Engadget http://www.engadget.com Engadget http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif Engadget http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/<![CDATA[Dropbox enables drag-and-drop uploads on web browsers]]>http://www.engadget.com/2012/04/06/dropbox-enables-drag-and-drop-uploads-on-web-browser/http://www.engadget.com/2012/04/06/dropbox-enables-drag-and-drop-uploads-on-web-browser/http://www.engadget.com/2012/04/06/dropbox-enables-drag-and-drop-uploads-on-web-browser/#comments Dropbox enables drag-and-drop uploads on web browserFinished convincing friends, family and perfect strangers alike to sign up to Dropbox -- and selfishly upping your own storage in the process. The cloud storage service has just made changes to its web-baser interface, adding drag-and-drop functionality from your folders and desktop. The feature works across Chrome, Firefox and Safari browsers and once the site detects the movement, it'll start uploading to that ethereal data cloud in the sky. You can start dragging those files around at the source now.

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After the Wall Street Journal notified Google of this loophole, the company promptly disabled it and duly apologized, adding that it didn't realize that its +1 system would plant tracking cookies on a user's device. "We didn't anticipate that this would happen, and we have now started removing these advertising cookies from Safari browsers," Google's Rachel Whetstone explained. "It's important to stress that, just as on other browsers, these advertising cookies do not collect personal information." An Apple spokesperson, meanwhile, issued the following statement: "We are aware that some third parties are circumventing Safari's privacy features and we are working to put a stop to it."

WSJ: Safari loophole lets Google track Apple users through web ads originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 17 Feb 2012 07:04:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Apple unleashes OS X Mountain Lion Preview to Mac Developer Program originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 16 Feb 2012 09:54:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>10.8airplayairplay mirroringAirplayMirroringappleApple OS XApple OS X Mountain LionAppleOsXAppleOsXMountainLionchinesedeveloperdeveloper centerdeveloper previewDeveloperCenterDeveloperPreviewflickrgatekeeperhands-onicloudimpressionsioslionmacmac osmac os xMacOsMacOsXmessagesMountain LionMountainLionnotesoperating systemoperating systemsOperatingSystemOperatingSystemsosOS XOS X 10.8OS X Mountain LionOsXOsX10.8OsXMountainLionpreviewreminderssafarishare sheetsShareSheetsThu, 16 Feb 2012 09:54:00 EST<![CDATA[OS X Mountain Lion (10.8) in-depth preview]]>http://www.engadget.com/2012/02/16/apple-os-x-mountain-lion-10-8-in-depth-preview/http://www.engadget.com/2012/02/16/apple-os-x-mountain-lion-10-8-in-depth-preview/http://www.engadget.com/2012/02/16/apple-os-x-mountain-lion-10-8-in-depth-preview/#comments You can bid farewell to the days of Apple's theatrical OS reveals -- at least until OS 11 rears its head, anyway. In the meantime, the outfit has seemingly been content to strip away more and more pomp and circumstance with every subsequent big cat release. Lately, the company has settled into an evolutionary release schedule, eschewing full-fledged makeovers in favor of packing in lots of smaller changes, many of them quite granular indeed. It's a trend that can be traced as far back as 2009's OS X Snow Leopard (10.6), a name designed to drive home the point that the upgrade wasn't so much a reinvention of the wheel as a fine tuning of its predecessor, Leopard.

The arrival of Lion (10.7), though, marked a full upgrade. With features like Launchpad and Mission Control, it seemed like it might be the last version Cupertino dropped before finally pulling the trigger on operating system number 11, and perhaps transitioning to something with an even stronger iOS influence. Right now, at least, the company's not ready to close the book on chapter X, but it is giving the world a first peek at 10.8. Ladies and gentlemen, meet Mountain Lion.

