Windows Safari
Within just three days of its Safari 3 for Windows public beta launch, Apple has already released a security update for its Safari Beta 3.0.1 for Windows.It is very ironic beacuse the company also announced that already over one million users have downloaded copies of the Windows version of the Safari Web browser, in spite of several bugs that were discovered in the software.Since the product’s launch of Monday at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference, security researchers wasted no time in uncovering vulnerabilities in the Safari browser. They found at least 18 bugs in the Web browser.Windows users, however, were not the only ones having troubles with the newly-released version of Safari that runs on both Windows and Mac. In Apple’s support forum, dozens of users complained that installing Safari crippled some known applications running on their machines.
One user even reported that after installing Safari 3.0, he could no longer launch other applications in his Mac, including iTunes.Now this first update, Safari 3.0.1 fixes three of the eighteen discovered flaws. According to Apple, two of the three bugs don’t really affect the Safari 3.0 beta that runs on Mac OS X, but the third one could crash the Mac browser.
However, all three vulnerabilities have been termed critical in Apple own words, “may lead to arbitrary code execution.”The Safari 3.0.1 update can be downloaded and installed manually from the Apple Web site or it can also be retrieved using Apple Update, the utility that is bundled with Apple’s software.
Apple has announced yet another application, after iTunes, for Windows platform: its 'secure' Safari Web browser. To those who have never used Mac before, the browser gives the feel of iTunes music player -- an almost new browsing experience.Now, discussing the pros: the looks are cool -- a trademark of Apple products, and there are some Apple signatures as well. When you enter a URL in the address bar instead of typical bar at the right on the lower panel of a browser which indicates the status of the page being opened, Safari indicates this through blue liquid within the address bar.The muti-tab functionality is flawless and it also offers a search bar like Firefox with Google as default search engine and Yahoo! as optional. I tried my best to figure out how to set Windows Live as my default search engine, I couldn't.There is another interesting feature of multi-tabs. You can switch the places of different tabs just by click and drag; now try something else, hold the mouse on a tab and drag it out of that window -- it opens that page in a new window.However, there are security concerns over the flaws within the browser which could put your Windows machine in trouble. I downloaded and installed the browser and I was gald to feel the fresh breeze on my desktop for a few moments. But suddenly, the browser crashed and a message appeared on my machine ''The system has recovered from a serious error,'' please tell Microsoft about this error. I am yet not sure whether to tell this to Microsoft or not. First impression is the last impression, rarely. But, I switched back to Firefox to complete the important work, before going for another Safari ride and crash into Microsoft's error window.
One user even reported that after installing Safari 3.0, he could no longer launch other applications in his Mac, including iTunes.Now this first update, Safari 3.0.1 fixes three of the eighteen discovered flaws. According to Apple, two of the three bugs don’t really affect the Safari 3.0 beta that runs on Mac OS X, but the third one could crash the Mac browser.
However, all three vulnerabilities have been termed critical in Apple own words, “may lead to arbitrary code execution.”The Safari 3.0.1 update can be downloaded and installed manually from the Apple Web site or it can also be retrieved using Apple Update, the utility that is bundled with Apple’s software.
Apple has announced yet another application, after iTunes, for Windows platform: its 'secure' Safari Web browser. To those who have never used Mac before, the browser gives the feel of iTunes music player -- an almost new browsing experience.Now, discussing the pros: the looks are cool -- a trademark of Apple products, and there are some Apple signatures as well. When you enter a URL in the address bar instead of typical bar at the right on the lower panel of a browser which indicates the status of the page being opened, Safari indicates this through blue liquid within the address bar.The muti-tab functionality is flawless and it also offers a search bar like Firefox with Google as default search engine and Yahoo! as optional. I tried my best to figure out how to set Windows Live as my default search engine, I couldn't.There is another interesting feature of multi-tabs. You can switch the places of different tabs just by click and drag; now try something else, hold the mouse on a tab and drag it out of that window -- it opens that page in a new window.However, there are security concerns over the flaws within the browser which could put your Windows machine in trouble. I downloaded and installed the browser and I was gald to feel the fresh breeze on my desktop for a few moments. But suddenly, the browser crashed and a message appeared on my machine ''The system has recovered from a serious error,'' please tell Microsoft about this error. I am yet not sure whether to tell this to Microsoft or not. First impression is the last impression, rarely. But, I switched back to Firefox to complete the important work, before going for another Safari ride and crash into Microsoft's error window.
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