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• Apple upgrades Safari for older versions of macOS

  Version 11 of the browser adds Intelligent Tracking Protection, a feature that has drawn the ire of the online advertising industry.

• IE easily beats Chrome, Firefox, Safari in malware detection

  Microsoft's combination of application reputation technology and URL filtering gave Internet Explorer a malware block rate that blew pass Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Apple Safari.

• Researcher reveals Safari zero-day bug

  Apple's Safari browser contains a critical, unpatched bug that attackers can use to infect Windows PCs with malicious code, researchers at US-CERT and other security firms said today.

• Chrome buries Windows rivals in browser drag race

  Google's new Chrome 3.0 is the fastest of the top five Windows browsers, and beats every rival, including Apple's Safari, by comfortable margins, benchmark tests show.

• Safari 4 rivals Google Chrome in JavaScript race

  Contrary to Apple's claims, the newest version of Safari is not the world's fastest browser, benchmark scores show. But it is dramatically faster than rivals being built by Mozilla and Microsoft.

• Apple delivers Safari 4 public beta, touts speed gains

  Apple Tuesday released a public beta of Safari 4, the next generation of its Internet Web browser.

• Researcher: Chrome, Safari password managers need work

  Google's Chrome and Apple's Safari browsers could do a better job of protecting passwords, according to a security researcher who released a study of browser password managers Friday.

• Apple plays catch-up, adds anti-fraud safeguard to Safari

  Apple Friday added anti-phishing protection to Safari, the last major browser to receive the feature that blocks known identity-stealing sites. The company also patched 11 security bugs in the program, the bulk of them specific to the Microsoft Windows version.

• Safari smudges Chrome

  Google's Chrome browser has stolen market share from every competitor except Apple's Safari, according to internet measurement company Net Applications.

• Chrome at 10 days: after a quick peak, use stabilises

  Ten days after Google launched Chrome, the new browser's share of those using it to reach Computerworld's US website has dropped from a peak of 9.7% right after it was released and stabilised at between 5% and 6%.

• Firefox use up nearly 50% in 2006

  Propelled by the release of its Version 2.0 in October, the free Firefox web browser saw almost a 50% increase in use during 2006, according to one web measurement firm.