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Google is not the only one who can remove 8.8 million lines of code from WebKit. WebKit itself can do it as well. After Google's decision to split from WebKit and venture out with its own browser engine Blink, a WebKit fork, the WebKit team was free to remove code that was Chrome-specific as well. In fact, in... |
22 May 2013
10:02 GMT |
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Security researchers from Rapid7 have identified a vulnerability in the Safari web browser that could be exploited by cybercriminals for a number of malicious tasks. However, Apple doesn’t plan on fixing the issue because the attack requires user interaction.
The flaw in question, a Universal cross-site ... |
26 April 2013
10:53 GMT |
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Apple has released Safari 6.0.4 for OS X Lion and Mountain Lion, as well as Safari 5.1.9 for users of OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, the four-year old Mac OS which is still widely used by Macintosh owners worldwide. Apple’s Safari web browser now allows users to enable the Java plug-in on a website-by-websi... |
17 April 2013
02:57 GMT |
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The only slightly surprising thing to happen in the browser market in March, according to StatCounter numbers at least, is that Safari lost a bit of market share. Otherwise, Chrome continues its glorious rise, IE continues to drop and Firefox manages to stay above 20 percent.
Chrome had a very good month in March, g... |
1 April 2013
14:31 GMT |
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The Mac security experts at Intego report that Apple has silently bundled Safari 5.1.8 with the Snow Leopard implementation of its Security Update 2013-001. The Cupertino giant had already confirmed a Safari update for users of its Mountain Lion OS. The Austin, Texas-based security company reports that Apple left Sa... |
18 March 2013
10:54 GMT |
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Safari 6.0.3 is out for Mac users. Also available as part of the OS X Mountain Lion v10.8.3 Update, Safari 6.0.3 contains fixes that improve performance, stability, and security, according to Apple.The new Safari is available solely to Mac users and improves scrolling on facebook.com, improves scrolling while zoomed ... |
15 March 2013
03:49 GMT |
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According to StatCounter numbers, Google Chrome is increasing its lead over its competitors in the browser market, with IE in particular taking a big hit in February.
Firefox managed to stay flat, after several months of slow decline, while Safari made another significant leap.
Chrome ended February with 37.09 perc... |
1 March 2013
04:37 GMT |
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Apple acknowledges in a support document that a new version of the Adobe Flash Player is now available for Macs to address a recently identified vulnerability. The Mac maker has updated the Safari web plugin-blocking mechanism to disable the web plugin from its systems yet again. The documentation reveals that, &ldq... |
1 March 2013
03:50 GMT |
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Law firm Olswang is preparing to represent over a hundred people in a class action lawsuit against Google after the search giant circumvented the security settings on Apple's Safari web browser to track online usage. Long story short, Google reportedly installed cookies secretly on computers and mobile devices ... |
4 February 2013
08:06 GMT |
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On the desktop, Chrome, Firefox and IE are battling out. While different analytics companies show different numbers, these are the big three browsers and nothing else even comes close. On mobile devices, the picture is a lot different. Safari leads of course, by a huge margin, but the competition is much more intense... |
2 February 2013
09:11 GMT |
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A number of Safari users have filed a privacy case against Google for circumventing the security settings on Apple's web browser to track their usage behavior online.
The case is said to be the first of its kind in the UK. Law firm Olswang reveals in a press statement that a number of people with concerns about... |
27 January 2013
06:31 GMT |
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Safari, the standard web browser that comes pre-installed with every new Mac, iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch player, is now 10 years old. Launched on January 7 2003, Safari is one of the fastest and most reliable web browsers out there.
The native web browser in all of Apple’s key products today, Safari was first... |
8 January 2013
02:27 GMT |
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The photo above was taken in Tanzania and clearly shows that hunting or abusing wild animals is not the only way to stress them and make them dread human presence.
As one can easily notice, the lioness in this picture got sick and tired of posing for the camera, and simply turned its back on the dozens of tourists ... |
7 January 2013
15:41 GMT |
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Users who choose to turn off JavaScript in the iOS Safari web browser may think they’re out of harm’s way, but Smart App Banners will automatically turn JavaScript back on without notifying them. Worse yet, the toggle remains permanent.
A technology products director with digital rights advocacy group th... |
22 December 2012
07:25 GMT |
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Ex Apple programmer Don Melton reveals in a fresh post on his personal blog that Apple almost ended up calling its web browser “Alexander,” then “Freedom.” Another name candidate was “iBrowse.” Melton recalls a meeting called by Steve Jobs where Apple’s engineering team was ... |
21 December 2012
04:43 GMT |
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Safari AutoFill in iOS 6 is no longer working, despite being listed in the Settings menu as an available option, customers are reporting. Apple support reportedly told one customer that the company suspended the feature for security reasons.
