Google Chrome = Dead, Google Search = Hot
PC World Latest Technology News — ... -- now fighting for a fourth spot with the Opera browser . That means IE, Firefox, and Safari are trudging on the fledgling Google browser, which has just a .7 market share, according to ...

atomant: It sounds like Obama's a communist http://tinyurl.com/48m5m8
Politweets — ... 6 minutes ago from twitterfeed koax: wonders if living a life without wile is really worth while. http://tinyurl.com/52vdtl 37 minutes ago from twitterfeed koax: hates his dyslexic phone more than modern life itself and prays that the finger belongs on the.. http://tinyurl.com/4lqzr5 37 minutes ago from twitterfeed fearphage: rt: Opera desktop 9.6 launched today! Check it out http://www.opera.com/ http://tinyurl.com/4ouv93 about 1 hour ago from twitterfeed ...

Opera 9.6 Faster, Stronger, Available Now [Opera]
Gizmodo — ... Oslo, Norway - October 8, 2008 - Opera Software today launched Opera 9.6, the newest version of Opera's award-winning Web browser. Opera 9.6 enhances the performance and flexibility of Opera's built-in e-mail client, while adding new features to Opera's free browser-synchronization service, Opera Link. Opera 9.6 is available as a free download from http://www.opera.com/. ...

Opera 9.6 Launches, Now Includes Magazine-Style RSS...Sort Of
ReadWriteWeb — ... Today, Opera revealed the newest version of their web browser, Opera 9.6. As always, the latest update includes speed and performance increases, but the update delivers several new features, too. The one new feature that we were really excited to try out is how Opera 9.6 deals with RSS feeds. In this latest version of the browser, you can preview your feeds in an attractive magazine-style layout. But what we really wanted to know is could read your feeds like this once subscribed? ...

Opera chega à versão 9.6
BLOG.MACMAGAZINE — ... A Opera anunciou a mais nova atualização para o seu navegador, que chega à versão 9.6 com aprimoramentos no cliente de emails interno e adições ao seu serviço de sincronização de dados, o Opera Link. ...

Opera 9.6 offers advances in convergence, communication
Macsimum News — ... Opera Software has launched Opera 9.6, the newest version of its web browser. The company says the upgrade enhances the performance and flexibility of Opera’s built-in e-mail client, while adding new features to Opera’s free browser-synchronization service, Opera Link. Opera 9.6 is available as a free download. ...

Opera to finally get some design love from the Mac side
Infinite Loop — [image] Admittedly, there aren't a lot of people who love Opera for the Mac. I have always been a closet fan (in fact, I have it installed on all of my Macs), although I don't use it every day. More often than not, Mac fans criticize the browser for its odd UI quirks particularly on the Mac. That could be changing, however, as Opera is about to get some much-needed attention in the realm of design. Opera has decided to bring on designer Jon Hicks to help give the browser a little bit of a makeover. Starting at the end of October, Hicks will be filling the role of senior ...

Apple, Opera Ship Security Updates
DarkReading - All Stories — ... . In addition to the two security patches, the new version includes a few new features and some bug fixes . I will be answering your questions about security and computer troubles from 11 a.m. to noon today, in our Security Fix Live online chat. If you've got a question for me, please feel free to ...

Shots of FF Mobile (Fennec) on WinMo, 88 on Acid3
CrunchGear — ... looked pretty nice and these shots demonstrate that the Gecko engine has made the change intact. Will the next big browser battle be not FF vs IE, but Fennec vs. Chrome? (Meanwhile, Opera will still be awesome) ...

Wrapping up email and getting ready to go see Palin.
Politweets — ... coffee - give them a try about 20 hours ago from web How 'bout them Colts? They sure romped over the "NFL's best defense". Wow, let's hope the rest of the season can go that well. 4:35 PM Oct 12th from web Wondering how HTML got so goofy. Sheesh it's silly how some commands work. 9:32 AM Oct 10th from web Wrapping up edits on some client promotional videos. 7:51 AM Oct 10th from web Very fast load times and the "quick dial" feature is handy. Opera: http://www.opera.com/ 7:47 AM Oct 10th from web Trying the new Opera browser. It's ...

Opera CEO: Chrome has been very good for us
Webware.com — ... Opera CEO Jon von Tetzchner was in town today, so I spent a few minutes with him talking about the browser company he co-founded way back in 1995. With browser battles raging, I wanted to know how this almost historic company was holding up. ...

Opera Mini é mais um aplicativo rejeitado pela Apple na App Store
BLOG.MACMAGAZINE — Parece que a Opera chegou a desenvolver uma versão do seu navegador móvel Opera Mini para iPhones e iPods touch, e ela já foi rejeitada pela Apple na App Store. Em um artigo publicado hoje no The New York Times sobre o navegador, o próprio CEO da Opera, Jon Stephenson von Tetzchner, afirmou que os engenheiros da empresa chegaram a desenvolver uma versão do seu navegador que roda no celular da Apple, mas ela não teria sido autorizada a lançá-lo por competir com o Mobile Safari. (...) (...) Continue lendo ...

Apple BANS Opera from the iPhone
Tech Digest — ... because it competes with Apple's own Safari browser, the iPhone makers won't let it onto their platform. It's a damn shame, because although the iPhone browsing experience is acceptable (unlike a lot of phones), it's not perfect, and Opera has a track record of significantly improving the mobile experience on almost every platform it's available on. The iPhone might be a great device, but its closed nature and uber-controlled user experience has its downsides, and this is one of them. Opera (via ...

Opera: Apple won't let us in the App Store
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) — ... for most mobile phones, BlackBerry, Palm, or Windows Mobile; and Opera Mobile, a more featured version for Symbian and Windows Mobile. A beta version of ...

Top 10 Ways to Speed Up Your Web Browsing [Lifehacker Top 10]
Lifehacker — [image] Even in a world where high-speed internet is just a tall house blend away, anyone can get stuck with a slow or uncertain connection at home, in the office, or at the worst possible time while traveling. There are, however, measures anyone can take to ensure they're getting the most information and functionality they can when crunched for time or pressed for bandwidth or if you just don't like waiting for things while online. We're offering up today 10 tweaks, downloads, and work-arounds for slow connections, slow computers, or just fast-minded people. Read on for the tips that might just save your life ...

Free Software We're Most Thankful For [Thanksgiving]
Lifehacker — ... (see also: Dropbox Syncs and Backs Up Files Between Computers Instantaneously ) uTorrent (see also: Our complete uTorrent coverage ) Winamp (see also: Our complete Winamp coverage ) Google Apps AVG Antivirus (see also: AVG Free Anti-Virus 2008 Released, Much Improved ) Evernote (see also: Expand Your Brain with Evernote ) IrfanView (see also: Download of the Day: IrfanView (Windows) ) Opera (see also: Opera Updates to Version 9.6, Gets Faster, Adds Features ) Chrome ...

Opera 10 alpha claims Acid3 perfection
Webware.com — Thirteen-year-old Opera has been the perennial underdog in the browser wars, but Opera 10 alpha brings some unexpected firepower to the field. Unlike Google Chrome, Firefox 3, or any other browser on the market except for Safari 4 Developer Preview, Opera 10 will comply fully with the Acid3 test, according to the Norwegian publisher. ...

