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, Mar 19th 2011 Discuss [11]

Sometimes having the Internet in your pocket is convenient other times it is extremely useful. This story is an example of the latter. Some context first, I grew up in Silicon Valley, one of the more well known tech hubs in our country. I also grew up completely immersed in technology because my father, Tim Bajarin, was one of the first PC industry analysts on the scene. I’ve had a PC of some kind in my life as far back as I remember, which is what makes this story all the more interesting.
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iPad 2 Browser Benchmarks

, Mar 2nd 2011 Discuss [13]

The iPad 2, Steve Jobs took to the stage to tell us, offers twice the performance of the original iPad and 9x the graphics performance, thanks to its dual-core 1GHz Apple A5 processor. Still, what does that mean for daily use? Considering most people spend their time on tablets browsing, we ran some side-by-side SunSpider benchmarking on Apple’s old and new iPads to see how the new model shaped up. Check out the results after the cut.

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iTunes and Safari Combining Into One Application, Rumor Suggests

, Jan 17th 2011 Discuss [1]

If you're on a Windows-based computer, and you happen to download Apple's iTunes software, then you know that the company inherently suggests that you should download their Safari Web browser, too. Just to compliment you're already on-going download. Whether or not you do, that's your decision. But, many PC owners shy away from Apple's Web browser of design. If a new rumor is to be believed, then it looks like Apple has found a way around this, and may be combining iTunes and Safari into one application. Read The Full Story

Occipital Finds Augmented Reality Capabilities Within Mobile Safari for iOS 4.2

, Dec 22nd 2010 Discuss [0]

With iOS 4.2 still fresh in the market, and on iDevices, there's no surprise that people are still stumbling onto new aspects of the latest version of Apple's popular mobile Operating System. And while Augmented Reality may not be the one feature that's on the tip of everyone's tongue, it's still interesting to see new ways that the technology can be implemented in our devices. Thanks to a company called Occipital, we now know that the gyroscope within the latest version of the iPhone, as well as the newest model of iPod Touch, can be used to bring some AR-based fun times. Read The Full Story

IE9 5x more malware secure than Firefox say researchers

, Dec 16th 2010 Discuss [5]

Internet Explorer 9 has been praised for its malware-blocking abilities, with researchers NSS Labs finding [pdf link] the Microsoft browser was more than five times more likely to protect surfers from socially-engineered malware than Firefox 3.6. Looking solely at "a web page link that directly leads to a download that delivers a malicious payload whose content type would lead to execution, or more generally a website known to host malware links" - i.e. fake downloads as often seen on Facebook or Twitter - the research found IE9 capable of blocking 99-percent of the threats encountered. Read The Full Story

Steve Jobs Confirms Extension of AirPlay Features in 2011 – Safari, Third Party Apps, Etcetera

, Dec 1st 2010 Discuss [3]

A fine fellow by the name of anonymous recently emailed everyone's best pal Apple CEO Steve Jobs with a question about the functionality of iOS's most recent update 4.2 which features AirPlay, allowing iDevices to stream video to Apple TV. Anon's question included suggestion of a future release of AirPlay in which it would be able to work with Safari and third party apps (this functionality currently exists, but only as a hack.) You know what Steve Jobs said? He said yep - 2011. Read The Full Story

SlashGear Morning Wrap-up: November 23 2010

, Nov 23rd 2010 Discuss [0]

Dunk it in! This morning over at Android Community (or was it late last night?) Vincent reviewed the Motorola Defy - a rugged piece of machinery that'll get wet and keep on clickin. There's some 3D modeling and studying of flying snakes on SlashGear, a hands on with the Marvell Android tablet, and a gaming computer employing cooled liquid to get it down to some sub-zero temps. And then, and then! Apple announces they're going to have some Black Friday sales at their stores. Holy holiday ham! What a strange day it's turning out to be here on SlashGear Morning Wrap-up! Read The Full Story

Mobile Safari gets orientation API in iOS 4.2 for tilt-sensitive sites

, Nov 23rd 2010 Discuss [3]

Apple has opened up accelerometer and gyroscope access to mobile Safari web developers in iOS 4.2, meaning iPhone, iPod touch and iPad sites can potentially be controlled by those motion sensors. Developer Maximiliano Firtman spotted the update, which appears to be based on the W3C draft for the DeviceOrientation API; he's also thrown together a quick rolling-ball demo, which you can see after the cut. Video demo after the cut Read The Full Story

Safari 5.0.1 released: new Extensions add feature flexibility

, Jul 28th 2010 Discuss [0]

After the iMac and Mac Pro hardware updates yesterday, Apple has turned its attentions to software today with a new version of their Safari browser.  Safari 5.0.1 has activated Safari Extensions, basically HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript coded add-ons and plug-ins, which can be installed from the Safari Extensions Gallery. Safari 5 made its debut in June, boasting a 30-percent speed boost over v.4 of the browser and twice the speed of Firefox 3.6.  Users also get a new Reader mode, which basically strips out all the extraneous ads, images and content from a webpage, leaving only the text behind in an easy-to-consume format. Read The Full Story

Safari’s AutoFill Could be Potentially More Dangerous Than Helpful

, Jul 22nd 2010 Discuss [0]

It's never a good thing when a good idea goes bad. Especially one that's been part of something else for quite awhile. In this case, it would be Safari's AutoFill feature. And, what makes it worse, is the very real possibility that "those in the know" have actually known about this problem for about a year now. What's the deal? Head past the break to find out. Read The Full Story

OS X 10.6.4 released: Safari 5, bugfixes, more

, Jun 16th 2010 Discuss [0]

Apple has pushed out OS X 10.6.4, an update to their Mac OS which includes various security updates, bug fixes and Safari 5 as standard.  Interestingly, the update is also listed as affecting MobileMe, though there's no mention of any applicable changes. OS X 10.6.4 should be offered to Mac users via the Software Update tool, though you can manually download it here if you have multiple machines to upgrade.  Meanwhile there's a separate version for OS X servers, which improves file, directory, calendar and mail services, among other things. Read The Full Story

Apple Safari 5 debuts: 30% faster & new Reader mode

, Jun 7th 2010 Discuss [0]

Now here's a surprise. After filling the WWDC 2010 keynote with naught but iPhone 4 goodness, Apple has slipped out Safari 5, the latest version of their desktop browser.  Packing a claimed 30-percent performance boost over Safari 4, the new version is also apparently three percent faster than Chrome 5.0 and over twice as fast as Firefox 3.6.  Of course, it's still a free download, and is available both for Mac and Windows machines. Read The Full Story
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