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OS X Mountain Lion (10.8) in-depth preview originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 16 Feb 2012 08:31:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Both Net Applications and StatCounter have released their figures for browser market share for 2011 and it makes for largely unsurprising reading. Internet Explorer's full share has dropped but it still maintains the top spot -- a 52 percent share according to Net Applications and 39 percent according to StatCounter. Meanwhile, second place remains tantalizingly within reach for Chrome, which has made headway catching up with Firefox, whose growth had apparently stalled during 2011. According to Net Applications, Firefox held a 21.8 percent share of browser users this month, while Chrome reached 19.1 percent, up just under 8 percent and capping off a second year of impressive growth. Meanwhile, StatCounter pegs Google's browser at second place for the end of the year, claiming 27.3 percent versus the 25.3 percent share grabbed by its vulpine rival. Unsurprisingly, the Windows Team Blog takes a different slant on recent browsing trends, trumpeting that its latest version, Internet Explorer 9, continues to grow on Windows 7. This is, however, balanced out by a corresponding drop in the users of its predecessor, IE 8. Better luck next year, eh, Microsoft?

Internet Explorer holds onto top browser crown while Chrome and Firefox tussle over second place originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 02 Jan 2012 21:21:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Omar Shahine has sent SkyDrive off to the Microsoft gym in the hopes that it'd trim up ready for its forthcoming update. Users will soon be able to enjoy beefier document management powers, share individual files from private folders, control permissions and post files to Facebook in a couple of clicks. They'll also be able to upload groups of documents whilst navigating the site and best of all, can use the HTML5 file api to drag'n'drop documents in any standards-compliant browser. Slideshows are much improved this time out, and right-clicking fans will be able to edit individual documents and photos inline. The service will purportedly now load in around half the time it did before -- clearly it's been told to shed some of those Silverlight pounds.

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SkyDrive juices up document sharing and uploading, grabs a HTML5 smoothie afterward (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 30 Nov 2011 14:42:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>ChromeCloudCloud StorageCloudStorageCSS3File APIFileApiFirefoxHTMLHTML5HTML5 DesignHTML5 File APIHtml5DesignHtml5FileApiIE10Internet Explorer 10InternetExplorer10MicrosoftminipostOmar ShahineOmarShahineRedmondSafariSilverlightSkyDrivevideoWed, 30 Nov 2011 14:42:00 EST<![CDATA[Internet Explorer does less than 50 percent of world's web surfing, Chrome on the come-up]]>http://www.engadget.com/2011/11/02/internet-explorer-does-less-than-50-percent-of-worlds-web-surfi/http://www.engadget.com/2011/11/02/internet-explorer-does-less-than-50-percent-of-worlds-web-surfi/http://www.engadget.com/2011/11/02/internet-explorer-does-less-than-50-percent-of-worlds-web-surfi/#commentsIt's been a long and winding road for Internet Explorer, Microsoft's venerable web browser, and for over a decade it's been the browser of choice for most netizens. According to Net Marketshare's latest numbers, however, IE now enables just under half of the world's total -- meaning mobile and desktop combined -- web traffic after owning 95 percent of the browsing market seven years ago. The decline is at least partially due to a rise in mobile web browsing and an increasing Chrome user base. Of course, Microsoft's finest still has a healthy 52.63 percent desktop market share, which gives it a sizable lead over the competition from Firefox (23 percent), Chrome (18 percent), and Safari (five percent). There's plenty more graphs and charts to show you exactly how the browser war is going, so hit the links below for the full pie-chart treatment.

Internet Explorer does less than 50 percent of world's web surfing, Chrome on the come-up originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 02 Nov 2011 17:07:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Web browser warriors have some more statistical firepower to play with, now that Net Applications has released the latest usage figures for mobile browsers. Google's vaguely titled Browser has inched up from a 16.3 percent share last month to 18.7 percent, counterbalanced by Opera Mini, which declined from just under 19 percent to 13.1 percent. Similarly, both Symbian and BlackBerry's mobile browsers dropped a few percentage points, down to 2.6 and 2.4 percent respectively. While rumors of a mobile-friendly version of Chrome continue to bounce around, there remains a substantial gap between second-place Android and the current mobile browser boss, Apple's Safari, which has now extended its dominance from 55.6 percent to 62.2 percent. The battle of the browsers wages on.