Using the AutoFill pane in the Safari preferences customers on iOS 5 could ... |
11 December 2012
17:51 GMT |
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The number of phishing sites has been decreasing for the past couple of years, but there are still plenty of dangerous ones out there. Staying alert is the best way to protect against these threats, but the browser you're using can play a role as well. Choosing the safest one is hard since, unlike a feature co... |
29 November 2012
09:37 GMT |
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Microsoft has just released the Internet Explorer 10 for Windows 7 Release Preview, so the company is really keen to show everybody that its in-house browser is the best of all.
As you probably know by now, Internet Explorer 10 is also available on Windows RT tablets, such as the Surface RT, and indirectly competes ... |
14 November 2012
03:35 GMT |
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Apple’s cloud services have lately been acting up pretty badly, and the same goes for the company’s software updater in the Mac App Store, which churns up error after error for customers attempting to update their Safari installations to the more secure Safari 6.0.2.
A rapidly-growing thread over at Appl... |
2 November 2012
10:12 GMT |
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Users of OS X Lion v10.7.5, OS X Lion Server v10.7.5, and OS X Mountain Lion v10.8.2 are being instructed to download and install a new version of Safari to patch a number of WebKit flaws that may hinder their Mac’s security. Released via Software Update through the Mac App Store, Safari 6.0.2 arrives in tande... |
2 November 2012
03:48 GMT |
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Apple has finally decided to remove Java support from its Safari web browser, in an attempt to make the application a bit more secure and protect its users from getting exposed while browsing the web.
The whole idea behind this decision is as simple as it could be.
Until now, the Cupertino-based company delivered S... |
18 October 2012
05:35 GMT |
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While StatCounter is very optimistic about Chrome and has been proclaiming it the most popular browser in the world, Net Applications is more reserved. In fact, in its stats, Chrome is only the world's third most popular and it's struggling to keep up. In fact, Chrome lost some market share from August to ... |
2 October 2012
18:31 GMT |
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Microsoft tries to make the impossible possible and turn Bing into a more popular search engine as compared to Google, doing all kinds of tricks to convince users that its service deserves all the attention in the world. Emil Protalinsky of thenextweb.com found that Microsoft created a special landing page for Safar... |
20 September 2012
04:37 GMT |
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AdBlock Plus is the most popular Firefox add-on and it's easy to see why. It's great at what it does, block ads, but it's a top-notch add-on by any standard. Recently, it made its way to Google Chrome, after years of users asking for it.
There are plenty of other ad-blockers for Chrome, but AdBlock i... |
19 September 2012
12:51 GMT |
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Bloomberg is certainly one of the most reputable publications out there, but when it comes to opinion pieces, well, everybody's got their own. For example, when they feature stories like “Five Products Apple Should Stop Making.” They start out with Safari, which I personally found as one of the wors... |
4 September 2012
19:11 GMT |
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Apple has released a new Safari developer preview (DP) build for programmers testing OS X 10.7.5, an upcoming incremental update for Apple’s Lion operating system.
The company headquartered at 1 Infinite Loop, Cupertino, California is actively testing at least two builds of OS X Lion and OS X Mountain Lion, th... |
25 August 2012
07:04 GMT |
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Retina displays are only now starting to become a reality. They're not going to be common let alone the majority for a long time to come, but it's nice to see browser makers get ready for the eventual switch. We've already seen Chrome roll out a retina display-ready UI.
Now, a proposal for CSS4 would ... |
17 August 2012
05:45 GMT |
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As has been rumored for a while now, Google has been ordered by the FTC to pay a $22.5 million, EUR18.23 million fine for bypassing the default privacy settings on Safari. That's the largest fine the FTC issued for this type of violation, but it's still an insubstantial amount for Google. More than the mone... |
10 August 2012
08:21 GMT |
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Security software firm Sophos is accusing Apple of neglecting Safari users running OS X Snow Leopard and Windows, pointing out to over a hundred unpatched vulnerabilities in the company’s web browser.
With the release of OS X Mountain Lion this month, Apple rolled out the latest version of its standard web bro... |
1 August 2012
04:36 GMT |
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The third beta release of iOS 6 is now available for developers, three weeks after the previous beta flavor of the platform was put up for download. Developers can grab the new iOS 6 beta 3 through the Software Update feature on their iPhone, iPad or iPod touch devices. However, the necessary files are also avail... |
17 July 2012
04:40 GMT |
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The last major new addition we’re featuring in our iOS 6 Features series, Safari is poised to become the world’s best mobile web browser, with stuff like iCloud tabs, offline reading lists, photo uploads and full screen view - all coming in the next major release of iOS this fall. Apple is keen to delive... |
7 July 2012
12:48 GMT |
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This week, Apple developers received the second developer preview of Safari 6, the latest version of the company’s standard web browser on Macintosh computers. The update is officially identified as "Developer Preview 2," according to people who are familiar with the software, cited by AppleInsider. The S... |
22 June 2012
04:14 GMT |
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The download links for Apple’s next major version of iOS and the Safari web browser have been leaked. The URLs show that there is an iOS 6 beta (build 10A5316k) ready to be handed to developers. Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference today will feature multiple announcements, including at least two soft... |
11 June 2012
03:19 GMT |
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Facebook's got no love for Google or for Apple. And why should it, Zuckerberg has been poised to destroy Google from the get go or at least build Facebook into something bigger. And Apple ruined his plans of creating an app platform inside the Facebook app on iOS devices.
