveals.
According to Apple’s Support section, Safari 5.0.4 for... |
10 March 2011
03:20 GMT |
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Apple's Safari browser lasted only five seconds against hackers at the Pwn2Own 2011 contest, who compromised it using a fully transparent drive-by download attack.The 5th annual Pwn2Own competition which places hackers against browsers and mobile devices kicked off yesterday at the CanSecWest security conference... |
10 March 2011
02:55 GMT |
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Apple will attempt to stop hackers in their tracks with a Safari patch set to fix numerous WebKit vulnerabilities, according to security firm Vupen. The move was rather foreseeable with the Pwn2Own hacking contest mere days away.
A leading IT security research company providing vulnerability management and securit... |
7 March 2011
04:22 GMT |
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Internet Explorer 9 is clearly superior to Safari in one demonstration provided by Microsoft during the Mobile World Congress 2011 in Barcelona, Spain on February 14, 2011. Make sure to watch the video embedded below for the IE9 vs. Safari comparison that the Redmond company did by placing side by side a Windows Pho... |
15 February 2011
09:53 GMT |
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Zeus Technology, an analytics company claiming to offer the only pure software-based application traffic management (Application Delivery Controller), has carried out a study to find that how fast web pages load on Apple’s iPad. Their conclusion? Not that fast.Research conducted by the company shows that &ldquo... |
14 December 2010
11:19 GMT |
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A feature of Safari on iOS related to screen real estate, can be exploited to spoof the address bar and launch very credible phishing attacks targeting iPhone users.The default behavior of Safari in iOS is to hide the address bar after a Web page is loaded. This is done in order to provide more screen space for the a... |
30 November 2010
12:50 GMT |
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New versions of the Safari web browser are now available for both Mac and Windows users looking to improve the behavior of the software. Leopard, Snow Leopard and Windows customers get version 5.0.3, whereas Mac OS X Tiger users are offered Safari 4.1.3.All versions of the update pretty much include the same fixes an... |
19 November 2010
03:56 GMT |
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Apple has released new versions of its Safari browser in order to address a significant number of vulnerabilities, many of which allow for arbitrary code execution.Apple's newly published security advisory mentions 27 flaws discovered and patched in Safari 4 and 5 for Mac and Safari 5 for Windows.The new version... |
19 November 2010
02:22 GMT |
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There's no definite way of knowing the exact market share of web browsers around the world, but there are some good estimates. Still, sometimes, knowing what browsers a group of people use can be interesting and even useful for determining larger trends. For example, Google Chrome is now the most popular browser... |
12 October 2010
10:19 GMT |
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Safari 5.0.2, the latest version of Apple’s proprietary web browser, is now available for free download to both Mac and Windows PC users, while version 4.1.2 is also available for those running an older version of Mac OS X, 10.4 Tiger.On the Support Downloads area of its web site, Apple reveals that Safari 5.0.... |
8 September 2010
03:47 GMT |
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Recently, the unofficial iPhone Dev-Team has announced the release of a new version of their JailBreakMe tool for hacking the iPhone. The solution uses an exploit in Safari to remove the limitations Apple has put in place for the device. The browser-based exploit enables users to run unauthorized code. The solution ... |
2 August 2010
06:12 GMT |
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In usual manner, Apple has published a knowledge base article that describes the security content of Safari 5.0.1 and Safari 4.1.1. Safari 5 users have been granted extensions support with Apple launching Safari Extensions Gallery, a service that allows users to handpick their favorite extensions and enhance the qual... |
28 July 2010
10:19 GMT |
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Apple has released Safari 5.0.1 turning on Safari Extensions and introducing the Safari Extensions Gallery, the company announced just minutes ago. With Safari Extensions Gallery, users can immediately find extensions that add new features to Safari. Users can also get their extensions directly from their developers&... |
28 July 2010
09:52 GMT |
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Google’s lightweight web browser is picking up steam as constant updates and improvements are quickly turning it from an early-adopter favorite to a mainstream competitor. Chrome may have some way to go before it catches up with Firefox, not to mention Microsoft’s Internet Explorer, but according to ... |
28 June 2010
08:59 GMT |
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Going by a number of recent Apple Discussions forum posts, Mac users should steer clear of Safari 5.0, the latest iteration of Apple’s powerful web browser. Both Leopard and Snow Leopard users are reporting various issues with the new browser, while some are desperately looking for a way to revert back to Safar... |
14 June 2010
05:28 GMT |
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While Safari 5 (for Leopard, Snow Leopard and Windows) and Safari 4.1 (for Tiger) address the same set of security issues, the majority of the vulnerabilities documented by Apple affect WebKit, the open-source engine powering the browser. A total of 48 security holes have been plugged by the Mac maker, according to a... |
9 June 2010
09:19 GMT |
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Available now for Mac OS X Leopard and Snow Leopard users, as well as for Microsoft Windows platforms, Safari 5 adds a cool, new feature called “Reader.” Apple has enabled its blazing-fast web browser to detect when the user is reading a news article, allowing him / her to opt for text-viewing only with t... |
8 June 2010
10:50 GMT |
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In tandem with the release of Safari 5 for Mac and Windows, Apple rolled out a new version of the browser for users of its five-year-old Tiger operating system (Mac OS X version 10.4). The new version primarily addresses a number of security issues found with the WebKit-based browser since its last revision, but also... |
8 June 2010
09:41 GMT |
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Apple has released Safari 5, the latest version of its standard web browser for Mac OS X. Also available on Windows platforms, the new browser adds a feature called Safari Reader, which enables the user to read single and multipage articles on the web in scrollable view without any additional content or clutter such ... |
8 June 2010
05:58 GMT |
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Apple is planning to release a major update to its Safari web browser, adding a Reader function, 25% faster JavaScript, more DNS prefetching and caching to further speed up the application, as well as improved HTML5 support, a report claims. The final version of Mac OS X 10.6.4 is also expected to drop at WWDC 2010. ... |
7 June 2010
03:06 GMT |
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The browser market has become a lot more interesting in the past couple of years or so, especially after the arrival of Google Chrome. While it had previously been a two-horse race with Microsoft’s Internet Explorer having a huge lead over Firefox, Chrome shook things up and, at its current growth rate, is beco... |
1 June 2010
04:24 GMT |
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A highly critical Safari vulnerability, which facilitates remote code execution, has been disclosed as a zero-day at the end of last week. Because no patch is available the United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) recommends disabling JavaScript entirely in the browser.