Android Browser leapfrogs Opera Mini, but Safari increases its lead originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 02 Nov 2011 10:08:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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It wasn't that long ago that Myriad gave us an exclusive sneak peek at its platform agnostic Android app emulator, Alien Dalvik 2.0. While we were there, the company gave us a glimpse of another project, called Remarkz, that piqued our interest. Remarkz is a slick little HTML 5 application that lets users annotate web pages with text and drawings and share the marked up pages via email, Facebook and Twitter. As opposed to using screen grab programs like Skitch or Jing, Remarkz keeps the web page links live and only requires adding a bookmark to get started. Additionally, a timeline feature lets you see when new notes are made on a page and who made them -- giving it greater potential for use as a collaboration tool. True to Myriad form, it works on any platform (tablets, PCs and Macs) using any browser that supports HTML 5. It's still in beta for now, but the app works pretty well despite a small bug here or there. Plus, given its egalitarian nature, Myriad hinted that we may see it on more screens (think big) in January at CES, which would up its cool quotient considerably. Interested? Check out a video walkthrough of the app after the break, and hit the source to start using it yourself.

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Myriad's Remarkz HTML 5 web annotation app hands-on originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 20 Oct 2011 22:22:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Poll: Have you upgraded to iOS 5? originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 12 Oct 2011 18:09:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Now well into its fifth year of life, iOS has always been known for its exceptional polish -- and also, its glaring feature holes. But, just like clockwork, each year since its 2007 debut, those shortcomings have been addressed one by one in a sweeping annual update. In 2008, the platform was opened up to developers giving us the App Store, 2009 saw the introduction of copy and paste -- which we'd argue is still the best implementation to date -- and last year "multitasking" finally made a presence. So what has Apple chosen to rectify in 2011? Well, for starters, notifications gets a complete overhaul with Notification Center, tethered syncing dies at the hands of iCloud and messaging gets a do-over with the birth of iMessage.

If you recall, we first got acquainted with iOS 5 in May after downloading the developer preview, but how does the final release stack up? And does it have the chops to compete with the latest from Mountain View and Redmond? After drudging through seven betas, we're ready to conquer all that the final release has to offer, so join us, if you would, past the break.

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iOS 5 review originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 12 Oct 2011 14:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Visualized: an interactive timeline of the web originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 02 Sep 2011 20:13:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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WebKit turns 10, celebrates a decade of speedy, standards-compliant browsing originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 25 Aug 2011 09:46:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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WebCL scores first demos, GPU accelerated apps headed to your browser originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 06 Jul 2011 15:48:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Well, that's one way to make people pay for puns. The New York Post, that bastion of fair, balanced, and not-at-all sensationalistic reporting, has blocked iPad owners from reading its stories through the tablet's Safari browser. If folks want the full spill on Hugh Hefner getting ditched at the altar, they'll be prompted to download the iOS app, which requires signing up for a subscription starting at $6.99 on a month-to-month basis. Setting aside News Corp.'s hubris for a moment, what's odd about this is the number of workarounds Rupert Murdoch & Co. left us cheapskates. You can still read the site on a desktop browser or a phone, including an Android one. Basically, then, News Corp. is strangling web access, but only for a select group of readers. That's a stark contrast from other content providers (even the News Corp-owned Wall Street Journal), which have been more platform-agnostic. Then again, there's the dim possibility that News Corp. targeted the iPad in an effort to re-brand the Post as a glossier sort of tabloid, à la The Daily. To which we say, that's some wishful thinking there, Rupe.

