PayPal, darling of the World wide web, has warned its users to steer clear of Apple’s Safari Web browser because it doesn’t support anti-phishing technologies. (IE 7 and the upcoming Firefox 3.0 do, however.) Specifically, PayPal states Safari’s lack of support for Extended Validation Certificate, a technology that turns the address bar green when visiting a “safe” […]

PayPal, darling of the World wide web, has warned its users to steer clear of Apple’s Safari Web browser because it doesn’t support anti-phishing technologies. (IE 7 and the upcoming Firefox 3.0 do, however.) Specifically, PayPal states Safari’s lack of support for Extended Validation Certificate, a technology that turns the address bar green when visiting a “safe” site. The Apple-created browser also doesn’t warn users when they’re visiting a potentially dangerous site (independent of the green bar trick).

Putting aside the whole “use common sense when you browse the Web” argument, Apple probably should include some form of anti-phishing in Safari; not everyone who browses the Web are as savvy we (I assume you’re all heavy users) are. Although a joint Microsoft-Stanford study concluded that people wouldn’t notice the green address bar unless properly trained, what’s the harm in including it? Unless, I don’t know, that would open Apple up to some sort of lawsuit along the lines of, “Your anti-phishing technology failed to work properly, leading me to [something bad].”

And as long as we’re on the topic of Web browsers, I’ve started to use the nightly WebKit builds. It’s Safari, but with the latest rendering engine (WebKit) under the hood. Seems snappier than regular Safari. Give it a shot. The icon’s nicer, too.

PayPal warns: Steer clear of Apple’s Safari browser [InfoWorld]

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I don’t know about you, but any trailer that starts with the greatest gadget genius of all time having a morning whisky on the rocks, while traveling through the desert in a Humvee to the beat of AC/DC’s Back In Black, says to me: BEST SUPERHERO MOVIE EVER. Which is precisely what you can see in the new Iron Man full trailer, along with everything you would expect Robert Downey Jr’s perfect Tony Stark to do, from tinkering with his armor while mixing cocktails to playing with a multitouch holographic display to crashing through his amazing mansion on the edge of a cliff (Bruce Wayne is a wimp) to kissing the redheaded goddess that is Gwyneth Paltrow playing Virginia “Pepper” Potts, his personal assistant. Best quotes ever and poll, after the jump.

Tony Stark (to army driver): “Good God, you’re a woman.”

Tony Stark: “Yeah. I have the ability to fly.”

Computer: “Sir, the upgrade is complete” (talking about the new armor) Tony Stark: “Tell you what. Put a little hot rod red in there.”

Tony Stark (to Virginia Potts, while fitting his armor): “Let’s face it, this isn’t the worst thing you caught me doing.”

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JasonPoll concept courtesy of Jason Chen (who is a Batman fan; nobody is perfect.) [IGN]

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Looks like Microsoft is trying another push to get Vista Ultimate running as your OS of choice. The top-end operating system will receive a price cut from $399 to $319, whilst the upgrade version will now retail at $219, a savings of $40 on the original price. Vista Home Premium will also be dropped in price, from $159 to $129. If you were holding out, now seems like a good time as any to take the Vista plunge, or stick with XP SP3 because it kicks Vista-ass. Your call. Note: the Digg badge on this post corresponds to the original news’ Digg. [News.com]

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With Nuvio suing Garmin’s Nuviphone on fairly spurious grounds, let’s take a look at famous trademark wars of times past. Apple v. Apple — Say you want a revolution? How about a mouthful of lawsuit! In 1978, Apple Corp (owned by the Beatles) filed a trademark infringement lawsuit against the nascent Apple Computer. They settled the […]

With Nuvio suing Garmin’s Nuviphone on fairly spurious grounds, let’s take a look at famous trademark wars of times past.

Apple v. Apple — Say you want a revolution? How about a mouthful of lawsuit! In 1978, Apple Corp (owned by the Beatles) filed a trademark infringement lawsuit against the nascent Apple Computer. They settled the suit in 1981 for $80,000 (!!) as long as Apple Computer didn’t sell music. Fast forward to the 1986 and then 1991 when Apple started adding music playback hardware to its machines, which further infringed on Apple Corps business of “music making.” In 1991 a $26.5 million settlement was reached and then, guess what? Apple Corps sued again for iTunes, suggesting that Apple Computer now sold music, just like Apple Corps would do if George and John weren’t dead, Paul wasn’t a ponce, and Ringo wasn’t doing the voice of Thomas the Tank Engine. A judge ruled in favor of Apple Computer in 2006 and it seems that the Beatles catalog, which no one in the entire world has right now, might soon be available on iTunes. Bang bang the judge’s silver gavel, indeed.

Cisco v. Apple — Cisco’s iPhone line, which mind-freaked a load of people last year is basically a VoIP solution for business. Apple’s iPhone is a really cool phone with magical powers. But guess who came to the party first? Cisco, back in 2000. They filed a lawsuit last January and came to an agreement a bit later with undisclosed terms.

MikeRoweSoft v. Microsoft — In 2003, Mike Rowe, a CS student, registered MikeRoweSoft as a personal repository for his work. Microsoft asked him to take it down and once he refused, Microsoft offered $10 for his out of pocket expenses. That didn’t work. So they sent him a 25-page cease and desist letter. As we all know, cease and desist letters work extremely well on the Internet and when he went public, it looked like Microsoft had been killing puppies. Mike eventually settled for an XBox and some Windows training and Bill Gates’ lawyers returned to their mountain lair where they still suckle on the tears of newborns.

lulu.com v. hulu.com — Not sure if you remember Hulu it it was sued by Lulu. Lulu lets your print and sell your own books. Hulu is a site that shows video from Fox. You decide if Lulu = Hulu in your spare time. I’m not giving this any more brain cycles.

Mariah Carey v. Mary Carey — Now this is a case we can sink our teeth into. I’m not really good at lawyerese but chanteuse Mariah Carey sued panteuse Mary Carey [NSFW] for “doing business” under similar sounding name. See, Mariah sings songs while Mary is a porn star. It’s easy to get the two confused. The suit seems to be ongoing since 2006 but I suspect the lawyers were running into the problem of being interested in the case for about 10 minutes, then getting bored for about twenty, then getting interested again for about 30 minutes.

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