Most Underhyped Apps of 2008 [Best Of 2008]
Lifehacker — ... . While it's not Microsoft Office 2007, it IS the go-to solution for poor students and starving artists who just need to edit that Word document. Opera [image] While our current browser stats show usage numbers that trail behind newcomer Chrome, Opera users are almost religious about their love for the free browser. This past year we said ...

Firefox, Chrome and IE Talk Add-ons
ReadWriteWeb — ... are no closer to really knowing what the future of the browser holds, today's closing keynote at Add-on Con in Mountain View CA gave us a brief glimpse into the future of Chrome (out of beta today), IE and Firefox. The Future of the Web Browser keynote brought together Joshua Allen (Microsoft), Mike Shaver (Mozilla) and Brian Rakowski (Google) on a panel moderated by JSON creator Douglas Crockford who opened the session by apologizing for Opera not making the conference - their headquarters are in Norway, he explained. "Apple ...

Is Firefox Doomed?
SEO and Tech Daily — ... financial conditions have prevented large and small companies from upgrading hardware and software, and many have downsized their IT departments, which slows the process further. It's no secret that a majority of Mozilla's income comes from Google.  The 'deal' that makes the browser default to Google as the primary search engine is, by all accounts, HUGE. Of course, Apple's Safari remains strong with MAC and iPhone users, and other players, such as Opera, have found a home on desktops and mobile devices. From all indications, it appears ...

Follow-up: No version of IE is safe from zero-day flaw
TechBlog — ... ), Opera or some other alternative. You don't want to discover first-hand that this wildfire is spreading.  Posted by Dwight at December 13, 2008 09:39 AM Comments Post a comment Please use a valid e-mail address . We don't harvest addresses, you will not be spammed and your address will not be publicly visible. But if I have a question about your comment, I need to be able to contact you. Thank you. URL: Remember Me? Yes No Comments: (you may use HTML tags for style) E-mail this entry Email this entry to: Your email address: Message (optional):

Major flaw revealed in Internet Explorer; users urged to switch
Yahoo! Tech Advisors — ... steal any password stored or entered using the browser. It's now down to the issue of time: Will Microsoft repair the problem and distribute a patch quickly enough to head off the tsunami of fraud that's about to hit or will it come too late to do any good? Meanwhile, I'll reiterate my recommendation: Switch from Internet Explorer as soon as you can. You can always switch back once the threat is eliminated. Links for other browsers to try: Firefox Chrome Safari Opera

Internet Explorer exploit targets game passwords
WoW.com — ... Is anyone still using Internet Explorer on a computer where they have control of the software? The browser is so targeted and so flawed, and there are so many worthwhile and ...

Maybe You Should Rename it AIEEEEEEE!
Digital Daily — ... have been affected. The trend for now is going upwards: we saw an increase of over 50 percent in the number of reports today compared to yesterday.” And that was three days ago (the Microsoft Malware Protection Center has been oddly silent the past few days). What’s an IE user to do? Microsoft has a few suggestions — “follow our Protect Your PC guidance” — but really at this point it’s obvious what needs to be done. Find another browser. Here’s looking forward to the next browser market share ...

Google and Facebook jostle for mobile supremacy
T3.com All — ... addiction bites harder. Indeed, Bebo also makes the top five, but it's not good new for all the web 2.0 sites. Yes, our love affair with MySpace is almost certainly over, with the site trailing in 10th place. It's good news for web browsing generally, with Opera's traffic doubling over the course of the year - and with web-friendly (and non-Opera) handsets like the iPhone 3G, BlackBerry Storm and G1 doing swift business too, that figure might even underestimate the rise. Link: Opera (via ...

Top 100 Products of 2008
ReadWriteWeb — ... Mozilla Weave; Platforms MySpace; runner-up Consumer Netbook; Digital Lifestyle Netflix; Digital Lifestyle Netvibes; International Ning; Consumer Nokia E71; Digital Lifestyle NYTimes iPhone App; Mobile Web OpenCongress; Real World OpenSocial; Platforms Open Calais; Semantic Web Opera Mini/Mobile; Mobile Web Pandora; Mobile Web PatientsLikeMe; ...

Report: PS3 leads Wii ... in web browsing
Joystiq — ... Of course, PS3's browser is built-in; Wii's particular version of Opera costs 500 Wii Points ($5) and, well, people have to seek it out among the other WiiWare offerings. So, tell us, are you reading Joystiq on a console, and if so, which one? ...

Wakoopa: Most Used Apps of 2008
ReadWriteWeb — ... is the only new release of the year to have made the list, showing extremely impressive growth from the moment of its release in September. Chrome does, however, still sit behind Opera in terms of overall usage, while Apple's Safari seems to have been left behind, at least on Windows. ...

One Button for Both Stop and Reload in Firefox
Digital Inspiration - Technology Blog — The Stop and the Reload buttons in any web browser are interchangeably required - the Stop button is used when a web page is in the loading state while the Reload (or Refresh) button is only needed when the page has loaded either completely or partially. While browsers like Safari, Opera and Google Chrome use a single button for both Stop and Reload function, Firefox has two separate buttons thus pushing the address and search bar further to the right. To conserve this otherwise wasted space, you can use the Stop-or-Reload extension ...

One Button for Both Stop and Reload in Firefox
Digital Inspiration - Technology Blog — The Stop and the Reload buttons in any web browser are interchangeably required - the Stop button is used when a web page is in the loading state while the Reload (or Refresh) button is only needed when the page has loaded either completely or partially. While browsers like Safari, Opera and Google Chrome use a single button for both Stop and Reload function, Firefox has two separate buttons thus pushing the address and search bar further to the right. To conserve this otherwise wasted space, you can use the Stop-or-Reload extension ...

Opera's new SDK: Better browsing on the Wii?
Webware.com — ... While in a broad sense, the SDK will be available to all developers of consumer electronics that use Opera's browser to access the Internet, most of us will see the fruits of Opera Device SDK 9.7 on the Opera-powered Wii Internet Channel. ...

Google Chrome Browser for Mac, Linux by mid-2009
jkOnTheRun — ... Assuming Google hits their target dates, I expect they could shoot to third for overall browser market share by end of year, behind Microsoft and Firefox. I’m not overlooking Opera here, as they make an excellent browser. I simply don’t see them having the marketing muscle or the brand-recognition the other players have at the moment. ...

European regulators could force Microsoft to unbundle Internet Explorer
Download Squad — ... Sometimes it may seem like there are only two or three web browsers that matter. Most computer users surf the web with Internet Explorer, Firefox, or Safari. But there are a ton of other options, including Opera, ...

Opera Mini For Android Leaves Beta, Fixes Nagging Bugs [Android]
Gizmodo — Opera Mini's final release addresses most of the problems we found in our beta test, and is available now in the 'Communications' category of the Android Market. Changes for this release: 1. added JSR-75 (File API) support which gives access to the SD card for uploading and downloading and also the possibility to save pages locally 2. added support for video playback (Opera Mini hands over to the operating system video player) 3. double tap works for zoom/unzoom 4. use of inline url entry instead of native textbox 5. fixed password text ...