New York Post blocks iPad access through Safari browser, hopes you'll pay for a subscription instead originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 19 Jun 2011 16:02:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Update: But perhaps not as mysterious as we thought -- 9to5 Mac spotted its genesis earlier this week, and it's a bona fide honeypot. If your Mac gets stolen, the idea goes, it'll need to be connected to the internet for you to be able to track it with Find My Mac or perform a remote wipe, so you'll let the thieves browse this guest account to keep them busy without letting them peruse your personal files. Cue the Admiral Ackbar, we suppose. [Thanks, Jamie]

Mac OS X Lion beta reveals "Restart to Safari" browser-only mode (update: honeypot) originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 12 Jun 2011 19:18:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Bing Mobile updated, news and maps get minor facelifts originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 11 Jun 2011 09:26:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Electric Land Rover makes it way easier to sneak up on cowardly lions originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 09 May 2011 22:06:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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YouTube Live now streams to iOS, courtesy of YTLive web app originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 21 Apr 2011 20:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Web apps found to be lacking Safari's speed bump in iOS 4.3 originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 16 Mar 2011 17:34:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Safari and IE8 get shamed at Pwn2Own, Chrome still safe... for now originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 10 Mar 2011 07:56:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Apple posts iPad 2 guided tour videos originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 09 Mar 2011 20:40:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Google's paying $20,000 to hack Chrome -- any takers? originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 03 Feb 2011 20:33:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Two arrested for iPad security breach originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 18 Jan 2011 14:07:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>Andrew AuernheimerAndrewAuernheimerappleapple ipadAppleIpadarrestattbrowserbugbustedDaniel SpitlerDanielSpitlerdatadata securityDataSecurityexploitFBIflawgoatsegoatse securityGoatseSecurityhackhackershackingipadlawlegalmobile safariMobileSafaripatchingresponsesafarisecuritysecurity holeSecurityHolesnafusoftwareunsecurevulnerabilityweevTue, 18 Jan 2011 14:07:00 EST<![CDATA[Google defends H.264 removal from Chrome, says WebM plug-ins coming to Safari and IE9]]>http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/16/google-defends-h-264-removal-from-chrome-says-webm-plug-ins-com/http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/16/google-defends-h-264-removal-from-chrome-says-webm-plug-ins-com/http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/16/google-defends-h-264-removal-from-chrome-says-webm-plug-ins-com/#comments Google renewed a heated discussion when it said it was dropping H.264 support from Chrome's HTML5 video tag last week, but it seems the company's ready and willing to push its WebM alternative video format hard -- not only is hardware decoder IP now available for the VP8 codec, but the project team is presently readying WebM plug-ins for Safari and Internet Explorer 9, neither of which include it themselves. As to the little matter of whether any of this is the right move for the web at large, we'll paraphrase what Google had to say for itself: H.264 licenses cost money; Firefox and Opera don't support H.264 either; and big companies like Google are helping the little guy by championing this open alternative. We have to say, the eternal optimist in us is cheering them on. Oh, and the linguist in us, too. Read Google's own words at our source link, and decide for yourself.

Google defends H.264 removal from Chrome, says WebM plug-ins coming to Safari and IE9 originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 16 Jan 2011 02:02:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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It may not exactly look like a huge shift in the chart above, but 2010 did represent something of a milestone year for Google's Chrome web browser. It started out 2010 with a market share of just over five percent, and managed to double that over the course of the year to close things out at a nice, even ten percent, according to stats from Net Applications. Those gains, as you might expect, came largely at the expense of Internet Explorer, which is continuing its slow, slow decline, but still hangs onto a commanding 57 percent market share. As for the rest of the major players, both Firefox and Opera slipped ever so slightly over the course of the year, while Apple's Safari gained just over one percent to end the year at 5.9 percent.

Chrome closes out the year with ten percent browser share, gains at expense of IE originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 03 Jan 2011 19:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Of all the Arduino projects we've seen 'round here, this is certainly one of them! Using nothing but a Graphics LCD, an Arduino, and a WebSocket server he wrote using Python / Tornado, this young engineer created a system that allows him to connect to the server with his iPod touch (or any browser, we suppose -- although he's apparently only tested this with Chrome on his desktop PC) and draw a design on the web browser. In turn, his movements are recreated on the LCD. Pretty mean feat, if you ask us. If you'd like to marvel at his code -- or even try it out for yourself -- hit up the source link. If not, be sure to at least check out the thing in action. Video after the break.

