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Apple today released Safari 4.0.5 for Mac and Windows, the minor update to Safari brings performance improvements and bug fixes.

Apple describes the update as delivering:

Safari 4.0.5 is available via software update or Apple’s website.

Apple has hired a former Microsoft security chief who served a lead on Windows XP Service Pack 2, at Apple the security expert will serve as senior security product manager.

According to PC World Window Synder began work at Apple this week, Synder has in the past also worked at Mozilla and was said to be credited with “professionalizing the Firefox security response team, at a time when the open-source browser was increasingly coming under attack from hackers.”

It is unknown what products Snyder will be working on but Apple is the third browser-maker to hirer her in the last five years.

Safari 4.0.4 – 28 MB (Snow Leopard) 36 MB (Leopard) 26 MB (Tiger) 28 MB (Windows)

This update is recommended for all Safari users and includes improvements to performance, stability, and security including:

Safari 4.0.3 – Leopard 40MB / Tiger 27MB

This update is recommended for all Safari users and includes improvements to stability, compatibility and security including:

Safari 4.0.1 – 43.8MB

This update addresses incompatibilities between Safari 4.0 and certain features in iPhoto ‘09, including Places and Facebook publishing.

Bluetooth Firmware Update 2.0 – 1.8MB

This update provides bug fixes and better compatibility with the Apple Wireless Mighty Mouse and Apple Wireless Keyboard.

It installs on all Macintosh systems with Bluetooth based on the Broadcom chipset.

Apple has announced via press release that the Safari 4 browser which was released officially at the WWDC 2009 keynote has been downloaded more than 11 million times in just three days. Of those 11 million downloads six million can be attributed to Windows based downloads.

“Safari 4 is an incredible success on Mac and Windows with more than 11 million downloads in the first three days,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. “Safari users love the incredible speed and innovative features like Top Sites, Full History Search and Cover Flow.”

Photos from today’s WWDC 2009 keynote presentation where Apple executives Phil Schiller, Bertrand Serlet and Scott Forstall introduced and demonstrated multiple products.

Today’s announcements included the introduction of the iPhone 3GS available on June 19, a new iPhone price-point and a preview of iPhone OS 3.0 which will be released on June 17. Mac OS X Snow Leopard was also demoed and will be available for $29 in September. Safari 4 is now also available to the public.

Apple also refreshed the entire lineup of notebooks moving the 13-inch model into the MacBook Pro range and adding SD card slots to some models.

Apple today during the WWDC 2009 keynote announced that Safari 4 is now available as a pubic release after a short period in beta testing.

Safari 4 features the Nitro engine which runs JavaScript up to 4.5 times faster than Safari 3. Safari 4 makes browsing more intuitive and enjoyable with innovative features, such as Top Sites, Full History Search and Cover Flow, and support for modern web standards like HTML 5 and advanced CSS Effects.

“The successful beta release helped us fine tune Safari 4 into an even better, faster version that customers are going to love,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. “Safari is enjoyed by 70 million users worldwide and with its blazing fast speed, innovative features and support for modern web standards, it’s the best browser on any platform.”

Safari 4 is built on the world’s most advanced browser technologies including the new Nitro JavaScript engine that executes JavaScript nearly eight times faster than IE 8 and more than four times faster than Firefox 3. Safari quickly loads HTML web pages more than three times faster than IE 8 and three times faster than Firefox 3.

Safari 4 is available for both Mac OS X and Windows as a free download at www.apple.com/safari.

Security Update 2009-002

Security Update 2009-002 is for users of Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger.

• Security Update 2009-002 (Tiger Intel) – 165 MB
• Security Update 2009-002 (Tiger PPC) – 75 MB
• Security Update 2009-002 (Server Universal) – 203 MB
• Security Update 2009-002 (Server Tiger PPC) – 130 MB

Safari 3.2.3

Apple has also released an update to Safari 3 which is available for Leopard, Tiger and Windows XP or Vista.

• Safari 3.2.3 for Leopard – 40 MB
• Safari 3.2.3 for Tiger – 26.29 MB
• Safari 3.2.3 for Windows – 19.69 MB

Apple also released an update to Safari 4 which is available only to users of Mac OS X 10.5.7 via Software Update (build 5528.16 to 5528.17).

Apple has today announced that Safari 4 will be available as a public beta immediately for both Mac and Windows.

Innovative new features that make browsing more intuitive and enjoyable include Top Sites, for a stunning visual preview of frequently visited pages; Full History Search, to search through titles, web addresses and the complete text of recently viewed pages; Cover Flow, to easily flip through web history or bookmarks; and Tabs on Top, to make tabbed browsing easier and more intuitive.

“Apple created Safari to bring innovation, speed and open standards back into web browsers, and today it takes another big step forward,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. “Safari 4 is the fastest and most efficient browser for Mac and Windows, with great integration of HTML 5 and CSS 3 web standards that enables the next generation of interactive web applications.”

Innovative new features in Safari 4 include:

• Top Sites, a display of frequently visited pages in a stunning wall of previews so users can jump to their favorite sites with a single click;
• Full History Search, where users search through titles, web addresses and the complete text of recently viewed pages to easily return to sites they’ve seen before;
• Cover Flow, to make searching web history or bookmarks as fun and easy as paging through album art in iTunes;
• Tabs on Top, for better tabbed browsing with easy drag-and-drop tab management tools and an intuitive button for opening new ones;
• Smart Address Field, that automatically completes web addresses by displaying an easy-to-read list of suggestions from Top Sites, bookmarks and browsing history;
• Smart Search Field, where users fine-tune searches with recommendations from Google Suggest or a list of recent searches;
• Full Page Zoom, for a closer look at any website without degrading the quality of the site’s layout and text;
  built-in web developer tools to debug, tweak and optimize a website for peak performance and compatibility; and

• a new Windows-native look in Safari for Windows, that uses standard Windows font rendering and native title bar, borders and toolbars so Safari fits the look and feel of other Windows XP and Windows Vista applications.