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Critical Apple Safari Security Vulnerability Affects Windows PCs

May 11th, 2010 | No Comments

A critical security flaw in Apple’s Safari browser leaves Windows PCs open to attacks. Exploit code is publicly available, and US-CERT is advising users to avoid suspicious links and consider disabling JavaScript.
– A security researcher has uncovered a critical bug affecting
Apple Safari that could be exploited to run malicious code on Windows
computers.
The discovery of the flaw is credited to researcher Krystian
Kloskowski. According to an advisory from Danish security firm Secunia,
the vulnerability…

Apple iPhone, Firefox, Safari and IE Fall in Hacking Contest

March 25th, 2010 | No Comments

The CanSecWest security conference’s annual Pwn2own contest claimed another set of victims, including the Apple iPhone 3G S, Mozilla Firefox and Microsoft Internet Explorer.
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Score another for the hacker
community.
At the Pwn2Own contest at this
weeks CanSecWest Applied Security conference in
Vancouver, hackers have had their way with
the Apple iPhone, Mac and Safari, as well as Mozilla Firefox and Microsoft
Internet Explorer. The iPhone fell courtesy of Vincen…

Apple Safari Update Patches 16 Vulnerabilities Ahead of Hacking Contest

March 12th, 2010 | No Comments

Apple has patched 16 vulnerabilities affecting its Safari Web browser as the annual Pwn2Own contest held at the CanSecWest security conference approaches.
– Apple issued patches for 16 vulnerabilities in Safari, including 12
bugs that could be used to execute code on a vulnerable machine and
potentially take full control.
According to Apples advisory,
nine of the 16 flaws rested in Webkit, Safaris open-source browser
engine, and all but one of th…

Google Phasing Out Support for IE 6.0, Firefox 2.0, Safari 2.0

January 30th, 2010 | No Comments

Google says it will cease fully supporting Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 for its Google Docs and Google Sites applications on March 1. This deadline also applies to other older Web browser versions, including Mozilla Firefox 2.0, Apple Safari 2.0 and Google’s own Chrome 3.0. The move is part of Google’s push to rid the messaging and collaboration world of the dated, insecure IE 6 and put Google Chrome in its place. Chrome has 4.63 percent of the browser market and Google would love to chomp away at IE’s 63 percent share.
– Google Jan. 29 said it would cease fully supporting Microsoft Internet
Explorer 6.0 and other older Web browsers for its Google Docs and Google Sites
applications on March 1.
Google recommends that its Docs and Sites users upgrade to IE 7.0 or higher,
Mozilla Firefox 3.0 or higher, Apple Safari …

Google Chrome Passes Apple Safari in Browser Marathon

January 4th, 2010 | No Comments

Google’s Chrome Web browser ran past Apple’s Safari Web browser, buoyed by the launch of Chrome for Mac and Linux Dec. 8. The jump from 3.93 percent to 4.63 percent is the young browser’s biggest growth spurt in the last several months, bested only by the 1 percent market share pickup Chrome enjoyed in the first of its inception on Windows in September 2008. Google needs to sustain the momentum as it prepares to launch Chrome Operating System, the speedy application platform geared to underpin the Chrome browser.
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Google’s Chrome Web browser ran past Apple’s Safari Web
browser in December 2009, buoyed by the launch of Chrome for Mac and Linux.
Market researcher Net
Applications calculated that worldwide use of Chrome grew to 4.63 percent, up
from 3.93 percent in November 2009, lapping Safari…

Google Launches Chrome for Mac, Linux to Challenge Safari, IE

December 8th, 2009 | No Comments

After a long wait, Google releases stable beta versions of Chrome for Mac, Chrome for Linux and Chrome extensions. The move comes more than a year after Google launched its Chrome Web browser for Windows. Google says Chrome for Mac is speedy and includes animations and effects to create an enjoyable browsing experience on the Mac OS X operating system. So, what took so long? Find out here. Regardless, stable Mac and Linux builds for Chrome could help it compete with Microsoft Internet Explorer and Apple Safari.
– Google set out to make Dec. 8 a glorious day in the history of its Google
Chrome Web browser by releasing stable beta versions of Chrome
for Mac, Chrome for Linux and Chrome extensions.
Google launched Chrome for Windows on Sept. 2, 2008, and since then users
who dislike or despise Microsoft Wi…

Mac OS X Tip: Open at Log In

July 13th, 2009 | No Comments

Do you use Safari, Mail, iTunes, or other Mac applications every day? Did you know that Mac OS X Leopard can automatically open your favorite applications for you when you start up your Mac? To find out how, watch the latest Mac OS X Tip in the Business Theater.