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Arduino, iPod touch turns an LCD into a browser-based sketch pad (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 28 Dec 2010 01:48:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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[Thanks, Mehran]

W3C tests HTML5 browser compatibility, crowns IE9 the champ originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 02 Nov 2010 11:19:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Update: We're also told Safari 5.0.1 fixes that nasty AutoFill vulnerability, so that's good news. [Thanks, Robert]

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Apple releases Safari 5.0.1, Extensions Gallery now open originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 28 Jul 2010 08:35:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Bad news, Oracle. You've slipped to second place for the first time in years. The good news is that it's in Secunia's ranking of the top ten companies with the most software vulnerabilities, which is now topped by Apple -- Microsoft remains in third place, followed by HP and Adobe. According to Secunia, Apple's vulnerabilities are mostly not in OS X, but in Safari, iTunes and other applications. What's important to note, however, is that Secunia's definition of "vulnerability" doesn't simply include dangerous, exploitable vulnerabilities, so the rankings don't necessarily indicate which software is the most insecure from a user's point of view.

One vulnerability that is potentially serious, however, is an issue with Safari's AutoFill feature recently discovered by Jeremiah Grossman of WhiteHat Security. According to Grossman, a malicious website can exploit the feature to pull data from a user's address book without their knowledge, which has been demonstrated to take "mere seconds" by a bit of proof of concept code (you can try out yourself if you're feeling trusting). Grossman also says he's informed Apple of the vulnerability but hasn't received a response, and suggests that the only "fix" in the meantime is to turn off the AutoFill feature completely.

Update: AllThingsD has a statement from Apple on the AutoFill issue -- a spokesperson says "we take security and privacy very seriously," and that, "we're aware of the issue and working on a fix."

Secunia ranks Apple first in software insecurity, Safari said to have AutoFill vulnerability originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 22 Jul 2010 15:31:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Update: for those who were concerned about the battery affecting the Nexus One's performance, we did use Android System Info to verify that the CPU was still clocked at 1GHz. We were also able to reproduce the same results with a full battery. Either way, it's still a win for Android.

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Android 2.2 (Froyo) versus iOS 4: the browser showdown (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 07 Jul 2010 13:56:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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StatCounter's issued a press release today which reports that Google's Chrome browser has overtaken Safari for third place in the United States on a weekly basis for the first time ever. Chrome nabbed the spot with an 8.97 percent share, following behind Internet Explorer with 52 percent and Firefox with 28.5 percent. Safari ranked fourth according to their stats with 8.88 percent. Globally Chrome has been in third place for some time, but this is the first time it's surpassed Safari in the United States. The statistics were compiled using data for the week of June 21st to June 27th. Full pr is below.

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Chrome overtakes Safari for number three browser spot in the US sez StatCounter originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 28 Jun 2010 20:17:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>applebrowserbrowser sharebrowsersBrowserSharechromefirefoxgoogleinternetinternet explorerInternetExplorermicrosoftsafaristatstatisticsstatsunited statesUnitedStatesusMon, 28 Jun 2010 20:17:00 EST<![CDATA[iPad still has a major browser vulnerability, says group behind AT&T security breach]]>http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/15/ipad-still-has-a-major-browser-vulnerability-says-group-behind/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/15/ipad-still-has-a-major-browser-vulnerability-says-group-behind/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/15/ipad-still-has-a-major-browser-vulnerability-says-group-behind/#commentsYou know that tiny little security snafu that allowed over a hundred thousand iPad users' email addresses out? The one that the FBI felt compelled to investigate? Well, Goatse Security -- the group that discovered that particular hole (stop laughing) -- isn't best pleased to be described as malicious by AT&T's response to the matter, and has requited with its own missive to the world. Letting us know that the breach in question took "a single hour of labor," the GS crew argues that AT&T is glossing over the fact it neglected to address the threat promptly and is using the hackers' (supposedly altruistic) efforts at identifying bugs as a scapegoat.

