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WWDC Wrap Up: Safari for Windows

GeekSugar — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 15:14:40 PDT

Monday's WWDC 2007 offered up a small army of Apple announcements. Mac OS X Leopard will be shipped this fall, the iPhone will be released June 29 at 6pm at AT&T Wireless and Apple Stores in the United States, and Safari 3, which Apple calls "the world’s fastest and easiest-to-use web browser," is now available for Macs and Windows PCs.

According to Steve Jobs, Safari is the fastest browser running on Windows, based on the industry standard iBench tests, rendering web pages up to twice as fast as IE 7 and up to 1.6 times faster than Firefox 2.

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Safari joins iTunes in delivering Apple’s legendary user experience to both Windows and Mac users as well as full support of open Internet standards. Safari 3 features easy-to-manage bookmarks, effortless browsing with easy-to-organize tabs and a built-in RSS reader to quickly scan the latest news and information. Safari 3 public beta is available now as a free download.

“We think Windows users are going to be really impressed when they see how fast and intuitive web browsing can be with Safari,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “Hundreds of millions of Windows users already use iTunes, and we look forward to turning them on to Safari’s superior browsing experience too.”

The final version of Safari 3 will be available as a feature in the upcoming Mac OS X version 10.5 Leopard, and will be available as a free download to Mac OS X Tiger and Windows users in October.

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WWDC Wrap Up: Near Final Mac OS X Leopard

GeekSugar — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 10:30:11 PDT

Turns out that controversial leaked e-mail from an Apple employee was partially correct. While the iPhone will be released June 29, yesterday Apple unveiled a near final version of Mac OS X Leopard that won't be scheduled to ship until October. The announcement was made by Steve Jobs himself at the World Wide Developers Conference in my homebase of San Francisco. It will be the sixth major release of the operating system.

According to Apple, Leopard introduces more than 300 new features, including a new Desktop and Dock with Stacks, an intuitive new way to organize files; an updated Finder featuring Cover Flow and a new way to easily browse and share files between multiple Macs; Quick Look, a new way to rapidly preview most files without opening an application; Time Machine, a new way to easily and automatically back up and restore lost files or a complete Mac; Spaces, a new feature to create groups of applications and instantly switch between them; and enhanced iChat and Mail applications, which easily allows users to communicate even more creatively. By creatively, they mean iChatters will be able to use fun holograph effects.

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WWDC Wrap Up: iPhone Released At 6pm On June 29

GeekSugar — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 09:30:32 PDT

At yesterday's WWDC in San Francisco Steve Jobs announced that the iPhone will be released on Friday, June 29 at 6pm at AT&T Wireless and Apple Stores in the United States.

That means, if you're not expecting to bribe an Apple or AT&T Wireless store employee you better take the day off, pack a lunch, water and some sunscreen, because there will likely be a much larger line than there was for last week's MacBook Pro release.

Phew. Now that I know exactly when I'll be getting my iPhone I guess I can stop being upset that animated Paris Hilton got her hands on the iPhone before I did.

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