Apple has released Safari 3.2.3 for Mac OS X Leopard, Mac OS X Tiger, and Microsoft’s Windows XP and Vista. This update is recommended for all Safari users and provides a number of performance and security enhancements. Safari 3.2.3 is available via Software Update and also as a standalone installer.

Notes:

1. If you have installed the Safari 4 beta, you’ll get a notice that you have a newer version of Safari and cannot install this update. (Thanks for the heads up Dee!)

2. The Safari update for Leopard requires OS X 10.5.7.

3. The Safari update for Tiger requires 10.4.11.

Safari 3.2.3 for Leopard (10.5.7) Click here for more information and download link>>

Safari 3.2.3 for Tiger (10.4.11) Click here for more information and download link>>

Not sure what version of OS X you have? Click here for info on how to find out>>

coconutBattery is a tool that shows you the current maximum capacity of your laptop’s battery in relation to the original capacity your battery had when it left the factory. You also get information about the battery: loadcycles (how often did you fully load your battery), the current charger (coconutBattery warns you if you plugged in a wrong charger for your laptop) and information about the age of your Mac. coconutBattery is not something you’ll necessarily use on a regular basis, but it’s a great tool to periodically check the condition of you battery.

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Here is a screen shot of what coconutBattery shows you. Notice the Current Battery Capacity section. This battery is capable of holding a charge that is 91% in relation to when it was new:

System requirements: iBook, Powerbook, MacBook, MacBook Pro, MacBook Air. Works with both PPC and Intel based Macintosh computers running OS X 10.4 and higher.

Apple has released the latest version of Safari, the worlds fastest and most technologically advanced browser. Packed with over 150 new features, Safari 4 is reported to be at least twice as fast as Safari 3 and is available for Macintosh OS X 10.4.11 and higher and Windows XP SP2 and higher.

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Apple has released Safari 3.2 for Mac OS X Leopard, Mac OS X Tiger, and Microsoft’s Windows XP and Vista. This update is recommended for all Safari users and features protection from fraudulent phishing websites and better identification of online businesses. Safari 3.2 is available via Software Update and also as a standalone installer.

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This is probably one of the coolest internet plugins I’ve seen in a while. Formerly known as PicLens, Cooliris provides an immersive, 3D full-screen environment for viewing images and videos online. It allows you to quickly glide, zoom, and scroll through thousands of videos and images in a cinematic presentation. Be sure to play the guided tour located under the green download button!

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I received an email from a friend of mine the other day. She has a Hotmail account and it was definitely her address. The email was a plea for help, stating that she was in Africa, had lost all her money so she could not pay her hotel bill and she needed money for food and travel to get her back home. It even contained details on where to wire money via Western Union.

Now I know this person was not in Africa and I immediately flagged it as being a hoax. I spoke with several mutual friends, and they too had received the very same email. One of these recipients even responded to the hoax email questioning it’s authenticity and received a prompt reply from someone attempting to assure him that it was really her. Now that’s brazen!!

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OS X is set to use Apple Mail as the default mail application and Safari as the default web browser. A default application is the application automatically used in the performance of specific tasks. For example, with Safari set as the default browser, once you receive an email containing an internet link and click on that link, Safari will be the application that opens the link. But what if you prefer to use Firefox? Or perhaps Camino?How do we set any one of these other apps as the default? Here’s how…….

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Today Apple released a new version of Safari, touting it as the world’s fastest web browser for Mac and Windows. Safari reportedly loads web pages 1.9 times faster than IE 7 and 1.7 times faster than Firefox 2 and runs JavaScript up to six times faster than other browsers. Click here for more information and download link >>

The Internet contains a wealth of functional and really cool stuff. Downloading files and applications generally involves a simple click to get started, but can then become quite confusing rather quickly. Over the next couple of weeks, we’ll be running a series of tutorials which will attempt to lessen confusion of the download process…

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RSS is an acronym for Really Simple Syndication or Rich Site Summary depending on who’s providing the definition. It is a format for viewing websites which contain regularly changing content. Many news-related sites, weblogs and other online publishers syndicate their content as RSS Feeds. But how do we use this RSS technology?

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