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Long gone are the days when Apple CEO Steve Jobs got up in public and said that Internet Explorer was his Web browser of choice. In early 2003, Apple created its own browser, <a href="http://reviews.zdnet.co.uk/software/internet/0,39024165,10004969,00.htm">Safari</a>, and started bundling it free within Mac OS X. With Safari RSS, Apple has not only added unique and useful features, such as integrated Really Simple Syndication (RSS), but has also made Safari arguably the fastest Web browser for the Mac platform.
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