As illustration, they remind us that the iPad is still wide open to hijacking thanks to a bug in the mobile version of Safari. Identified back in March, this exploit allows hackers to jack in via unprotected ports, and although it was fixed on the desktop that same month, the mobile browser remains delicately poised for a backdoor entry -- should malevolent forces decide to utilize it. This casts quite the unfavorable light on Apple as well, with both corporations seemingly failing to communicate problematic news with their users in a timely manner.

iPad still has a major browser vulnerability, says group behind AT&T security breach originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 15 Jun 2010 05:43:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>appleapple ipadAppleIpadattbrowserbugdatadata securityDataSecurityexploitflawgoatsegoatse securityGoatseSecurityhackhackershackingipadmobile safariMobileSafaripatchingresponsesafarisecuritysecurity holeSecurityHolesnafusoftwareunsecurevulnerabilityTue, 15 Jun 2010 05:43:00 EST<![CDATA[How to re-enable Netflix in Safari 5 (updated)]]>http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/07/how-to-re-enable-netflix-in-safari-5/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/07/how-to-re-enable-netflix-in-safari-5/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/07/how-to-re-enable-netflix-in-safari-5/#comments We're getting a ton of tips about Netflix being broken in Safari 5, and while we're pretty sure Reed Hastings and crew will have things patched up in the morning, we thought we'd share the quick fix with you now, since it's so simple. The problem isn't actually Safari 5, it's the browser agent string -- Netflix doesn't recognize it as a supported browser, so all you have to do is turn on the developer menu and change Safari's user agent back to 4.1. Ready? It's just a couple steps:
  1. Open Preferences > Advanced and click "Show Develop menu in menu bar".
  2. In the Develop menu, select User Agent and hit "Safari 4.1".
  3. Watch some Netflix!
Of course, you'll have to switch it back to use any Safari 5-optimized sites that check for the latest version of Apple's browser, but that's not too hard -- and like we said, we're guessing the Netflix crew will have this sorted in no time, so you shouldn't need to worry about this in the future.

Update: Told you they'd get it fixed soon enough -- reader Colin tells us things are working fine with Safari 5 as of this morning.

How to re-enable Netflix in Safari 5 (updated) originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 07 Jun 2010 23:22:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>applebrowserbrowsershowtonetflixsafarisafari 6Safari6user agentuser agent stringUserAgentUserAgentStringMon, 07 Jun 2010 23:22:00 EST<![CDATA[Apple releases Safari 5 with Safari Reader, Extensions and Bing search (updated)]]>http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/07/apple-release-safari-5/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/07/apple-release-safari-5/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/07/apple-release-safari-5/#comments
 Apple has just outed a press release for Safari 5, which curiously didn't get a mention during the company's WWDC10 keynote, but should be ready to download any minute now. Safari Reader is making its debut, as we'd heard it might, alongside a claimed 30 percent performance improvement over Safari 4 and -- mirroring the iPhone 4 -- Bing as one of the preloaded search engine options. Google and Yahoo are still around, don't freak out. Apple is also adding in Extensions (think Firefox's Add-Ons) to the browser, allowing devs to use HTML5, CSS and JavaScript to pretty up the browsing experience. The Reader feature intrigues us most, as it auto-detects articles within webpages and pulls them out for an unencumbered text-only view. The idea sounds great, but we'll naturally need to see how well it works in practice. Apple's been doing a bit of benchmarking too and boasts that Safari 5 runs JavaScript a whole three percent faster than Chrome 5.0 and over twice as fast as Firefox 3.6. Internet Explorer is presumably still working on finishing that test.

P.S. We're hearing the current release might be for devs only, hence the lack of a public download.

