Apple forayed into the Windows web browser market announcing the immediate availability of their pre-release Safari web browser for Windows XP and Windows Vista. Steve Jobs announced the Safari browser for Windows during his keynote address at the World Wide Developer Conference. You can pick up your copy for Windows at Apple's website. Please note the software is beta (pre-release) and has already demonstrated some serious security issues.
Other web browsers available on Windows XP/Vista:
Once a month Microsoft releases updates (or patches) to their products such as Windows and Office. This day has come to be known as Patch Tuesday. Your computer should be telling you within the next day that you have updates ready to be installed. Be sure to install them and restart your computer as necessary. If you would like to manually update point Internet Explorer to http://update.microsoft.com/ and choose the Express option.
Windows and Apple user alike should be sure to update their Quicktime software to plug a vulnerability hole in the software. Mac users can use Software Update while Windows users should use Apple Software Update found in the Start Menu.
Apple has released a long-awaited update to their digital jukebox software iTunes with version 7.2. The update brings the ability to purchase and play iTunes Plus music tracks and music videos that are not laden with Apple's FairPlay Digital Rights Management software. Participating labels, such as EMI, are selling these DRM-free tracks for $1.29 each or $11.99 for the album. The iTunes Plus tracks are encoded at twice the bitrate for higher quality and can be copied to any device or computer that you own.
Link to Mac Rumors: Apple Releases iTunes 7.2, Launches iTunes Plus (DRM Free)
