MacNN | Safari News 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 Safari, Latest News, Headlines, Stories; http://images.macnn.com/images/macnn-logo-bw.gif http://www.macnn.com/ Camino 2 adds tab overview, phishing and malware protection http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/18/flash.blocking.improved.with.new.features/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/caminosml.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />The Camino Project has released an update to its self-titled browser for Mac OS X. Version 2.0 adds a tab overview feature that allows users to quickly browse all open tabs in a layout preview. Tabbed browsing has also been improved with drag-and-drop rearranging, a scrollable bar, and a dedicated menu listing all of the open tabs.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/18/flash.blocking.improved.with.new.features/ Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:55:00 GMT Microsoft vows GPU acceleration, standards in IE9 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 Adobe posts Flash 10.1, AIR 2 betas with multi-touch http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/17/flash.and.air.betas.also.bring.hw.decode/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/adobeflash.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Adobe today fulfilled earlier promises and provided betas for both Flash Player 10.1 and AIR 2. Both are the first from Adobe to have a Flash layer that supports multi-touch input, including gestures such as pinching to zoom the window. Flash Player specifically gets H.264 hardware decoding through newer video chipsets and, initially for Windows PCs, can significantly reduce the workload on the ... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/17/flash.and.air.betas.also.bring.hw.decode/ Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:25:00 GMT Safari 4.0.4 boosts performance, stability http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/11/also.addresses.security.holes/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/safari4.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Apple has released Safari 4.0.4, a minor update to the Mac and Windows web browser. The patch makes relatively few changes, but does boost the performance of JavaScript, as well as Full History Searches in the case of a "large number" of items. Stability fixes have been implemented for the search field and Yahoo! Mail.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/11/also.addresses.security.holes/ Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:05:00 GMT Windows 7 fails to stop Mac's web growth 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 Google unveils Android 2.0 http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/27/android.2.has.new.browser.multiple.accounts/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0910/android2.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Google today at last provided full details for Android 2.0, its first major update to its mobile OS. The platform brings a much improved approach to mail that allows both for multiple accounts and native Microsoft Exchange support. The web browser has similarly been upgraded and is only the second HTML5-capable mobile browser outside of Safari; it further brings some of the earliest multi-touch ... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/27/android.2.has.new.browser.multiple.accounts/ Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:55:00 GMT Safari given prominent position in European Windows? 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 18% of Macs using Snow Leopard in one month 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 Ballmer claims gains in Windows marketshare http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/30/also.dismisses.safari.chrome/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0909/steveballmer-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Windows is regaining some of its marketshare, claims Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer. "Weíre gaining share. Apple is expensive," Ballmer says in a new interview. "And in tough economic environment, people get it. Their [Apple's] model is, by definition, expensive. And weíve actually held or maybe even gained just a tiny bit of share relative to the Mac in the last 12 months. And itís not really Snow... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/30/also.dismisses.safari.chrome/ Wed, 30 Sep 2009 14:55:00 GMT Apple clarifies iPhone 3.1 anti-phishing protection http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/15/feature.requires.specific.set.of.actions/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0909/iphoneantiphishing-story-15.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Apple has issued a clarification regarding the iPhone 3.1 firmware's anti-phishing capabilities. Released September 9th, the update includes a promised ability to detect phishing and malware sites while using Safari. Early accounts have shown inconsistent performance however, with some phones recognizing hazards, and others missing them completely. The behavior may create the impression that the ... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/15/feature.requires.specific.set.of.actions/ Tue, 15 Sep 2009 19:55:00 GMT