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  • Amazon Cloud Player now works with iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch

    Amazon's Cloud Player music streaming service launched only with Android compatibility, but an update rolled out this weekend quietly introduced basic support for Apple's iOS. If you have an Amazon Cloud Drive account (5GB free, plus a free 20GB upgrade if you purchase an album via Amazon MP3), you can now stream music on iOS devices too.

    Written by Daniel Ionescu09 May 11 07:19
  • 13 features that make each Web browser unique

    Many cynical users assume Web browsers do little more than dutifully render HTML. The content is the most important part, they say, so it makes little difference which browser you use.

    Written by Peter Wayner02 May 11 20:08
  • Hackers expose Safari's flaws in five seconds

    When it comes to browser security, Internet Explorer usually gets ridiculed and beaten up the most. And though Microsoft's IE8 was quickly unraveled at Pwn2Own, Apple's Safari 5 was hugely embarrassed by getting hacked in five seconds flat.

    Written by Brennon Slattery11 March 11 05:01
  • iOS 4.3 boosts first-gen iPad browser speed by 18 per cent

    With all eyes on the iPad 2 that becomes available tomorrow at 5 p.m. in each time zone, Apple has released its iOS 4.3 update for the first-gen iPad, iPhone 3G S, non-Verizon Wireless iPhone 4, and recent iPod Touch models. InfoWorld.com ran the Futuremark Peacekeeper browser tests on a first-gen iPad with iOS 4.2 and with iOS 4.3 to see if Apple's claims of a turbocharged JavaScript engine were justified.

    Written by Galen Gruman10 March 11 23:13
  • IE9 and Chrome 7 top early HTML5 tests

    The newly released sixth preview of Internet Explorer 9 best handles the forthcoming HTML5 standard, followed by Google's Chrome 7 Web browser, according to recent early tests by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C).

    Written by Katherine Noyes03 Nov. 10 04:28
  • Researcher finds Safari reveals personal information

    A feature in Apple's Safari browser designed to make it easier to fill out forms could by abused by hackers to harvest personal information, according to a security researcher.

    Written by Jeremy Kirk23 July 10 20:15
  • Google's Chrome passes Safari in US browser share

    Google Chrome is now the third-most-popular browser in the U.S., behind Microsoft's Internet Explorer and Mozilla's Firefox, but ahead of Apple's Safari for the first time, according to a study by Web analytics company StatCounter.

    Written by Peter Sayer29 June 10 07:26
  • Apple launches Safari 5, patches record 48 bugs

    Apple on Monday shipped the latest version of its Safari browser, patching a record 48 vulnerabilities, including one that a pair of hackers exploited in March to win a $US15,000 prize.

    Written by Gregg Keizer09 June 10 21:07
  • Firefox aims to make IE, Safari browsing more secure

    Mozilla has expanded a service that checks if a browser's plugins are current to now scan Internet Explorer, Safari Opera and Chrome in addition to its own Firefox.

    Written by Jeremy Kirk13 May 10 05:46
  • Researcher reveals Safari zero-day bug

    Apple's Safari browser contains a critical, unpatched bug that attackers can use to infect Windows PCs with malicious code, researchers at US-CERT and other security firms said today.

    Written by Gregg Keizer11 May 10 06:22
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