http://www.macnn.com/ MacNN is the leading source for news about Apple and the Mac industry. It offers news, reviews, discussion, tips, troubleshooting, links, and reviews every day. The best place for Mac News. Period. en-us http://images.macnn.com/images/macnn-logo-bw.gif http://www.macnn.com/ http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/18/internet.explorer.9.still.early/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/ie9-pdc2009.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Microsoft on the second day of its Professional Developers Conference by providing an early look at Internet Explorer 9. The new browser is just three weeks into development but is already expected to significantly outperform its predecessor. The new version will take advantage of hardware acceleration from graphics chipsets that support D2D in DirectX to offload many of the visual elements of b... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/18/internet.explorer.9.still.early/ Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:50:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/11/study.says.firefox.44.of.web.exploits/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/firefox35-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Despite stereotypes, Mozilla's Firefox is significantly more vulnerable to web attacks than any of its rivals, a Cenzic study (PDF) claimed late yesterday. About 44 percent of the 3,100 exploits tracked by the researchers attacked the open-source browser where only 15 percent of them would work in Internet Explorer. Safari is notably much closer to Firefox in vulnerability as 35 percent of explo... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/11/study.says.firefox.44.of.web.exploits/ Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:50:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/01/windows.share.drops.in.oct.despite.win.7/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0910/windows7ultimate-photo.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />The launch of Windows 7 in October did nothing to stop an increase in Mac share online, the latest data from Net Applications shows. Although the Microsoft OS was on sale for nine days last month, Windows' combined share of Internet traffic actually dropped to 92.52 percent while Mac OS X profited directly, reaching a new high of 5.27 percent. Windows 7 did gain share and represents 2.15 percent... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/01/windows.share.drops.in.oct.despite.win.7/ Sun, 01 Nov 2009 22:45:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/16/draws.fire.from.mozilla.designer/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0910/ballotbrow.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Apple's Safari browser may occupy too central position in upcoming European versions of Windows, critics say. Users should soon be presented with a special browser ballot, explaining what web browsers are, and more crucially offering a choice of apps beyond Internet Explorer. The feature comes as a result of pressure from the European Commission, which has accused Microsoft of hampering competit... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/16/draws.fire.from.mozilla.designer/ Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:00:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/07/eu.to.market.test.win.7.browser.choice/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0910/windows7-browserballotsm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />The European Commission on Wednesday said it would conduct a market test (PDF) of Microsoft's proposed browser ballot feature for Windows 7. The plan will let EU residents buying the Microsoft OS choose from one of multiple major web browsers shortly after they receive the system and use that in place of Internet Explorer. A successful test would make the ballot standard for most European copies... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/07/eu.to.market.test.win.7.browser.choice/ Wed, 07 Oct 2009 13:20:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/01/netapplications.shows.mac.firefox.gains/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0909/snowleopard-reviewsm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />More than a sixth of all Macs are already running Mac OS X Snow Leopard in just over a month of use, new findings from NetApplications show. On September 29th, the one month anniversary of the release, about 18 percent of all Macs tracked by the stats firm were using some version of Snow Leopard, or 0.91 percent of all computers.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/01/netapplications.shows.mac.firefox.gains/ Thu, 01 Oct 2009 21:50:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/29/ms.competitors.criticize.eu.settlement/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0909/ielogo.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />A number of software developers that make competitors to Microsoft's Internet Explorer have complained about the recent settlement with the EU that would allow Microsoft to give users the option to install another web browser. According to a Monday WSJ report (subscription required), the complaints came via a questionnaire EU officials sent out to Microsoft's competition, urging them for comment o... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/29/ms.competitors.criticize.eu.settlement/ Tue, 29 Sep 2009 21:10:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/24/chrome.frame.doubles.security.risk.in.ie.ms/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0909/googlechrome.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />The recently introduced Chrome Frame plug-in from Google that runs in Internet Explorer 8 has drawn criticism from Microsoft on Thursday. A spokesperson responding to a ZDNet query claimed that Chrome Frame is a security risk as it doubles "the attach area for malware and malicious scripts" by introducing a second web engine. Google's code is also alleged to be less secure than that for IE8 and t... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/24/chrome.frame.doubles.security.risk.in.ie.ms/ Thu, 24 Sep 2009 20:05:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/01/win.mobile.65.ships.oct.6/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0908/windowsmobile65-mix09.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Microsoft today committed to a ship date for Windows Mobile 6.5, its last significant update to the current generation of its smartphone OS. The first devices to use the new platform should reach shops on October 6th. It's not said which evices will be the first, but HP, HTC, LG, Samsung and unusually Toshiba will be the first to have 6.5-equipped smartphones in North America. AT&T, Sprint and ... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/01/win.mobile.65.ships.oct.6/ Tue, 01 Sep 2009 14:00:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/08/13/zune.hd.launch.set/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0908/zunehd-2.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Microsoft early this morning set the final launch for the Zune HD. True to leaks, the company's first touchscreen player will ship on September 15th and will come in a 16GB black version for $220 and a 32GB platinum-colored version for $290. Pre-orders start later today through Amazon (16GB,... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/08/13/zune.hd.launch.set/ Thu, 13 Aug 2009 08:25:00 GMT