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Mac Internet share hits record 8.82%; Windows drops below 90%
Mac Internet share hits record 8.82%; Windows drops below 90%
Apple’s ( AAPL ) slice of the Internet pie grew measurably in November as both the Mac and the iPhone hit record numbers in a Net Applications Web survey issued overnight Monday. At the same time, Microsoft’s ( MSFT ) Web presence crossed two psychological barriers, with ...
Mac OS: Antivirus utilities
support.apple.com — Last Modified: November 21, 2008 Article: HT2550 Old Article: 4454 Summary Learn about antivirus utilities available for the Mac OS. Products Affected Consumer Software, Mac OS Apple encourages the widespread use of multiple antivirus utilities so ... (more) Mac OS: Antivirus utilities
Market share for browsers, operating systems and search engines
marketshare.hitslink.com — Firefox Share Tops 20% for November For the first time since we began tracking, the Firefox browser has exceeded 20% share for a full month. Mozilla's CEO, John Lilly, gives credit to the Mozilla community and shared his thoughts with us on this ... (more) Market share for browsers, operating systems and search ...
Market share for browsers, operating systems and search engines
marketshare.hitslink.com — For the first time since we began tracking, the Firefox browser has exceeded 20% share for a full month. Mozilla's CEO, John Lilly, gives credit to the Mozilla community and shared his thoughts with us on this accomplishment: "Reaching 20 percent ... (more) Market share for browsers, operating systems and search ...
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Mac Web Share Hits Record 8.82%, Windows Dips Below 90%
MacBlogz - One Stop Apple News — ... As Fortune.com points out, Net Applications’ monthly surveys are conducted by sampling browser data from some 160 million visits to Web sites operated by firm’s clients. Although the describes the results as “market shares,” Net Applications does not actually measure share of market in the traditional sense of sales revenue or unit sales. It does, however, provide a consistent methodology by which to measure browser and operating system trends. ...

Apple Grabs 8 Percent of Online Market
Cult of Mac — ... Apple wrestled more computer users from the grasp of Microsoft, according to a November survey of Web users released Monday. Macs comprise nearly 9 percent of computers online, Net Applications announced. ...

Apple, Mozilla gain ground on Microsoft for Web traffic
Between the Lines — ... reported on Fortune’s Apple 2.0 blog , the number of people accessing the Internet via a Windows PC has dropped below the 90 percent mark, while Mac users have climbed to nearly 9 percent. At the same time, access via Mozilla’s Firefox browser - which grew to more than 20 percent - caused the number of users accessing via IE to drop below 70 percent. ...

Bad News for Microsoft: Windows, IE Net Usage Dip Lower
SitePoint — ... , the Cupertino, California-company is having the last laugh as the Internet share for their operating system is at a all-time high, at the expense of Windows, which has sunk to an all-time low. According to the Apple 2.0 blog, the Mac’s share of web hits reached almost 9% and set a record for the month of November. ...

Mac internet share hits record 8.87%
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) — ... Apple 2.0's Philip Elmer-DeWitt notes some new Net Applications statistics that suggest 8.87 percent of all Internet users use a Mac: a new record. ...

Mac, Firefox online use reach highest levels yet
Obsessable News Feed — The small fraction of internet users accessing web sites from Apple computers has reached a new high point, with 8.87% of all web hits last month coming from users on Macs. The figures provided by Net Applications show the Mac numbers rising from 8.21% in October. This assessment doesn't include iPhone users, who account for an additional 0.37% of web hits. Microsoft seems to be taking the largest market share hit, losing in both the proportion of internet users getting online with Windows machines and in the proportion of users browsing with Internet Explorer. Opera's browser share dropped last month as well, with Chrome and Safari use making gains. The big browser winner is ...

Should Microsoft buy itself some cool?
Technically Incorrect — ... But in the short term, with Mac's market share crawling up Windows' trouser leg like a highly skilled ferret, perhaps a little reckless (financially) splurge on two brands with some web cool might have a strangely positive (emotionally) effect on the Microsoft entity. ...

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