Google drops support for H.264 video in Chrome to push WebM
Google has announced the intention to remove support for H.264 video playback from its Crome browser to "enable open innovation," yet still apparently plans to promote Adobe Flash.
Safari
Daniel Eran Dilger
Mac App Store dramatically boosts Evernote users, Apple a top developer
Apple's new Mac App Store has more than doubled the new users signing up with Evernote's cloud-based note capturing service when it opened two days ago, while Apple itself is also benefitting handsomely from setting up an App Store for Mac users.
Apple releases Safari 5.0.3, 4.1.3 with bug fixes, security updates
Apple on Thursday released an update containing bug and security fixes for its Safari Web browser, with version 5.0.3 for Windows, Mac OS X Leopard and Snow Leopard, and 4.1.3 for Mac users running Tiger.
AppleInsider Staff
W3C publishes 'extremely silly' HTML5 test results suggesting win for Internet Explorer 9
A preview version of Microsoft's Internet Explorer 9 browser engine passed more elements of a web standards test than a random selection of other browsers in the Worldwide Web Consortium's "vastly incomplete" HTML5 test suite, creating a news story that W3C members decried as "incorrect information" based on a "rather buggy test results page."
Apple updates iMovie for iOS 4.1, issues Safari, iWeb fixes
Apple has updated its iMovie app for iPhone 4 and the fourth-generation iPod touch, and released incremental updates for Safari and iWeb.
Josh Ong
Apple plugs autofill vulnerability with Safari 5.0.1
In addition to activating extensions, Apple's latest update to the Safari Web browser also plugs a potentially dangerous security hole that could allow hackers to obtain a user's personal information.
Slash Lane
Apple releases Safari 5.0.1 with Extensions, launches gallery
Apple on Wednesday released Safari 5.0.1, the latest version of its Web browser, with Safari Extension enabled. Users can also download Extensions through the newly launched gallery.
Secunia issues contradictory vulnerability report assailing Apple
Danish security firm Secunia has issued a report graphically assailing Apple as having the "most security vulnerabilities" despite noting in its research that the "statistics provided should NOT be used to compare the overall security of products against one another."
Security researcher demos autofill exploit in Apple Safari
The autofill feature found in Apple's Safari Web browser could be used by a hacker to illegally obtain a user's personal information, including their name and e-mail address, a security researcher has discovered.
Sam Oliver
Prince McLean
Katie Marsal