Update: Okay, now it's available for public consumption.

Update 2: We've been playing with Safari 5 for a few moments and here's what we've noticed:
  • Reader is pretty gorgeous -- think Instapaper on the fly. It's hard to tell when it'll kick in and show the Reader button in the toolbar, though -- it works on Engadget posts, but not in Wikipedia articles.
  • Yes, Netflix is broken. It seems like it's doing a browser detect and failing with the new build number, so we'd guess it'll be fixed soon.
  • It's much faster at everything from launch to rendering times. We haven't clocked it yet, but it's noticeably snappier on our quad-core i7 iMac.
  • We're dying to try out some Extensions and see how they work, but we haven't seen any yet. Same with the new HTML5 features -- hit us up if you see anything!
  • Bing Search integration is... Bing search integration. What else is there to say?

Continue reading Apple releases Safari 5 with Safari Reader, Extensions and Bing search (updated)

Apple releases Safari 5 with Safari Reader, Extensions and Bing search (updated) originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 07 Jun 2010 19:22:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>appleapple safariAppleSafaribingbreaking newsBreakingNewsbrowserbrowser warsBrowserWarshtml5microsoftmicrosoft bingMicrosoftBingnitronitro javascriptnitro javascript engineNitroJavascriptNitroJavascriptEnginereleasesafarisafari 5safari extensionssafari readerSafari5SafariExtensionsSafariReaderweb browserWebBrowserMon, 07 Jun 2010 19:22:00 EST<![CDATA[Safari 5 to join Steve onstage Monday for WWDC?]]>http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/05/safari-5-to-join-steve-onstage-monday-for-wwdc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/05/safari-5-to-join-steve-onstage-monday-for-wwdc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/05/safari-5-to-join-steve-onstage-monday-for-wwdc/#comments According to a report from French blog MacGeneration, one of the announcements on tap for Monday's WWDC 2010 keynote (which we'll be covering live, by the way) is a major update for Safari -- namely, version 5. If you believe the docs the site has obtained, there are more than a few big changes coming, including Bing now alongside Yahoo! and Google search options, a new "Safari Reader" for better / easier RSS reading (we're hoping they're taking a cue from Google on this), 25 percent faster JavaScript performance and DNS prefetching (hello, Chrome), improved HTML5 support (no big surprise there), and new developer tools which we assume will be along the lines of Firebug or Chrome's developer helpers. So we hope. The update will allegedly also add hardware acceleration for Windows PCs, an address field that auto-predicts URLs (they're calling it a "Smart Address Field"), and a handful of other minor tweaks and snips. Furthermore, there's an expected minor bump to Snow Leopard (10.6.4) which will resolve some nagging issues, though nothing really more than that. As we're sure you're aware, the next 48 hours or so are going to be filled with all sorts of nutty rumors about what's happening at Monday's keynote -- we'll try and separate the wheat from the chaff for you.

Continue reading Safari 5 to join Steve onstage Monday for WWDC?

Safari 5 to join Steve onstage Monday for WWDC? originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 05 Jun 2010 22:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>applebrowserbrowserssafarisafari 5safari readerSafari5SafariReadersnow leopardsnow leopard 10.6.4SnowLeopardSnowLeopard10.6.4wwdcwwdc 2010Wwdc2010Sat, 05 Jun 2010 22:01:00 EST<![CDATA[Apple announces WebKit2 with Chrome-like process splitting]]>http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/09/apple-announces-webkit2-with-chrome-like-process-splitting/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/09/apple-announces-webkit2-with-chrome-like-process-splitting/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/09/apple-announces-webkit2-with-chrome-like-process-splitting/#comments Apple's big announcement of the day might have been iPhone OS 4, but another reveal that's gone slightly under the radar might actually turn out to be a bigger deal: WebKit2, which now runs browser elements as separate processes, much like Google Chrome. Actually, Apple's devs say it goes a little farther than Chrome, since the process model is built into the foundation so other non-Safari clients can use it. That's pretty wild stuff, considering how prevalent WebKit has become across the mobile space and the fact that Chrome itself uses the rendering engine. No word on when this will all go final, but hey -- it's all open source, and you can actually grab Mac and Windows binaries right now. Let us know how it goes, won't you?