Of course, competition and rivalry is h... |
31 May 2012
08:11 GMT |
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The latest Mountain Lion build seeded to developers contains a new feature that will delight web surfers - offline reading. Safari’s Reading List feature now offers the option to save content for later viewing, even when not connected to the Internet.
A feature shared by services like Instapaper, Readability, ... |
23 May 2012
11:17 GMT |
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Apple Developer Program members have been greeted by a new release of Safari 5.2 this week, with instructions to test the web browser against the most recent builds of OS X Lion. Safari 5.2 Update 4 is the fourth pre-release seed of Safari 5.2 which Apple is now offering via its Safari Dev Center. The included seed ... |
17 May 2012
04:51 GMT |
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Apple has announced that Safari 5.1.7 for OS X Lion and Safari 5.1.7 for OS X Snow Leopard will disable out-of-date versions of Adobe Flash Player, once installed. The reason behind Apple’s radical decision stems from the fact that “out-of-date versions of Adobe Flash Player do not include the latest sec... |
10 May 2012
08:15 GMT |
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A new version of Apple’s standard web browser has been released for Macintosh and Windows platforms. It brings improvements to performance, stability, compatibility, and security, as well as some important changes, such as no support for old version of the Flash Player plug-in on Macs. Apple documents two chan... |
10 May 2012
03:05 GMT |
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The newly-released iOS 5.1.1 for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad contains important fixes that improve the security of each platform, according to a support document on Apple's web site. This week, Apple rolled out a new software update for all users of its iDevices. While iOS 5.1.1 targets all versions of the iPhon... |
8 May 2012
03:01 GMT |
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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) may fine Google millions for hacking past a key privacy setting on iPhones and iPads using Apple’s Safari web browser. The Commission is reportedly analyzing the matter to determine how big the fine should be.Google reportedly placed tracking cookies on iOS, the underlying sof... |
5 May 2012
14:31 GMT |
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Google may be facing a fine for its practice of bypassing Safari's default settings to place tracking cookies on people's computers or phones. The US Federal Trade Commission has been investigating the matter and the investigation isn't going in Google's favor, it seems. It's nothing official... |
5 May 2012
11:10 GMT |
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Developers looking to leverage the latest web technologies in Safari are encouraged to download version 5.2 Update 3 from the Mac Dev Center, Apple has announced. Safari 5.2 Update 3 brings Web Audio API, a high-level JavaScript API for processing and synthesizing audio in web apps. Apple explains that “While... |
19 April 2012
06:31 GMT |
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In a Support document published this week, Apple acknowledged the Flashback malware threat and promised to offer software that will keep users out of harm’s way. Customers running older versions of Mac OS X were advised to disable their Java plug-in as a temporary resolution. A KB article on Apple Support expl... |
11 April 2012
16:11 GMT |
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Apple’s Safari web browser has been updated on Mac and Windows platforms with a minor bug fix that improves “website usability” when running in 32-bit mode. According to Apple, Snow Leopard Server users get a separate version of the update with an additional fix.
For OS X 10.7 Lion, “Safari 5... |
27 March 2012
02:36 GMT |
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There may be a lot of misinformation surrounding Google's privacy practices, but the company sure isn't helping its case. While the privacy policy debacle was mostly hot air and uninformed people looking for a target, Google bypassing Safari settings to place cookies on people's computers and phones is... |
16 March 2012
12:51 GMT |
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In releasing Safari 5.1.4 to end-users this week, Apple carefully noted that the OS X Lion implementation of the web browser includes a special enhancement to JavaScript.
In a rare move, Apple issued a separate technical note for Safari 5.1.4 on OS X Lion to mention a specific enhancement included for customers runn... |
13 March 2012
05:55 GMT |
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Apple recently released Safari 5.1.4, the latest version of the popular browser, bringing not only improvements in the feature department, but also some updates that address security holes that could allow an ill-intended hacker to cause some serious damage. One of the more important issues was identified by Matt Co... |
13 March 2012
04:44 GMT |
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Apple has rolled out Safari 5.1.4 for Mac OS X and Windows platforms, improving JavaScript performance on OS X Lion in particular, and adding several new enhancements and tweaks in the Snow Leopard version of the browser, as well as on Windows.
In addition to improving JavaScript performance on OS X 10.7, Safari 5.1... |
13 March 2012
03:57 GMT |
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A preview build of Safari 5.2 is available to those enrolled with Apple’s dev program. The browser works with OS X Lion machines and brings a nifty change that many users will applaud when the final version of the application gets released.
People familiar with the software say the new Safari does away with th... |
17 February 2012
04:57 GMT |
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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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