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Safari introduces better browser colours

News Safari may not be rewriting the rules for Web browsing on Windows just yet, but it's leading the way with one significant change: photographs with better colour. Not so with Safari. With the beta version of Safari now on Windows, Mac OS X users now...

20 June 2007, 10:57

Apple touts Safari for Windows and iPhone

News Apple plans to ship a version of its Safari Web browser for Windows, and third-party developers will be able to get a piece of the iPhone, the company announced on Monday. A beta version of Safari for Windows is available now, chief executive Steve...

12 June 2007, 10:47

Mozilla exec slams Jobs over Safari plans

News Mozilla's chief operating officer, John Lilly, has hit out at Apple's Steve Jobs, calling his plans for building Safari's market share "out of date" and "duopolistic". Lilly made his comments following Jobs' recent keynote at Apple's Worldwide...

19 June 2007, 10:33

News.blog: Windows Safari tops 1 million downloads

News Safari was an early hit with Windows users, who have downloaded 1 million copies of the browser since Monday, according to Apple. Safari makes up around 5 per cent of the browser market, trailing Internet Explorer and Firefox with its 18.6 million...

15 June 2007, 9:43

Apple patches Safari vulnerabilities

News Safari. Apple's most recent patch batch also fixed vulnerabilities in Safari for Windows. According to IBRS analyst Turner, the Windows flaw was unlikely to have affected many users and even fewer organisations, given that few if any are likely to...

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18 April 2008, 10:12

News.blog: Apple releases Safari 3.1

News Apple on Tuesday announced that version 3.1 of its Safari browser is available for both Mac and Windows users. Apple claims that page load times in Safari 3.1 are 1.9 times faster than Firefox 2, and that JavaScript runs as much as six times faster...

Tags: os, mac os, safari, windows users

19 March 2008, 9:21

Leopard hacked in '30 seconds'

News Apple's Leopard has been hacked within 30 seconds using a flaw in Safari, with rival operating systems Ubuntu and Windows Vista so far remaining impenetrable in the CanSecWest PWN to Own competition. Safari Web browser.

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31 March 2008, 10:04

Firefox still on the up

News The Firefox and Safari Web browsers are gradually becoming more popular, while Internet Explorer (IE) may be starting to lose some of its lead, according to experts. Apple's Safari is also becoming more popular, up from 1.88 per cent in January to...

17 May 2006, 10:16

OS X flaw endangers Macs

News It exposes Mac users to risks that are more familiar to Windows users: visiting a malicious Web site using Apple's Safari Web browser could result in a rootkit, a back door or other malicious software being installed on the computer without the...

22 February 2006, 9:09

Photos: Up close with the iPhone and Apple TV

News A prototype of Apple's new iPhone displays The New York Times' Web site on its version of the Safari browser. An Apple iPhone displays its mobile browser, a version of Safari specially designed for the small device.

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10 January 2007, 9:54

Microsoft to take on Adobe with graphics 'Everywhere'

News Microsoft said it will create versions of the WPF/E software for Windows XP, Windows 2000, the Firefox browser, the Mac's native Safari browser and mobile phones. With WPF/E, developers can write less functional front-ends for Safari or Firefox on...

28 March 2006, 11:37

News.blog: iPhone gets first update

News It corrects a few flaws in Safari as well as in Webcore and Webkit, apparently the iPhone versions of some flaws Apple fixed for Mac users of Safari back in June. Finally, Apple also released a new version of Safari 3.0, which is still in beta.

1 August 2007, 10:23

Apple dishes out dozens of fixes for OS X

News Kristensen said that some vulnerabilities involving AppKit and Safari are critical. Flaws in Safari, meanwhile, can allow an attacker to bypass the browser's security checks and execute arbitrary commands, when the user clicks on a maliciously...

17 August 2005, 10:01

Macs are not invincible

News The problem lies in the way Mac OS X associates files with applications, and it could be exploited to hit a Mac via the Safari Web browser or Apple Mail, experts said. Long recommends two tweaks to the OS X settings to make it more secure...

28 February 2006, 10:08

MacBook breached in hack-a Mac contest

News Macaulay, a software engineer, was able to hack into a MacBook through a zero-day security hole in Apple's Safari browser. The successful attack on the second and final day of the contest required a conference organiser to surf to a malicious Web...

23 April 2007, 10:50