Giving the 10% of you out there who use the Safari browser a bit of love, today Apple released Safari 5 for download. I am a Firefox user, so I was curious about the new features offered by Safari and a few of them are actually pretty interesting:Safari Reader – this is a pretty good idea as it brings the content you are reading to the forefront while...

I have to admit this caught me by surprise. IE8 is evidently the world’s most-used browser, according to a report by Net Applications. The surprise comes from the fact it’s not IE7 that’s holding the top spot. It is true that IE8 is the best IE you can use, due to the fact it’s the least-crashable, the most secure and so on. You’ve...

Being that I hadn’t used Apple’s Safari browser for some time I decided to check it out again. It’s now at version 4 beta. This is the exact version I have:The install completed easily, however on attempt to load www.google.com (yes, that Google), this happened:Not good. Everything with my internet connection was fine as my other browsers...

TUAW reported that there’s a bug in the Safari web browser that if triggered properly could enable an attacker to run malicious software – on Windows. The only reason this is getting any press at all is because the browser is made by Apple. Safari is an AWFUL WEB BROWSER. The plugin support is TERRIBLE and everyone knows that it only runs proper on...

Here is something I ran across today which is worthy of sharing as a security notice. If you are a Windows user who utilizes Apple’s Safari browser, there are some know vulnerabilities you should be aware of. From the author’s posting, Apple has agreed to fix one of the vulnerabilities, but doesn’t think the other issues (one of which allows a...

According to a story on ComputerWorld, market share of Apple’s Safari web browser as well as usage of Mozilla Firefox both dropped in the last month. Internet Explorer market share actually gained. Market share for Safari dropped from 5.8% to 5.5%. Firefox usage went from 17.8% to 17%. Internet Explorer usage went from 74.8% to 76%. I’m not exactly...

Late last week, I posted here on PCMech that Apple was using the software updater to recommend Safari to users who do not have it installed. As I checked the headlines, the CEO of Mozilla has responded by saying that it is “wrong”. John Lilly, the Mozilla CEO, posted on his blog:There’s an implicit trust relationship between software makers and...

Apple has officially begun pushing their Safari web browser into Windows users by way of iTunes. This was in the cards ever since Steve Jobs announced Safari for Windows last year. This started on Tuesday, when Apple released version 3.1 of Safari. What makes the move unique is that Apple Software Update is rarely used to promote new software. Typically, you get...