Can Opera Beat Microsoft In The Browser Wars?
mocoNews — ... Opera Software is clearly trying to get Microsoft's attention, and while they are at it, ruin their chances of being the dominant internet browser on the mobile phone. Last week, the company flew an executive from Mountain View, Calif., to Seattle to give the press in Microsoft's backyard, including me, this message: Opera is going to unveil a "very aggressive" advertising campaign that will be plastered on buses and billboards to get consumers to download the Opera browser to their phones. Opera Software's SVP Rod Hamlin: "Over our history, we've ...

Tokyo Meetup Notes: Japan’s Coolest (And Weirdest) Startups
TechCrunch — Picture credit: Umihiko Namekawa (more photos from the event can be found here and here) Our first TechCrunch/CrunchGear meetup in Tokyo (TechCrunch Japan is one of Japan’s main blogs) yesterday night was a blast. Peter Ha was in town and over 100 people attended the event on very short notice, including representatives from Yahoo Japan, telecommunications giants KDDI and NTT, Opera, MySpace Japan, mobile social network GREE and many more. Japan’s super blogger Danny ...

CrunchGear Japan Meet-up: Great success
CrunchGear — Our first TechCrunch/CrunchGear meetup in Tokyo (TechCrunch Japan is one of Japan's main blogs) yesterday night was a blast. Peter Ha was in town and over 100 people attended the event on very short notice, including representatives from Yahoo Japan, telecommunications giants KDDI and NTT, Opera, MySpace Japan, mobile social network GREE and many more. Japan's super blogger Danny Choo also joined, spending the whole evening in Stormtrooper gear. There were a lot of companies with iPhone apps in the room: iPhone ...

Will Opera claim the Javascript speed title?
Download Squad — ... There's no denying that Opera has a loyal following, yet it continues to languish in relative obscurity in the shadows of Firefox and Internet Explorer, and now Google Chrome. Could Opera's new Javascript engine (codenamed Carakan) be the key to more widespread acceptance? ...

Opera Mini Adds Parental Controls
AppScout — ... for specific platforms. Now Opera Software and BrightCloud have announced a new joint venture that will let Opera Mini mobile browser users receive added security, parental controls, and Web filtering via their carriers. ...

Imagine there’s no Google (Part 2): The Alternatives
The Next Web — ... msn Google Maps Live Search Maps Google Checkout Digital River, 2Checkout, Alertpay, Trialpay, ejunkie Google Blog Search trendpedia, feedster, icerocket, sphere, Google Chrome Firefox, Safari, Internet Explorer, Opera,  Google Finance Yahoo Finance, ...

Asus Eee Top con Opera para pantallas táctiles
Gizmología — Los PC todo-en-uno Asus Eee Top son unos PC baratos, por lo general gracias a que sus componentes son los mismos que los ultraportátiles. Lo mejor de estos todo-en-uno es que tienen pantalla táctil, no muy grande, de unas 18 pulgadas, pero lo suficiente como para que si lo ves contra otro nettop te quedes con este de Asus. Ahora Asus junto a Opera, van a lanzar una versión especial del navegador Opera, ¿cómo de especial? Estará optimizada para usarse con grandes pantallas táctiles, por lo que botones, ...

@MWC Wire: Universal Charger; Skype/Nokia; Dell Smartphones; Opera/Yahoo; MoSo Stats; Visto
mocoNews — ... There's some stories floating around that the Dell Smartphone rumors have been confirmed. "At a panel at the Mobile World Congress today, AT&T; Mobility CEO Ralph De La Vega just said, "Dell announced they're entering the smart phone market" writes PC Mag. So the confirmation isn't from Dell, but is from someone who could have inside knowledge and who is hopefully unlikely to mistake a rumor for a fact. —Opera Mini With Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) Mobile: Opera and Yahoo have signed a deal which will see Yahoo distributing Opera Mini via ...

Mobile News: Yahoo Mobile, Skype on Cell Phones, Second Android Phone, and More
ReadWriteWeb — This week, the mobile computing world revolves around the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Among some of the highlights today were the announcement of the second Android phone, as well as Yahoo's new mobile initiative, and the announcement of a partnership between Nokia and Skype that will bring Skype's VOIP client to Nokia's high-end N97 phone. Sponsor Yahoo Mobile Yahoo today announced a new, but as of yet unavailable version, of its Yahoo Mobile service. Yahoo Mobile will be released as a native app for the iPhone, as well as for ...

Norway launches IE7 viral ad campaign
p2pnet news — p2pnet news view | Advertising:- Does anyone use Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 6 - IE6. Does anyone still use Internet Explorer, period? Yes to both questions in Norway. “Jon, here is a tip for you,” says a Reader’s Write, pointing to these two kinks: http://blog.peterhaza.no/current-web-sites-in-norway-warning-against-internet-explorer-6/ http://blog.peterhaza.no/current-international-web-sites-warning-against-internet-explorer-6/ “Today is a big day, both from a national and an international ...

Apple launches Safari 4 beta web browser
Download Squad — ... Sure, both Google and Apple ripped the feature off from Opera, which had a Speed Dial feature long before anybody. But Safari 4's new Top Sites feature is pretty slick. When you first launch the browser you're greeted with thumbnails for popular web sites like Wikipedia and Google Maps. As you use the browser, Safari will detect which web sites you visit mos frequently and add them to the list. ...

Firefox Mobile Will Sync Tabs with Firefox on Your Desktop
The Next Web — Mozilla Labs have revealed an awesome feature which will be made available on the mobile version of Firefox aka Fennec. The mobile browser will be able to sync tabs you were using your mobile with the tabs on your desktop so technically it should be a breeze switching between the two… whether it is a breeze, we’ll have to wait and see. Of course if you’re an Opera user, you can already do this. image via LH ...

Safari 4 Beta First Impressions
Cult of Mac — ... All of these are other people’s ideas. “Top sites” has been in several recent versions of Opera under the name “Speed dial”. Apple’s version automatically populates with the sites you visit most often, judged by analysis of your history; Opera’s version is a selection of sites chosen by the user. Both show a grid of web page previews, although Apple’s is heavier on the eye candy. ...

Safari 4: Eye candy, or seriously useful?
TechBlog — ... - and Safari has added a feature first seen in Opera that I really like. When you search your recent browsing history, it not only searches URLs and page titles, but also the text recently found on the pages in your browser's cache. This means if you can remember a line of text on a page, you can find it again even if you don't know the site name or page title. I'm going to try living with Safari 4 for a while and see if it grows on me. I'll report back either here or in a future Computing column. And if you've got some first impressions of Safari 4, either on a Windows or ...

Safari 4 beta heats up the already fiery browser wars
L.A. Times Tech Blog — ... before the end of this summer -- along with extensions, a feature that's right now only on Firefox. And, hey, even Opera is still around. ...

