Back when the earliest programs for viewing Web content simply browsed flat pages of images and text, the name browser truly fit the software. But yesterday's amateur pages have evolved into dynamic, content-rich portals and powerful online programs. For many online habitués, the do-it-all browser has become a PC's single most

Argentinian hacker Juan Pablo Lopez Yacubian has discovered two critical flaws in Apple's Safari 3.1 browser for Windows, according to security firm Secunia. First, Yacubian says, an error when downloading a .zip file with an overly long filename can be exploited to cause memory corruption. "Successful exploitation may allow execution of

Mozilla chief executive John Lilly has criticized Apple for its use of iTunes to offer the Safari web browser to Windows users, saying the technique "borders on malware distribution practices" and undermines the security of the Internet. "What Apple is doing now with their Apple Software Update on Windows is wrong,"