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Flawed Safari 3.1 browser endangers Windows users

Posted by John Lampard on Friday, 28 March, 2008 to the technology subset

Flawed Safari browser endangers Windows users Not the sort of headline Apple wants to see - especially in light of the recent Safari software update controversy - reports of security flaws in the Windows version of the recently released Safari 3.1 web browser. An address-bar spoofing flaw was discovered by Argentinian researcher Juan Pablo Lopez Yacubian, who reported it to the Danish security company Secunia on Monday. He ... Read full entry

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Apple’s Windows Invasion

Posted by John Lampard on Saturday, 22 March, 2008 to the comment subset

Apple's Windows Invasion Here's a clever way to increase the market share of a browser, namely Safari... include it in the update software bundle of some other, very popular software, namely iTunes. Earlier today, Apple released the Safari 3.1 Web browser for Mac OS and Windows XP/Vista. A couple hours later, Apple Software Update popped up on my daughter's Sony VAIO, offering Safari 3.1 for download. ... Read full entry

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Safari 3.1 update fixes security flaws, adds developer tools

Posted by John Lampard on Wednesday, 19 March, 2008 to the technology subset

Safari 3.1 update fixes 13 security flaws Apple on Tuesday released Safari 3.1 for users on Mac OS X and Windows. Along with new features are 13 security updates for the Safari browser, WebCore, and WebKit. Most of the vulnerabilities address cross-site scripting flaws. The new features of Safari 3.1 are support for the new video and audio tags in HTML 5, support for CSS Animations and CSS Web Fonts. I've ... Read full entry

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