Coming sometime today: Firefox 3.1 beta 3
TechBlog — ... and Opera has resulted in some excellent software. But here's a shocker: One of the more prominent browsers may drop off the map altogether. Randall C. Kennedy at InfoWorld says Microsoft ...

Which browser do you want to use today?
APC - Tagged Articles - Apple — ... is based on Firefox and helps tie all your social networking sites into the browser, so you're never out of contact with your friends. Opera has made great strides in mobile browsing and even made it on to the Nintendo Wii, and makes use of mouse gestures, torrent support and much more. So, there are many browsers out there, just remember to choose one that is compatible with your online bank, supermarket and all the other important things you do on the net (one reason why most Windows users still have an IE icon somewhere on their system). Or, you could install them all, try ...

Opera About to Sing With U.S. Carriers
jkOnTheRun — The CTIA Wireless show is set to kick off in just over 10 days and you know what that means: All of the “pre-announcements” are whispering down the lane. Or singing, as it were. Forbes has the inside track on an expected announcement from Opera, the web browsing company. No, it’s not the Turbo feature in Opera 10. This news sounds like a rising crescendo of U.S. cellular partner deals, meaning Opera might find it’s way on more feature-phones and smartphones over the coming months. Carriers can develop and offer their own ...

Can Opera Ever Become Popular?
SitePoint — ... Opera has been around longer than most. Originally started in 1994, the browser was publicly released in 1996. Version 3 arrived in 1997 and deserved high acclaim for being far more advanced than Internet Explorer and Netscape. ...

Five Best Web Browsers [Hive Five]
Lifehacker — ... . Opera [image] Windows/Mac/Linux: Opera is a rock-solid browser with roots stretching back to 1994. Many of the features baked right into Opera are either not implemented in other browsers, or require multiple extensions at the cost of system resources navigation by mouse gestures is one of the flashier examples. Despite being feature-packed, Opera has a fairly small market share, due largely in part to being trialware up until 2000 and advertisement-supported until 2005 many people were turned off by the expense, if not the ads. Still, Opera proponents have long claimed, and ...

What’s Your Favorite Web App, Håkon Wium Lie? [WebWorkerDaily]
GigaOM Network — ... , at SXSW. Lie is a CERN alum, alongside the granddaddy of the web, Tim Berners-Lee. Lie is also the CTO of Opera Software, maker of the ...

Fennec Reaches Beta - How is Mozilla's Mobile Web Browser Shaping Up?
ReadWriteWeb — ... we will discuss more of in the next post in this series, now has an extension for Fennec that allows you to sync data from your desktop to Fennec. This ability to sync data between devices could ultimately prove to be a killer feature for Fennec. The Competition But despite its sync and add-ons, Fennec faces some stiff competition in the mobile web browser market. Other than Safari on the market-leading (for Mobile Web in the U.S. at least) iPhone, Opera has consistently been an innovator on mobile phones and it was one of our top ...

Opera Mobile's business build hints at Flash video
Webware.com — ... In advance of the show, Opera Software announced on Thursday an update to Opera Mobile, its full mobile browser for Windows Mobile and Symbian phones ( ...

Press Release: Opera and Skyhook Wireless bring Geolocation to the Web
MobileBurn.com — ... Software ASA Opera Software ASA has redefined Web browsing for PCs, mobile phones and other networked devices. Opera's cross-platform Web browser technology is renowned for its performance, standards compliance and small size, while giving users a faster, safer and more dynamic online experience. Opera Software is headquartered in Oslo, Norway, with offices around the world. The company is listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol OPERA. Learn more about Opera at http://www.opera.com/ . About Skyhook Wireless Founded in 2003, Skyhook Wireless has pioneered ...

Webware Radar: Opera brings geolocation to your browser
Webware.com — Opera, announced Thursday that it has inked a deal with Skyhook Wireless that will bring geolocation to its browser. According to the company, those who download the geolocation-equipped Opera browser will be able to share their location with any site that supports it and get ...

Opera Mobile 9.7 Getting Turbo-charged [jkOnTheRun]
GigaOM Network — ... I think Opera Mobile is the best mobile browser for my HTC Advantage as it gives me a very desktop-like browsing experience. I’m using an older version (8.65) as it works well and is the current “stable” version for Windows Mobile. The folks at Opera have been working hot and heavy on a new version that is going to be announced at the CTIA next week. ...

Opera Teases Us With New Mobile Version While We Wait To Hear About A U.S. Carrier Deal
mocoNews — ... pre-announced its news for CTIA today, even though the show doesn't kick off until next week. The company said it will be launching Opera Mobile 9.7, a browser for smartphones and other devices that makes loading full Internet sites faster and easier. But what we are more excited to hear about at CTIA is whether the company has signed a deal with a U.S. carrier. If such a deal exists, it would be the company's first entrance into the U.S. through a carrier partnership, meaning that they would pay Opera to ...

Opera Still Cooking with CSS3 On the Way [WebWorkerDaily]
GigaOM Network — ... While at SXSW, I had the opportunity to meet one of the web’s founding fathers, Håkon Wium Lie. He’s the creator of Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) and a CERN alum, along with Tim Berners-Lee. He’s also the CTO of Opera Software and sang the praises of this underdog browser that, while often ignored, introduced some of the snazziest features in the browser world today. Lie and I discussed CSS3 and the upcoming Opera 10, currently in alpha, that will continue Opera’s tradition of innovation. ...

Opera's latest feature? Browsing with your face
Webware.com — ... , and not much else. On Wednesday, Opera Software decided to throw an innovative curve ball by introducing a feature into the version 10 alpha of the Opera browser that lets you surf the Web by flaring your nostrils. They call it Opera Face Gestures. ...

April Fools! Opera's Face Browsing, Google's Social Network AI Creature
Today @ PC World — While cruising through my InBox looking for CTIA news, I ran across a news release from Opera Software , scrappy Norwegian purveyors of browsers, announcing the introduction of technolog for ...

Press Release: Virgin Mobile USA Gets Lightning Fast Opera Mini Web Browser
MobileBurn.com — ... Opera Software Opera Software ASA has redefined Web browsing for PCs, mobile phones and other networked devices. Opera's cross-platform Web browser technology is renowned for its performance, standards compliance and small size, while giving users a faster, safer and more dynamic online experience. Opera Software is headquartered in Oslo, Norway, with offices around the world. The company is listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol OPERA. Learn more about Opera at http://www.opera.com/ . About Virgin Mobile USA Virgin Mobile USA, Inc., through its operating ...

So Opera Does Have a Carrier Deal After All
jkOnTheRun — ... ; it just remains to be seen how much of one. Initially, Opera Mini will be a download on select handsets through the VirginXL storefront, and eventually the excellent brower will come pre-installed on some devices. Eight handsets are the intial target starting April 14, including the the Samsung Slash, the Arc, Shuttle and Super Slice. Looks like Om is right: ...

