Google to be fined millions by U.S. over Safari breach
The United States Federal Trade Commission will fine Google for its breach of Apple’s Safari web browser security, Bloomberg reported on Friday. The Internet giant …
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Chrome 18 is world’s most popular browser, Internet Explorer 9 leads in North America
Internet monitoring firm Pingdom on Monday released a new report on global Web browser share by browser version. The company found Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 9 …
Major Google Chrome vulnerability uncovered by hacker at Pwnium contest
Russian university student Sergey Glazunov was able to hack into a secure Windows 7 machine using a remote code execution exploit in Google’s Chrome web …
Google and other advertisers used ‘a special code’ to bypass Safari privacy restrictions
Google and other leading advertising companies have been bypassing the privacy settings of millions of unknowing Safari users, reports the Wall Street Journal. Using “a …
Chrome, Firefox and Safari browsers chewing away at IE market share
A new research report from Chitika Insights suggests Chrome, Firefox and Safari are eating away at Microsoft’s dominant share of the web browser market. Internet …
Amazon launches web-based Kindle Cloud Reader
Amazon launched its new Kindle Cloud Reader service on Wednesday that provides users with access their Kindle library using Chrome or Safari on Mac, PC, …
Chrome's growth slows in July according to new browser share data
Research firm Net Applications released its most recent browser share trend report on Monday. The latest information suggests that adoption of the Chrome web browser …
Amazon updates Cloud Drive and Cloud Player with unlimited music space, free storage for Amazon MP3s, iPad web player
Moments ago Amazon announced that it has made a number of enhancements to its Amazon Cloud Drive and Cloud Player services. First — for a …
Web-based jailbreak returns, supports iPad 2 and any other iOS device
Web-based jailbreak tool Jailbreakme.com is back, and jailbreaking your iPhone, iPad or iPad touch has never been easier. How easy is it, you ask? Simply …
Apple and Google track your location with computers, too
Break out your tin foil hats, people — they’re out to get you. Apple finally issued a statement on Wednesday regarding the recent uproar over …
Windows Phone trounces iPhone 4, Android in browser benchmark test [video]
During Microsoft’s MIX conference in Las Vegas, Windows Phone director Joe Belfiore took the stage to demonstrate how well Microsoft’s new Internet Explorer 9 mobile …
45,000 tests prove Android surfs faster than the iPhone
A recent study performed by Ottowa-based Blaze Software reveals that Android’s mobile Web browser is significantly faster than the mobile Safari browser found on Apple’s …
Developers: Apple throttling Web app speeds on iPhone homescreen
According to reports from developers speaking to The Register, iOS web applications — when launched from the home screen of an iPhone or iPad — …
Apple iPad 2 giveaway!
Apple’s iPad 2 just launched on Friday but you’d be hard-pressed to find a single iPad 2 in stores. Virtually every Apple store, AT&T store, …
iOS, BlackBerry OS fall at Pwn2Own
Add Apple’s iOS and Research In Motion’s BlackBerry OS to the list of victims at this year’s Pwn2Own challenge. Conference veteran Charlie Miller, along with …
Apple’s Safari browser embarrassed at Pwn2Own, hacked in 5 seconds
Safari just got served. At this year’s Pwn2Own conference, security firms and enthusiasts are doing their very best to discover and deploy exploits to some …
Augmented Reality capability found in Mobile Safari browser
It seems that an AR-like capability within Mobile Safari has gone pretty much unnoticed (or at least unimplemented by a third party) until now. Occipital, …
BGR Breaks It Down: How to watch Flash video on your iPhone without jailbreaking
Sorry, Stevie… it looks like your plan to keep Flash off iOS devices just hit another speed bump. We know Apple claims performance issues are …
Apple to introduce AirPlay video streaming for Safari and third-party apps in 2011
Nothing sets diehard Apple fans’ hearts aflutter quite like an alleged email from Apple CEO Steve Jobs — and if you’re a diehard Apple fan, …
Viva la Xmarks!
Last month, we reported on the demise of cross-browser, bookmark-syncing service Xmarks. This month, we are happy to inform you that is looks like Xmarks …
Vimeo, Yahoo! Mail get cozy with HTML5
It looks like both Vimeo and Yahoo! have jumped on the HTML5 bandwagon. Yesterday, the USA Today reported that internet streaming-video service Vimeo added HTML5 …
Apple releases Safari 5.0.1, extensions are live, address book bug patched
This morning, Apple released an update to its Safari web browser. The biggest new feature that the update packs is the ability to customize Safari …
Serious Safari security flaw found
If you are a Mac user, and fancy Safari as your default internet browser, you are going to want to pay attention to this one. …
Chrome grabs #3 spot in U.S. browser usage, ousts Safari
For the first time since the browser’s inception, Google’s Chrome has overtaken Apple’s Safari in percentage of U.S. market share. Web analytics company StatCounter reports Chrome …
Goatse Security: The iPad simply is not a safe platform for those that require a secure environment
Goatse Security, the firm who blew the lid off of an exploit that allowed the names and email addresses of over 114,000 iPad owners to be farmed, …
Apple releases Safari 5 into the wild
Hot on the heels of 2010’s WWDC keynote, Apple has announced an update to its Safari web browser. The code update, simply titled Safari 5, …
Safari 5 to debut at WWDC?
According to French blog MacGeneration, Apple will unveil Safari 5 during Monday’s WWDC 2010 keynote. Not much is known about Safari 5, but according to …
Internet Explorer falters in the browser market, Chrome on the upswing
Having long reigned as the king of the browser world, Internet Explorer continued its downward slide in April as its market share fell to a …
Does Adobe Flash actually outperform HTML 5?
The battle between HTML 5 and Flash wages on with the discovery of an interesting report comparing the CPU usage of HTML 5 and Flash …
Jan. '10 Browser Market Share: Google Chrome at 5%, IE and Firefox still dominate
Browser market share data for January 2010 has hit the streets, and it looks like Google’s Chrome and Apple’s Safari have gained a little — …
