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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 4.0.2

This update is recommended for all Safari users and improves the stability of the Nitro JavaScript engine and includes the latest compatibility and security fixes.

For detailed information on the security content of this update, please visit this site: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1222.

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).