Exclusive: 'Microsoft still benefitting from breaking rules'
Techradar - All the latest technology news — ... case, so we are feeling some positives from bringing the complaint and hopefully we will continue to see this. "Microsoft has done something on standards and they are claiming that there is a problem with following those web standards. "I say welcome to our world. We spent a lot of time trying to be compatible with old versions of Internet Explorer, so it's kind of funny having Microsoft struggling to be compatible with itself."Related Links Opera IE8 ...

Exclusive: Opera CEO: Windows 7 MUST be fairer
Techradar - All the latest technology news — ... share and that was a scary scenario. Doesn't add up Von Tetzchner is more than a little sceptical about figures that show Firefox creeping past 20 per cent of market share. "When it comes to the figures in the market the problem is that they are biased towards US sites – what sites are these counters on? "Our US market share is not as good as we would like, but in global terms it is very different."Related Links Opera IE8 ...

Nintendo DSi makes gaming more social
VentureBeat — ... There is a new DSi browser, based on the Opera browser, for cruising the Internet. Pages load smoother and faster. Despite all of these functions, you don’t really need a manual to learn how to work the device. That’s classic Nintendo, always paying attention to making its devices accessible to the mass market. ...

Windows users: Internet Explorer 8 is coming to you
TechBlog — ... for IE8's new features, you may choose to opt out for now. If you're worried about site compatibility, keep in mind that IE8 has a Compatibility View button that reverts the browser's rendering engine back to IE7. You can do this on a per-site basis, and it works well. Generally, I'd recommend upgrading to IE8, but it's not a must-have at this point. • If you use another browser: If you are on a Windows PC but use an alternate browser - such as Firefox , Chrome , Opera or Safari - then you can safely ignore the IE8 upgrade. If you're curious and ...

Report: Men Spend More Time Online, Put Up With More Ads
ReadWriteWeb — ... swallowing that men are an overlooked minority of Internet users, upon further reflection it does seem like a lot of marketing analysis goes toward finding the motivations of other online groups. Even in our coverage at ReadWriteWeb, we have talked about women and multitasking, and how age plays a role in Internet use, but not much specifically about men. Well.. OK, that's not entirely true. We did cover this study by browser maker Opera last year. But it looks like the results of that study just serve to reinforce the ...

Asus Eee Top ET1602 review
Liliputing — ... running Xandros Linux. At the top of the display are tabs labeled Communication, Fun, Work, and Tools. When you click on a tab you’ll find icons for programs in each category. In Communication you have internet apps like a web browser. In Fun there are games, multimedia apps, and a Webcam utility. Work has links to OpenOffice.org for editing documents, spreadsheets, and presentations. And Tools gives you access to system settings, and for some reason to Internet Explorer and the Opera Web browser. ...

10 seriously annoying default configurations
Between the Lines — ... list in the Beep Properties dialog box. After the next boot, beep is no more! 8: The entire default Internet Explorer browser configuration on Windows Server Is it just me, or is the default installation useless? Even adding sites to the trusted sites list and local policies for the trusted sites doesn’t allow proper behavior of some legitimate sites. Ironically, Windows Update will work with all of the installations required. I find myself installing an alternative browser, such as Opera , ...

Opera Turns 15 with Retro Pride
Mac|Life all RSS Feed — opera In 1994 most folks were still deciding if Pearl Jam or Nirvana were their favorite band. While the Flannel Wars were never really decided, the internet revolution prevailed and has overtaken our lives in ways we could have never imagined. Today Opera is celebrating its 15-year anniversary with a 1994-inspired redesign to their website that should warm the hearts of long-time nerds everywhere. Check it out. ...

The Opera Browser Turns 15 Years Old Today
ReadWriteWeb — Opera the Browser may not be a household name in the United States, but around the world it's wildly popular and on the company's 15th birthday things are moving in directions the founders may never have expected. The company marked its big day with an awesome throw-back version of its home page and a press release reminding everyone just how far it's come. Sponsor Opera is used by 40 million people, the company reports. That may be a relatively small community as browsers go, but it's a very, very loyal group and the company reports that it is ...

Opera web browser turns 15
Download Squad — ... The Opera web browser may not have the name recognition of more popular software like Firefox, Internet Explorer, or Safari. But you know what it does have? History. The first line of code for the Opera web browser was written 15 years ago today. Back ...

Opera Turns 15, Claims Title of World’s Oldest Web Browser
Technologizer — ... The folks at Opera are celebrating the fifteeth anniversary of their Web browser today. They’ve got some fun celebratory items up, including memories from cofounder and CEO Jon von Tetzchner, a secret origin in comic-strip form, some predictions for the future, and a list of fifteen reasons to use Opera. The company’s saying that Opera is the oldest browser that’s still extant, and while that’s a defensible interpretation of history, it’s subject to debate. It’s marking its fifteenth ...

Sponsored Post: Mobile 2.0 Europe - Bringing Together The Mobile Influencers
VentureBeat — ... Officer, Co-Founder BuzzCity. Tom Hume - Managing Director of Future Platforms. Matthaus Krzykowski - Mobile Correspondent, VentureBeat. Brian LeRoux - PhoneGap and Nitobi. Inma Martinez - Digital Media Strategist and Investment Advisor at Stradbroke. Charles McCathieNevile - Chief Standards Officer at Opera Software. Dr. Maximilian Niederhofer, Associate, Atlas ...

Why Firefox is my preferred browser
Macworld — by Rob Griffiths , Macworld.com OS X users are blessed (or is it cursed?) with a plethora of choices for our Web browsing needs. Safari , of course, is the dominant browser, followed by Firefox , and then any of a number of others, including OmniWeb , Camino , Opera , and the venerable iCab (not listed in any sort of order). In the course of my job over the last few years, I’ve had the opportunity to use all of these browsers, and many more—too many to count, in fact. While they are all excellent browsers, over time I’ve ...

Google conducting netbook usability study
Liliputing — ... You know what I’d like to see? Online synchronization of bookmarks, passwords and other data for Google Chrome. Right now Opera lets you synchronize your preferences between a web browser on your desktop computer and netbook, making it easy to keep your work flow the same no matter which device you’re using. And you can achieve something similar with Firefox by installing ...

Ozone Browser for S60, UIQ Looks Speedy, User-Friendly
jkOnTheRun — ... Calling all S60 and UIQ device owners out there: if neither the native browser nor a third-party app like those from Opera are cutting it, you might want to check the alpha version of ...

The Beginning of the End for Tabbed Browsing?
Switched — ... wasn't the first browser ever to use tabbed browsing (that award went to the Opera browser back in 2000), but it did beat ...

Skyfire: Mobile Flash-enabled Browser
dailywireless.org — Skyfire, a new mobile web browser, enables anyone with a Windows Mobile or supported Symbian S60 device to enjoy a richer internet using Flash 10 and Silverlight 2.0. ...

Opera 10 Beta Now Available
Mashable! — ... Opera has just released the first beta of the upcoming major new version of its web browser, Opera 10. It’s free and available for Mac, Windows and Linux; get it over at ...

