Apple Safari version 4 web browser is reported by the company to have been downloaded by 11 million times during the first three days from it’s release. According to the report, the browser was downloaded by 6 million times. Ok, my team downloaded this browser at least 5 times not because we want to use this browser, but because the client wants us to test the SharePoint site we are building for them on this browser.

Anyways, the browser first came out in public beta last February and Apple has been marketing this browser as the fastest browser in the world …read more

Apple took the wraps off some high-profile new products at the WorldWide Developer’s Conference in San Jose. Chief among them was the next upgrade in the iPhone, the iPhone 3Gs. The 3Gs is being touted as up to twice as fast as the iPhone 3G,with longer battery life, a 3 megapixel camera with autofocus, video recording, and hands-free voice control. A ton of new capabilities are built into it. The 16 gigabyte iPhone 3Gs retails for $199, with a 32 GB model for $299.
Also today, the iPhone 3G, the last generation 8 GB model, is available for an incredible $99.

Microsoft users are fast to patch their applications, with all the negative ads and news targeted at Microsoft, users are very quick to react on bulletins and upgrade, patch their applications including Internet Explorer.

On the other hand, Opera & Safari users who do not get much attention are comfortable with their application and do not track updates as fast as Microsoft users do.
As per the latest study, only 53 % of users of Safari have applied patches in the last three weeks for 3.x.x version. Only 33 percent had updated to version 3.2.1
I think that’s ok, there aren’t a …read more

Various news pieces centred around the recent Internet Explorer security threat and its subsequent patch release.