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Google Chrome locks down non-approved extensions
Google has quietly changed the way Chrome browser adds extensions, blocking automatic installs from all but those downloaded through the company’s Chrome Web store. The motivation for the modification...
View ArticleFirefox 14 released with new security features and vulnerability patches
Version 14 of the Mozilla Firefox browser, released Tuesday, offers several new security-related features as well as patches for numerous vulnerabilities.The release of Firefox 14.0.1 was accompanied...
View ArticleBetter browsing with bookmarks
The biggest time-saving feature you’ll find in any Web browser is the ability to bookmark sites, providing a quick route back to places you visit frequently. Here are my favorite bookmarking tricks...
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Safari 6 for Lion adds unified search bar, more
While Mountain Lion may be getting all the attention, users of OS X Lion have a couple of software updates to grab as well on Wednesday. Among the most significant is Safari 6 for Lion, which brings...
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Automator workflow of the month: Bring RSS back to Safari 6
As of Safari 6, the version of Apple’s web browser shipping with Mountain Lion, Apple has dropped support for reading RSS feeds within the browser. Instead, Apple asks that you use a dedicated RSS...
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Safari 6 available for Mountain Lion and Lion, but not Windows
Apple’s latest version of its native web browser—Safari 6—debuted on Wednesday as part of Mountain Lion. It’s available for Lion users, too. But one set of folks won’t ever be able to upgrade their...
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Google to pay $22.5 million fine over Safari privacy violations
Google will pay a historic fine to settle U.S. government charges that it violated privacy laws when it tracked users of Apple’s Safari browser via cookies. The $22.5 million civil penalty is the...
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Mozilla sets end of Firefox for OS X Leopard
Mozilla will drop support for Apple’s OS X 10.5, or Leopard, after it ships Firefox 16 in October, according to company developers. “We are not planning to support Mac OS X 10.5 with Firefox 17,” said...
View ArticleDisabling Google auto updates
Reader Bill Carmichael has discovered something going on behind the scenes that concerns him. He writes: I recently installed Little Snitch to help resolve some network problems I was having. When I...
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How to block annoying political posts on Facebook
Editor’s Note: The following article is reprinted from CIO.com. Visit CIO’s Macs in the Enterprise page. If you hate babies, there’s an extension that wipes your Facebook news feed clean of them...
View Article2012 in review: The year in Apple news
Though Apple’s 2012 might have seemed dominated by Mac, iPhone, and iPad news, other big stories for the company cropped up throughout the year. This was Tim Cook’s first full year as Apple’s CEO, and...
View ArticleHow to set up iCloud
If you recently picked up a new Mac, iPhone, iPod, or iPad, you may have seen mention of something called iCloud when setting up your device. If you don't already know, iCloud is a free syncing and...
View ArticleRemains of the Day: Forget it, Tim, it's China
Tim Cook and Phil Schiller are doing the full court press in China, the 27-inch iMac is still pressed for supply, and the late Steve Jobs was ready to press HP to give a former CEO his job back. The...
View ArticleRabbit wants to put a new face on video chat
Video chat is about to get a new look, if a company called Rabbit has anything to say about it. On Thursday, Rabbit took the wraps off its video chat and content-sharing application that lets chat...
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Hotline revisited
For most people, the Internet is synonymous with the World Wide Web, which long ago became the most popular use of the global computer network. But many earlier Internet systems and services still...
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Feed Wrangler joins RSS competition with paid service
Feed Wrangler is also available as an iOS app. With two months left to go, the post-Google Reader landscape of RSS services is still sorting itself out. The newest player? Feed Wrangler, a paid...
View ArticleHow Google's I/O moves measure up to what Apple offers
Google had a lot to say during Wednesday’s Google I/O keynote—so would you, if you had three-and-a-half hours to fill. And while new features in voice-powered search functionality, Google Maps, and...
View ArticleMac Gems: Swing for App.net makes it easy to share files
App.net (ADN) is a relatively new online service that many people think of as just an alternative to Twitter: a place to post short messages and to read the messages of people you follow. But App.net...
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