In a security advisory rele... |
12 May 2010
11:02 GMT |
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Operating systems are becoming more secure these days and web browsers are faring a lot better than they did just a few years ago. So attackers are moving to the next thing down the line, browser plugins. Things like the Adobe Flash Player or Java can contain some nasty vulnerabilities and nefarious individuals waste... |
12 May 2010
05:36 GMT |
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At this year’s Pwn2Own hacking competition, the renowned security researcher going by the name of Charlie Miller walked off with a new MacBook Pro computer, after exposing a vulnerability in the Mac OS X Safari browser, compromising the system. Miller, of Independent Security Evaluators, showed great discontent... |
26 March 2010
09:51 GMT |
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When it comes down to browser security, public perception and corporate marketing do little to actually bulletproof against hacking attempts. And, apparently, not even complex mitigations built into the underlying platform are sufficient. White hackers owned Internet Explorer 8 and Firefox 3 running on top of Windows... |
25 March 2010
03:19 GMT |
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Just yesterday, Apple released Safari 4.0.5 to the public, an update recommended for all Safari users, as it includes improvements to performance, stability, and security. Talking about the last one, Apple has revealed in a Support document on its website that a total of 16 holes were in need of patching, all of whic... |
12 March 2010
04:32 GMT |
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Apple posted a new version of its Safari web browser yesterday, bringing the software to version 4.0.5 on both Mac and Windows platforms. The release brings performance improvements, according to the official release notes found over at the Apple Downloads section, as well as security fixes, detailed elsewhere on the... |
12 March 2010
03:02 GMT |
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JavaScript performance has been a common bragging theme for web-browser makers lately, but, as everyone is racing to make their browser faster, they easily lose focus of the fact that JavaScript also has to be interpreted accurately, not only fast. Last summer, Google launched a set of JavaScript conformance tests bu... |
11 March 2010
11:43 GMT |
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Hackers will take turns at breaking into computers running Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP and Mac OS X Snow Leopard via browser-related security holes at this year’s Pwn2Own contest held at the CanSecWest security conference in Vancouver, starting on March 24th 2010. This year, the Pwn2Own organizers have... |
16 February 2010
10:53 GMT |
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Apple seems to be quite offended by Android references in the App Store, but not by developers whose apps' descriptions clearly state that they compete with Safari, the company's web browser. One such application features a description that aims to steer customers clear of Safari, while Apple’s review... |
9 February 2010
06:05 GMT |
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With Google's might behind it, it's inevitable that Chrome will grow in market share, though, by how much is another issue. It has been rising steadily since it launched over a year ago and a bigger jump was to be expected in the last month with the big beta launch and the extensions gallery. Sure enough, ... |
4 January 2010
04:38 GMT |
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In a move that has taken Apple roughly two years to get done, the Mac maker has quietly upgraded iTunes to provide music fans with the ability to preview whole albums. In the second part of our story, we discuss how Google's newly released Chrome browser was 12 percent slower than Apple's Safari in benchmar... |
10 December 2009
04:47 GMT |
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Apple has released a new version of its Safari web browser for Mac and Windows, which includes improvements to the performance, stability, and security of the software. Available as a free download, Safari is the standard web browser that has been shipping with Apple’s operating system since the release of Mac ... |
12 November 2009
02:53 GMT |
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Power consumption is one aspect of technology where less is indisputably more. Less power consumption is synonymous with cut costs, reduced carbon emissions, and increased battery life. But while surfing the web with a power socket nowhere in sight, energy costs and the carbon footprint might just be the last things ... |
14 September 2009
10:00 GMT |
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WebGL, a nascent project that aims to bring 3D rendering capabilities to web browsers, made its first small step with the introduction in the developer builds of Webkit, the open-source HTML rendering engine first developed by Apple and used in Safari and Google Chrome. The support isn't enabled by default and i... |
14 September 2009
07:10 GMT |
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With the release of Safari 4.0.3 yesterday, Apple not only improved stability and compatibility with the software, but also included a number of security fixes, detailed in a Support document on the company’s official web site. Affecting Safari 4 for Windows and Mac (Tiger and Leopard), a total of 6 vulnerabil... |
12 August 2009
06:13 GMT |
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Apple has updated its Support section with a new release of Safari, the standard web browser on Macintosh computers. Version 4.0.3 improves the stability, compatibility and security of the web browser and is recommended for all users. On the Support section of its web site, Apple describes the Safari 4.0.3 update as... |
12 August 2009
05:01 GMT |
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