Somewhere between a nightly and a beta lies Firefox Aurora, Mozilla's first public browser under its new publishing schedule. Announced yesterday, Firefox Aurora for Windows (download), Mac (download), and Linux (download), is most analogous to the intent behind the Google Chrome developer's channel (download Windows | Mac | Linux): to provide a place where users who don't mind browser instability can test out new features, and contribute feedback to the developers.

Mozilla is now running all four of the browser builds that it mentioned in this blog post: Minefield, or the nightly test builds; the new Aurora; the beta build, which users who downloaded the Firefox 4 betas are still using despite there not being an official beta release at this time; and the Firefox final release, which is the stable version most Firefox users have.

Currently, Mozilla Firefox Aurora 5.0a2 doesn't appear to offer anything different from Minefield or the stable release, but that will change as Mozilla pursues a release schedule similar to Google Chrome's six-week release cycle.

If you do notice anything different between the current Aurora and stable builds, let me know in the comments below.

A fault in the Certificates Trust Policy that Safari uses has been found and patched by Apple. Safari 5.0.5 for Mac (download) and Windows (download) fixes a problem wherein an attacker could use fraudulent SSL certificates to perform a "man-in-the-middle" attack on the local network to redirect connections and potentially get user credentials and other personal information. This issue has been addressed by a number of updates from Apple today for Safari, OS X Leopard, Snow Leopard, and iOS.

The updates should be available via Software Update, but are also available as standalone downloads from the following locations:

Security Update 2011-002 for Leopard Server (473.19MB)

Security Update 2011-002 for Leopard Client (241.35MB)

Security Update 2011-002 for Snow Leopard (4.43MB)

Safari 5.0.5 Update (33-53MB, depending on the OS)

iOS users, be sure to update your iPods, iPhones, and iPads to the latest releases that cover this problem. For more information on the iOS updates, see this article.

As always, be sure to fully back up your system before installing these updates. Use Time Machine or a system-cloning tool and update your backups or create new ones. If you use Safari on Windows in Boot Camp or a virtual machine, be sure to update Windows as well since this security flaw also affects those operating systems. Microsoft has a knowledgebase article that covers relevant updates for its operating systems as well.

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Originally posted at MacFixIt

Back in January, celebrated indie game World of Goo made its iPad debut, leaving iPhone and iPod users everywhere to cry, "Where's my Goo?"

It has arrived. World of Goo is now available for iPhone (and third- and fourth-gen iPod Touch), and it's every bit as good as its tablet predecessor--just a little smaller.

As I explained in my original review, the World of Goo is populated by Goo Balls--cute, squealing little blobs of, well, something. In each level, it's your job to guide them to a specific destination: up a tube, across a bridge, and so on.

The Goo Balls themselves become part of whatever structure you have to build, but if you use too many of them, you won't accomplish your collection goal.

It's hard not to be drawn into this beautifully animated, thoroughly cinematic world, with its mystery-shrouded cutscenes and alternately dreamlike and inspiring soundtracks. There's really no other game like World of Goo.

I did have one complaint with the iPad version: very often your finger, which is used to drag and drop the Goo Balls, blocks your view, making precise placement difficult. Needless to say, this problem is exacerbated on an iPhone or iPod Touch, which squeezes everything into a much smaller screen. (My finger, alas, is the same size.) Thankfully, you can pinch to zoom in, which helps somewhat.

Don't let a little finger interference stop you from trying this unique and thoroughly entertaining game. And be sure to grab it while it's on sale for 99 cents--an introductory price that will soon jump to $2.99. (If you bought the iPad version, you'll find it's now universal--and playable on your iPhone or iPod, no extra charge!)

If you're a Goo fan, shout it out in the comments.

Originally posted at iPhone Atlas