Apple announces WebKit2 with Chrome-like process splitting originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 09 Apr 2010 00:31:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>applebrowserrendering engineRenderingEnginesafariwebweb browserWebBrowserwebkitwebkit 2Webkit2Fri, 09 Apr 2010 00:31:00 EST<![CDATA[Google tweaks Gmail's HTML5 web app to better utilize iPad screen space]]>http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/02/google-tweaks-gmails-html5-web-app-to-better-utilize-ipad-scree/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/02/google-tweaks-gmails-html5-web-app-to-better-utilize-ipad-scree/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/02/google-tweaks-gmails-html5-web-app-to-better-utilize-ipad-scree/#comments It's still not a true Gmail app (sigh), but it's a step in the right direction, we suppose. Google has today announced that it has released an experimental user interface for the iPad built on the Gmail for mobile HTML5 web app, but unlike the iPhone and Android versions, this one has been retooled a bit to best take advantage of those extra pixels. iPad Gmailers will find a two-pane view with their conversations on the left and messages on the right, and while it's not exactly revolutionary, it's certainly better than what we're being forced to use on existing smartphones (and their comparatively minuscule displays). The company's openly asking for feedback once your iPad lands, and we couldn't help but notice that it pointed to the fact that Google is still the default search engine embedded into Safari. Who knows -- maybe Steve and Eric really were talking about butterflies and buttercups the other day.

Google tweaks Gmail's HTML5 web app to better utilize iPad screen space originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 02 Apr 2010 15:03:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>appleapple ipadAppleIpadbrowsere entertainment televisionEEntertainmentTelevisionemailGmailgooglegoogle mailGoogleMailHTMLHTML 5Html5ipadmailmobile safariMobileSafarisafarisoftwaretablettablet pcTabletPcFri, 02 Apr 2010 15:03:00 EST<![CDATA[iPhone SMS database hacked in 20 seconds, news at 11]]>http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/25/iphone-sms-database-hacked-in-20-seconds-news-at-11/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/25/iphone-sms-database-hacked-in-20-seconds-news-at-11/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/25/iphone-sms-database-hacked-in-20-seconds-news-at-11/#comments
 It's a story tailor-made for the fear-mongering subset of news media. This week, a pair of gentlemen lured an unsuspecting virgin iPhone to a malicious website and -- with no other input from the user -- stole the phone's entire database of sent, received and even deleted text messages in under 20 seconds, boasting that they could easily lift personal contacts, emails and your naughty, naughty photos as well. Thankfully for us level-headed souls, those gentlemen were Vincenzo Iozzo and Ralf-Philipp Weinmann, security researchers performing for the 2010 Pwn2Own hacking contest, and their $15,000 first prize ensures that the winning formula will go to Apple (and only Apple) for further study. Last year, smartphones emerged from Pwn2Own unscathed even as their desktop counterparts took a beating, but this makes the third year in a row that Safari's gotten its host machines pwned. That said, there's no need for fear -- just a healthy reminder that the Apple logo doesn't give you free license to click links in those oh-so-tempting "beta-test the new iPad!" emails.

iPhone SMS database hacked in 20 seconds, news at 11 originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 25 Mar 2010 02:36:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>ApplecrackcrackerscrackingexploitexploitedhackhackerhackershackingiPhoneMacmaliciousprizepwnpwn 2 ownPwn2ownpwnagepwnedRalf-Philipp WeinmannRalf-philippWeinmannSafarisecuritysecurity holesecurity holesSecurityHoleSecurityHolesSMStext messagingTextMessagingtxttxt messagesTxtMessagesVincenzo IozzoVincenzoIozzoThu, 25 Mar 2010 02:36:00 EST