Opera 10 Browser Released To Beta
TechWeb — ... launched its Opera 10 browser Wednesday and the beta offering's advanced features were marked in particular by its speed, which the Norwegian company said is 40% faster that its Opera 9.6 version. The browser, which can be downloaded from Opera's Web site, utilizes advanced compression techniques that promise to deliver more robust performance for slower Web connections like dial-up and Wi-Fi. "We optimized the new Opera Presto 2.2 engine in Opera 10 to be much faster on resource-intensive pages such as Gmail and Facebook," the company said in announcing the browser. ...

20 Developers to Follow on Twitter
Mashable! — This post is part of Mashable’s Social Media series for developers, highlighting handy tips and resources for software developers. This series is supported by Forum Nokia’s Calling All Innovators competition. Twitter is more than just about sharing what you ate or who you just met up with; it’s also a way to disseminate and pass on knowledge and advice to others. This can be especially useful for developers looking for productivity tips, finding interesting articles, learning about new releases, or even jumping into another programming language. ...

Opera Releases 10.00 Beta With Spiffy New Features
OStatic blogs — ... of other open source browsers, its not surprising to see developers ramping up efforts to get a new version of Opera out the door. Version 10.00 Beta 1 of Opera was released last week with a bunch of nifty new features, upgrades, and performance improvements. Though Opera is most notable for its snappy ...

Opera Releases 10.00 Beta With Spiffy New Features [OStatic]
GigaOM Network — ... of other open source browsers, its not surprising to see developers ramping up efforts to get a new version of Opera out the door. Version 10.00 Beta 1 of Opera was released last week with a bunch of nifty new features, upgrades, and performance improvements. Though Opera is most notable for its snappy ...

European Regulators Think Consumers Too Stupid to Know How to Download a Different Browser
Technology Liberation Front — ... (my PC favorite) and Opera (my mobile phone favorite), which are outstanding browsers. [Incidentally, Firefox already has 31% share of the European market.] ...

European Regulators Think Consumers Too Stupid to Know How to Download a Different Browser
The Progress & Freedom Foundation Blog — ... (my PC favorite) and Opera (my mobile phone favorite), which are outstanding browsers. [Incidentally, Firefox already has 31% share of the European market.] ...

That Reinvention Of The Web Thing Opera Was Talking About? It’s Called Opera Unite
TechCrunch — We told you last week that browser maker Opera was generating quite some buzz by being secretive about their plans to ‘reinvent the web’. Well, the company this morning unveiled what it was referring to: technology that essentially turns every computer running the Opera browser into a full-fledged Web server. Behold Opera Unite. You can use Opera Unite to share documents, music, photos, videos, or use it to run websites or even chat rooms without third-party requirements. The company extended the collaborative technology to a platform that comes with a set of ...

Opera: Mobile Search On The Rise, Google Still King Of The Hill
TechCrunch — ... , the Norwegian software company behind mobile browser Opera Mini, has released its latest State of the Mobile Web report, providing some interesting data points for a detailed look at the evolution of Web browsing on mobile phones. ...

Elitist Jerks and Opera team up for WoW browser
WoW.com — ... This past Friday, web browser developer Opera announced that they had teamed up with respected theory crafting website Elitist Jerks to create a new browser. The Elitist Jerks browser, as it is titled, is designed to cater to the needs of the World of Warcraft online community, with an array of customized features, pre-selected options, and a sleek skin reminiscent of the site it's named for. The pitch interested me enough that I decided to put away my beloved Firefox for the weekend, and give Opera's Elitist Jerks browser a thorough test. ...

DLS 101: 6 free programs for casual users that download torrents
Download Squad — ... a favorite stand-alone torrent application like uTorrent, Vuze, Transmission, etc. Our friends and family, though, who don't download via torrent all that often may not want a dedicated program. There are plenty of other programs you can use that come with torrent downloading abilities baked right in. Here are six options I've recommended to my friends. If you have some other options to share, leave them in the comments! Use your web browser: Opera and Wyzo (pictured above) - What better place to get support for torrents ...

Interview: Opera Software’s Chris Mills
SitePoint — ... and a major contributor to the Opera blogs and the Opera Web Standards Curriculum. We grabbed Chris for a quick chat about his work, Ed Directions, and the state of web education generally. ...

Freeware Files: Five July Upgrades Worth Downloading!
Maximum PC all RSS Feed — ... open-source defragging tool into a closed-source freeware application. And MyDefrag, after sitting in beta for nearly five months, finally launched its official release in early July. The program boasts an improved interface and performance over its open-source predecessor, as well as lower memory use and more helpful documentation. Is it better than the standard Windows defragmentation tool? Run some benchmarks and report back! Download the app--click here! Opera ...

One billion Firefoxes
Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols's blog — ... users or a handful of Opera users, your Web browser choices were Internet Explorer or... ah... Internet Explorer. AOL was already abandoning Netscape, but, before they pulled the plug, they started an open-source Netscape spin-off group, which was first called the Mozilla Organization, which became the ...

SitePoint Podcast #21: Interview with Jon Hicks
SitePoint — ... but these days – for the last few months at least – I’ve been working as a lead designer with Opera software in Norway, working on the ...

Opera Mobile for Android in the works
infoSync World — ... , Opera Software CEO Jon von Tetzchner said that Opera Mobile for Android will become a reality at some point in the future. While the free Opera Mini has been a huge success in some parts of the world, Opera Mobile has had a hard time succeeding. Despite being one of the prime examples of excellent third-party applications for Windows Mobile, manufacturers and carriers have been reluctant when it comes to including it out-of-box. We must have reviewed at least 50 WinMo phones in the last few years that could have offered the latest and greatest browsing technology. ...

SitePoint Podcast #23: Web Fonts with Jeff Veen
SitePoint — Episode 23 of The SitePoint Podcast is now available! This week, Kevin Yank (@sentience) has a one-on-one chat with Jeff Veen (@veen), one of the bright minds behind Typekit. Listen in your Browser Play this episode directly in your browser! Just click the orange “play” button below: A complete transcript of the interview is provided below. ...

Opera switch: Bliss so far, after switch from crash-prone Firefox 3.5
TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home — ... hasn’t crashed in at least 10 hours of use—even though I’m running Opera 10 in beta form. I’d have suffered several crashes if I were still using Firefox 3.5. What a time sink. ...

Opera 10 Slated For September 1 Launch. Will Anyone Take Notice?
TechCrunch — ... , has just released Opera 10 RC1 to the masses and has announced it will be debuting the final version of its upgraded desktop browser next week on September 1. You can download the release candidate and get more information right ...

14 Alternative Browsers That Are Not IE6
Mashable! — ... With a history of innovation and standards support, Opera has been a respectable browser option since the late 90s. Though it’s never captured quite as much market share as one might expect, its highly usable implementation on mobile devices nevertheless makes it a browser with a broad and multi-platform reach. ...

Opera 10 is here, but do any of you care?
VentureBeat — Opera Software just released the final version of Opera 10, the latest revamp of its pioneering-but-not-terribly-popular web browser. Could this be the breakthrough Opera needs to reach a big audience in the United States? We’ve already written about how Opera is doing all right financially, but in the United States, it accounts for only 1.18 percent of the browser market, according to the W3Counter. The company will need to make a big splash (or make some big deals with computer makers) if it wants to grow much beyond that, and I’m not sure ...

