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Apple Quietly Releases Safari 3.2

99BottlesOfBeerInMyF writes "Yesterday Apple quietly slipped out an update to their Safari Web browser to version 3.2. The notable feature is that it finally adds anti-phishing technology, an area where Safari has lagged behind competitors. Aside from that, it provides some security fixes, improved JavaScript performance, and a slightly newer version of Webkit, pulling their Acid3 score up to 77." Apple forums across the Net are reporting frequent crashes in Safari 3.2, some possibly caused by 3rd-party add-ons, others perhaps related to the anti-phishing feature.

Google Quietly Patches Chrome

Google Inc. has patched Chrome to prevent attackers from stealing files from PCs running the open-source browser.

Bold Quietly Launches in iPhone's Shadow

After being delayed for months Research In Motion and AT&T on Tuesday finally rolled out the latest BlackBerry Bold.

Apple quietly recommends using anti-virus software

As Apple gains market share, hackers could increasingly look to exploit the platform -- particularly if it is perceived as an easier target

Apple Quietly Recommends Antivirus Software For Macs

Barence writes "After years of boasting about the Mac's near invincibility, Apple is now advising its customers to install security software on their computers. Apple — which has continually played on Windows' vulnerability to viruses in its advertising campaigns — issued the advice in a low-key message on its support forums. 'Apple encourages the widespread use of multiple antivirus utilities so that virus programmers have more than one application to circumvent, thus making the whole virus writing process more difficult.' It goes on to recommend a handful of products." Reader wild_berry points out the BBC's story on the unexpected recommendation.

Cricket lovers frustrated as players escape quietly

Bhubaneswar, Nov 24 (PTI) Police today left hundreds of cricket lovers dejected as they whisked away India and England cricket team players through a separate route as soon as they landed here on a chartered plane for the fifth ODI to be played in Cuttack on Wednesday.

Another Search Engine Bites the Dust

quietly bows out of the race to rule the search engine world. Alexa lives on as a rough-and-ready Web traffic measurement service, but the search engine will soon go dark. The rich get richer.

Another Search Engine Bites the Dust

quietly bows out of the race to rule the search engine world. Alexa lives on as a rough-and-ready Web traffic measurement service, but the search engine will soon go dark. The rich get richer.

Microsoft Opens New Online Store for the US

Microsoft has quietly launched a new online store where U.S. customers can buy its software and hardware products.

Microsoft opens new online store for the US

Microsoft has quietly launched a new online store where U.S. customers can buy its software and hardware products.

Boxed software's days look numbered with Microsoft's new online store

Microsoft has quietly launched a new online store where U.S. customers can buy its software and hardware products.

Microsoft opens new online store for the US

Microsoft has quietly launched a new online store where U.S. customers can buy its software and hardware products.

Boxed software's days look numbered with Microsoft's new online store

Microsoft has quietly launched a new online store where U.S. customers can buy its software and hardware products.

End of boxed software? Microsoft opens new online store

Microsoft has quietly launched a new online store where U.S. customers can buy its software and hardware products.

End of boxed software? Microsoft opens new online store

Microsoft has quietly launched a new online store where U.S. customers can buy its software and hardware products.

Ecommerce 3.0: Extending the Marketplace with Google ProductAds

Google is quietly laying the foundation for a strong ecommerce offering. But Google being Google, it won't be a typical marketplace. Instead of setting up a core site, where people will go to transact business, Google is poised to bring the marketplace to all corners of the Internet.

JVC discontinues standalone VHS decks, though DVD/VCR combos survive.

The VCR quietly passed away this month as JVC stopped making standalone VHS decks. There are still some VCRs in the pipeline—and VHS will survive in DVD/VCR combos. But the era of the VCR has drawn to a close.

Cowon O2 touch player comes to US

Cowon today has quietly launched an Americanized version of the O2, its most recent video-oriented touchscreen player. The device is a close cousin of its Korean original and carries a 4.3-inch, 480x272 display as well as the processing power to decode 720p video in some formats. Although it denies the use of the T-DMB TV tuner that would only work in Korea, the O2 continues to support relatively exotic formats that include Monkey Audio and OGG as well as video formats like Matroska and MTV. Several common formats are likewise supported and include both AAC and H.264.

Ottawa will not give personal data to U.S.

OTTAWA–Ottawa has quietly dropped plans to let the U.S. house a database of personal information about Canadians who hold special driver's licences used to cross the border.

Ottawa scraps plan for personal data

OTTAWA -- Ottawa has quietly dropped plans to let the U.S. house a database of personal information about Canadians who hold special driver's licences aimed at better securing the border.

Canada backpedals on sharing personal database with U.S.

OTTAWA - Ottawa has quietly dropped plans to let the United States house a database of personal information about Canadians who hold special driver's licences aimed at better securing the border.

Canada backpedals on sharing personal database with U.S.

OTTAWA - Ottawa has quietly dropped plans to let the United States house a database of personal information about Canadians who hold special driver's licences aimed at better securing the border.

Canada backpedals on sharing personal database with U.S.

OTTAWA — Ottawa has quietly dropped plans to let the United States house a database of personal information about Canadians who hold special driver’s licences aimed at better securing the border.

Political blogs

Torytroll meanwhile has been quietly but persistently digging away at the implications of Boris Johnson's policy to cut the police budget in real terms.


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