Apple Stops Pushing Safari on Windows Users
Category: InternetPosted: April 21, 2008 02:22PM
Author: razor
Windows users who use Apple's QuickTime or iTunes software are probably too familiar with the Fruit Company's pesky Software Update program that up until now pushed the Safari 3.1 internet browser on users by default - even those who never had Safari installed in the first place. Those users can now breathe a sigh of relief, as Apple finally caved under enormous consumer and industry watchdog pressure demanding that their Software Update program clearly differentiate "necessary updates for installed software" from "stuff Apple wants on your computer". Under the new protocol, Apple's updater will also allow users to turn off automatic updating for software that is no longer installed on their computer - a truly revolutionary feature... For those still interested, Apple has also updated its Safari browser to version 3.1.1, fixing four potentially dangerous security holes.