Opera 10 browser is here
Webware.com — ... The Opera 10 browser is now ready to download for Windows, Mac, and Linux, three months after the beta first emerged (hands-on Opera 10 beta review). If you've been keeping up with the beta updates, the final build of the cross-platform browser shouldn't surprise you. Opera Turbo, the browser's much-publicized compression engine for slow-poke connections, remains a feature highlight. Opera claims that Opera Turbo runs the browser up to eight times faster on suffering connections than do competing browsers. The refreshed user interface is also ...

Opera 10 browser given final release
Techradar - All the latest technology news — ... Opera. "Opera Turbo is our newest innovation, and one we think everyone should try, because we all will face a slow connection at some point. Now, there is a solution, and it is absolutely free. "We are excited to offer Opera 10 to the world, and we hope even more people discover what the 40 million people who have already made the switch know: browsing with Opera makes the Web a safer, more enjoyable and more interesting place." You can download the browser from http://www.opera.com ...

A Major Milestone: Opera 10 is Here
Mashable! — ... go, the biggest new addition is Opera Turbo, which makes browsing fast even when you’re on a slow internet connection. Other novelties are a fresh appearance, enhanced speed (especially on resource intensive sites such as Gmail or Facebook), an improved Opera Mail, auto updating (very important for improving the overall security of the browser), a personalized Speed Dial feature, and resizable, thumbnail tabs. You can download versions for Windows, Mac and Linux from the official Opera site. ...

Opera 10 Released: Its Turbo Is Fully Functional
TechCrunch — Since the release candidate for Opera 10 was announced last week, I’ve been testing the browser to see if it could live up to my standards (which, since I basically live and work on the Web, are pretty high) and if I’d be tempted to switch to it completely. As I mentioned in my earlier article, Opera hasn’t exactly made any dents in the desktop browser dominion of Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox in its thirteen years of existence, but as I’ve noticed Opera fans will even attack you for simply stating that fact. ...

Opera 10 launched!
Ubergizmo — ... You can now download the final version of Opera 10, a browser that has been in beta for some time. The most significant feature of Opera 10 is Opera Turbo, a compression engine that makes data transactions faster by simply reducing the amount of information transferred. Opera claims to be 8X faster in bandwidth-limited conditions. Obviously, ...

Opera 10: It’s Final. And Worth Trying
Technologizer — ... Opera 10, the newest version of the browser that’s arguably the most venerable one going, is now available in its final version. It’s very much the product I reviewed in beta version back in June. The most striking new feature is Turbo mode, which uses the same technology as the company’s Opera Mini phone browser to compress Web pages and thereby speed up browsing on dial-up and other sluggish connections. It’s noticeably zippier than standard mode, although its crunched-down images are pretty darn grainy. The tradeoff isn’t ...

Opera 10 “with Turbo” now available for download
Gadgetell — ... if you are tired of the high memory use that comes along with Firefox you may want to give Opera 10 a shot.  I have been playing around with the release candidate of Opera 10 for the past few days and have been happy enough with it to make sure I downloaded the full version this morning. Additionally, one nice feature that comes built in to Opera, both in 10 as well as previous versions is the ability to sync your bookmarks using the MyOpera portal. Download [Opera.com] Full Story » | Written by Robert Nelson ...

Opera 10 takes center stage
ZDNet News - News Page One — ... : Sep 01, 2009 5:27:43 AM [image] (Credit: Opera Software) The Opera 10 browser is now ready to download for Windows, Linux, and Mac three months after the beta first emerged. If you've been keeping up with the beta updates, the final build of the cross-platform browser shouldn't surprise you. Opera Turbo, the browser's much-publicized compression engine for slow-poke connections, remains a feature highlight. Opera claims that Opera Turbo runs the browser up to eight times faster on suffering connections than do competing browsers. See also: The refreshed user interface ...

Google, Opera offer Mac users a browser bonanza
9 to 5 Mac - Apple Intelligence — ... Browser bonanza, Mac users, with the all-new ...

Opera 10 Officially Released
Maximum PC all RSS Feed — ... "Opera Turbo is our newest innovation, and one we think everyone should try, because we all will face a slow connection at some point," said Jon von Tetzchner, Opera's CEO. ...

Opera 10 - The Final Chapter
WebProNews Feed — ... Today Opera released the final version of Opera 10, the long-awaited new entry in the company's browser family. It's free and comes in 43 languages. ...

Opera 10 is here, but how does it stack up?
Download Squad — ... I admit it: Download Squad has been talking up Opera 10 all summer. We told you about its wicked-fast new JavaScript engine and the much-hyped Opera Unite, and then Lee told you why he hopes this latest version of Opera will get your attention. ...

New Opera 10 Browser Hits The High Notes
ChannelWeb Complete Feed — ... technology the company said provides up to eight times faster Web surfing over slow connections. Oslo, Norway-based Opera said the new browser is available at www.opera.com in 43 languages for Windows, Mac and Linux computers. Opera has a long way to go to catch up with Microsoft's Internet Explorer and Mozilla's open-source ...

Opera 10 Released [WebWorkerDaily]
GigaOM Network — ... Opera 10, the latest version of the innovative browser, launched today. It sports a sleek new design and improved performance, thanks to improved handling of JavaScript and a new “Turbo” mode that uses compression technology to speed up slow connections. ...

Opera 10; The Movie Trailer
The Next Web — Opera 10 is out and instead of the usual press release and technical facts (well okay, it has ‘Turbo technology’. Whatever that is) they sent us this movie. Watch it and then give Opera a spin. And if you find out what Turbo Technology is do let us know: ...

Windows Phones Arrive October 6 With Less of More of the Same
jkOnTheRun — ... While Windows Mobile offers a huge array of great applications, it’s lacking natively in the web. Yes, consumers can add a highly capable version of Opera or some other browser, but if they’re new to smartphones, they won’t likely know to do that. And if they already own ...

Opera releases Opera 10 web browser
Macsimum News — ... Opera Software has released Opera 10, an update of its web browser. It’s free, comes in 43 languages, and works on Mac, Windows and Linux platforms. ...

Opera 10 adds new interface, improved compression
Macworld — ... Web browser fans and anyone jonesing for a faster Internet experience have a big reason to get out their downloading mice today, for Opera 10 is out of beta and ready for the masses. This major upgrade brings a range of new and updated features, from a flexible, enhanced tab bar to a more powerful compression feature for users on the go. As with many significant upgrades, the most obvious new aspect of Opera 10 is a major visual refresh, thanks in large part to the hiring of legendary designer Jon Hicks of ...

Opera 10: A Pretty Good Browser, But Will Anybody Use It?
ReadWriteWeb — After numerous betas and two release candidates, Opera today released the final version of Opera 10, the company's flagship desktop Internet browser. Users who skipped all the pre-release versions of Opera 10 will be pleasantly surprised with the updates that Opera brought to its browser. These include Opera Turbo, the company's compression technology that makes surfing on slower connections more bearable, visual tabs, a smarter spell checker, and a faster rendering engine. Opera also still features a built-in email client and RSS reader. Sponsor ...

