Apple has posted Safari 5.1.4, an update to the company's web browser. The software is available for Lion, Snow Leopard, and Windows users Read more...
Forum roundup: new Safari extensions and more
Today in the MacNN forums hanguolaohu asks "Is there a Safari Extension available similar to Firefox' NewTabURL?", join in here. Also today Fresh-Faced Recruit WarDoGG is looking for a way to add an app file to the launcher, click here to read more.... Read more...
Google sued by Safari user over cookie debate
Google is facing a new lawsuit for violating privacy rights on Apple's Safari web browser, Bloomberg reported. An Illinois man, Matthew Soble, claimed in the suit that Google sidesteps the computer settings that are designed to block monitoring of a user's whereabouts on the web Read more...
Safari 5.2, Xcode 4.4 seeds reach developers
Apple is seeding betas of Safari 5.2 and Xcode 4.4 to developers, reports say. The new version of Safari notably merges the search and address bars, imitating Google's Chrome browser Read more...
Forum roundup: WebDAV and Lion Server issues and more
Today in the MacNN forums Professional Poster Waragainstsleep is looking for some assistance with WebDAV and Lion Server. Yesterday Junior Member PhilCat started a thread looking for help with privacy settings that went missing in Safari, click here for more.... Read more...
Mozilla says Apple, Google overshadowing open web
Mozilla and several other browser developers have voiced concern over the dominance of WebKit-based browsers, notably Safari and Chrome. World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) co-chairman Daniel Glazman suggests programmers have begun to disregard alternative browsers, such as Safari and Internet Explorer, when optimizing website compatibility... Read more...
Apple seeds Safari 5.1.4 beta to developers
Apple has begun seeding a beta Safari 5.1.4 release to developers. Mac and Windows distributions are available, although if not on Snow Leopard the Mac version requires OS X 10.7.3. The Lion and Snow Leopard disk images measure about 44MB and 47MB, respectively, while the Windows ZIP file is 109MB.... Read more...
Browser test puts Safari for Mac, Firefox for Windows on top
The team at Tomís Hardware have run their latest head-to-head test of web browsers. All the leading browsers for the Mac and PC platforms were tested and included Opera, Firefox, Safari, IE 9 and Chrome. Coming out on top for the Mac platform was Appleís own Safari browser, while Mozillaís Firefox is currently the fastest browser available on the Windows platform.... Read more...
Vulnerability in Window 7 64-bit may be exploited by Safari
Microsoft is said to be looking into a new vulnerability in the 64-bit version of Windows 7 that can be exploited through Apple's Safari web browser for Windows, according to a report on Threat Post. The flaw, reported a few days ago by an independent researcher on Twitter and confirmed by Secunia, would allow an attacker to run arbitrary code on victimized machines.... Read more...
Just Show Me: How to configure the web browser on your iPhone or iPad (Yahoo! News)
Yahoo! News - Welcome to Just Show Me on Tecca TV, where we show you tips and tricks for getting the most out of the gadgets in your life. In today's episode we'll show you how to configure the Safari web browser on your iPhone … Read more...