When Apple re-locked the iPhone, it temporarily brought an end to the SIM-unlocking and Read more…

This exploit may not pose a legitimate security threat to Apple fans–at least not yet–but it’s sill cool enough that it bears repeating: Shane Macaulay, a software engineer, won himself

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> The developers of Safari have responded to recent slowness claims and offer up a few

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I know that I’m probably not alone here when I say that I find starting up Firefox on OS X unbearably slow. Compared to other Mac browsers like Safari and Opera as well as the Windows version of Firefox, Mac Firefox’s startup time is inexcusably slow. For that reason, I generally use Safari on my home system, even though I prefer the feature-set and page rendering of Firefox. Well, if a recent report making the rounds offers any truth, it looks like Mac Firefox might just be worth the …

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As the Month of Apple Bugs continues to chug along, Mac users are finding themselves plagued by yet another “highly critical” bug: a proof-of-concept that takes advantage of Safari’s “open safe” feature. Developers and hackers alike have long criticized “open safe,” which automatically opens files downloaded in Safari that end in certain “safe” file extensions. Maybe Apple will finally get the message this time.

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Could Apple have a Windows version of the Safari browser in the works? It’s a possibility, says Mozilla, in a document containing observations and assumptions regarding the future of Firefox. “Apple may have Safari on Windows with likely ties to iTunes & .Mac,” the statement reads. Stranger things have happened and considering the level of integration that the iPhone will require in order to sync up with a PC, it certainly seems like a distinct possibility. After all, iTunes runs on …

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A vulnerability has been found in Adobe Reader that could be used to trigger a  Universal Cross Site Scripting (UXSS) attack in either Firefox or Opera via the browser’s plug-in. All but the newest version of Adobe Reader appear to be affected, as well as the newest versions of both Firefox and Opera. Current workarounds include upgrading to Adobe Reader 8 and using non-affected browsers like Internet Explorer 7 and Safari.

Back in October, I downloaded IE7 within hours of its public release. Some of our in-house custom web-apps are optimized for Internet Explorer and I had grown sick of using IE6, a browser that, to a Firefox and Safari user like me, seemed stuck in the stone age. As excited as I was for the upgrade however, I can’t say that it went off without a hitch. Plug-ins stopped working. Things didn’t …

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> Toshiba will release an 1.8 inch, 100 GB drive in January…could a 100 GB iPod be far behind? Article

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> IBM to acquire compliance software vendor Consul. …

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Look out your window: pigs are flying, hell is freezing over and the kids on the street are jamming out to Guns N’ Roses’ Chinese Democracy. That’s right, Internet Explorer 7 is finally here! After years of waiting, IE users finally have industry-standard features like tabbed browsing, an antiphishing filter, a search bar and RSS support. IE might still be playing catch-up with the likes of Firefox, Opera and Safari when it comes to features–but it’s not like that’s ever stopped …

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