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Apple's iTunes online store was the third-largest overall music retailer in the United States, leapfrogging ahead of Amazon.com and Target in units sold, a market research firm said Friday. iTunes had a 9.8 percent market share in the first quarter, ranking behind Wal-Mart Stores' 15.8 percent and Best Buy's 13.8 percent, according to The NPD Group.

Survey: iTunes Grabs No. 3 Ranking in Music Sales

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Apple continues to tweak and tighten up Safari 3, as it forges ahead with the public beta testing of what it calls the world's fastest Web browser on any platform. Two weeks didn't pass from the time Apple released Safari 3 beta until it issued a second round of patches for the browser. The second installment came in the form of the Safari 3.0.2 beta download announced Friday.

Apple Plugs More Holes in Safari