Opera 10 released, for your speedy web browsing pleasure
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) — ... sorts of really advanced "power user" features. Once, many years ago, I even wrote a series called "30 Days to Becoming an Opera Lover" designed to teach folks all the things Opera had to offer. If you tried Opera 10 in the past but didn't like how it looked on the Mac, it is time to take another look. I was pleasantly surprised to see that the browser itself looked so good, even before any pages were loaded. When you go to download it, you will be met with the words "Opera 10 with Turbo." Turbo is Opera's server-side compression technology ...

Brief 622 | Skype Ownership, Windows Phones, Canon 7D, Opera 10
GeekBrief.TV — ... Opera 10 was released out of beta today and with it comes Turbo mode, an option that compresses Web pages for faster browsing when you’re on a dreadfully slow connection. ...

Opera 10 Final Released
SitePoint — Following a few months of beta testing, Opera 10 has finally been released and is available for download. We previewed the new features and performance in June, but the main additions you can expect are: an improved interface a re-sizable tab bar with page previews in-line spell checking webmail integration HTML email composition auto-updates crash recovery Opera Turbo — a new proxied compression system that can speed up a slow Internet connection. ...

A Quick Look At Opera 10
Cult of Mac — ... 12:37 pm, September 2nd, 2009, Giles Turnbull Opera 10 is now available for download, and in the screencast I share some of my first impressions of the new tab design and features. After recording that screencast, I did a little more exploring. One new innovation is Opera Turbo, a neat idea that I shall look forward to trying next time I’m away from a wifi connection. Once enabled, Turbo compresses the web pages you request and therefore speeds up browsing over slow connections. Opera says it enables “broadband-like speeds”; I’d be interested to hear if any of you have put it ...

Opera Enables Unite in Latest Beta and It's Actually Pretty Good
ReadWriteWeb — Today, just a few days after the release of version 10 of its desktop browser, Opera already released a new beta version of the next iteration of its browser. This version includes a few bug fixes, but most importantly, it also enables Opera Unite, the hyped and then quickly forgotten browser-based web server that Opera announced in June. Given that Unite will soon be part of the default install of Opera, we thought that now would be a good time to have another look at Unite and if it can live up to its promise to "reinvent the web." ...

Weekly Wrapup: Smart Cards, Android, eReader Pricing, And More...
ReadWriteWeb — In this edition of the Weekly Wrapup - our newsletter summarizing the top stories of the week - we review the state of smart cards around the world, update you on the latest Augmented Reality news, ask whether eReaders are being priced too high, analyze Google's Chrome OS browser plans, present our hands-on impressions of an Android phone, and more. We also check in on our two new channels: ReadWriteEnterprise (devoted to 'enterprise 2.0' trends and products) and ReadWriteStart (dedicated to profiling startups and entrepreneurs). Sponsor The Weekly ...

Opera 10 Downloaded 10 Million Times In Its First Week
TechCrunch — In the first week after its release and after many favorable reviews – including our own – Opera Software has announced that its revamped desktop browser has been downloaded 10 million times and is now in use by millions of users around the world. For Opera, this is a record achievement. If my own experience is anything to go by, these users are happy users. As I wrote before, Opera 10 is blazing fast – comparable to the speed I was experiencing with Google Chrome – and that’s a huge plus. It ...

TechCrunch — ... If my own experience is anything to go by, these users are happy users. As I wrote before, Opera 10 is blazing fast – comparable to the speed I was experiencing with Google Chrome – and that’s a huge plus. It doesn’t hurt that everything ‘just works’ either, and I’m already so used to the (all new) Opera interface that it’d be hard for me to switch again. ...

Opera 10 and its Turbo Browsing Already Downloaded 10 Million Times
Maximum PC all RSS Feed — ... In its first week since release, Opera 10 with Turbo Browsing has been downloaded more than 10 million times, Opera Software announced today. ...

5 O’Clock Roundup: Sprint’s disappearing promo, stem cell breakthrough (sort of), search engine optimization
VentureBeat — ... Opera’s new browser downloaded 10 million times in its first week — The little Norwegian browser maker that Just Won’t Die is back, with downloads of its new Opera 10 browser nearing Firefox-like levels of downloads. Opera 10’s hot feature, called Turbo, uses the magic of the cloud to compress Web content over slow Internet connections. Opera’s perennial problem, Read/Write Web bemoans, is that ...

Mobile's Leading Web Browser Opera Updates With New Features
mocoNews — ... has opened BlackBerry beta testing for version five of its Opera Mini mobile software, adding the “speed dial”, tab and password manager that it already has on the PC desktop. ...

OS X Browser Speed Wars: May the Fastest App Win
Mac|Life all RSS Feed — ... but would prefer to choose the sites displayed in Cover Flow rather than have them automatically populated. Safari’s full history search (look on the lower right-hand corner of the Top Sites window) makes it easy to find sites you’ve visited before, even if you only remember a word or two that appeared on the page. Private browsing keeps your strolls through the Web’s less brightly lit neighborhoods off the grid. Safari supports plug-ins, but is less customizable than Firefox. ...

Review: Opera 10 Web browser
Macworld — ... In the Web browser wars, Opera is Switzerland: dependably neutral and obsessed with design. The venerable browser’s latest version introduces several innovative interface ideas, some more useful than others. Knowing the score In benchmark tests, Opera 10 performs respectably in the middle of the pack when compared to other browsers. On a 2GHz Core 2 Duo MacBook, Opera rendered an XHTML test page in 1.83 seconds, slower than the .49 seconds posted by ...

Which Web Browser Should I Use? Web Browser Review
UK Gadget and Tech News, Reviews and Shopping — ... Opera is often overlooked as a browser but like Firefox it is available on a whole range of operating systems including Windows, OS X and Linux. With Chrome demonstrating the need for Javascript speed in the web browser and Safari almost matching it, Opera 10 which was recently released, concentrates on speed and performance. Other features include Visual Tabs (which shows a thumbnail of the page when hovering a tab). Speed Dial, Webmail Integration and Inline Spell-Checker. ...

RoboForm Comes to Chrome — Sort of [WebWorkerDaily]
GigaOM Network — ... It’s an exciting time to be a web worker, what with all of the great browser choices we now have available to us. Firefox may be the preferred browser for many of us, but Chrome, Safari and Opera are also compelling options. Despite these choices, I’ve pretty much been locked into either Firefox or Internet Explorer because of my reliance on the RoboForm password manager, which is only compatible with those browsers. The lack of Google Chrome support has been particularly ...

In Case You Forgot: IE6 Still Holds 25% of the Browser Market
Mashable! — Time flies fast, and new browsers replace old ones. Firefox, Chrome, Safari, Opera and, of course, even Internet Explorer have been upgraded and updated countless times in the last couple of years. All of this makes it easy to forget what browser is still dominating the market. According to Net Application’s Market Share data, that browser is Internet Explorer 6, released in August 2001. How can this be? With all the recent campaigns against Internet Explorer, ...

17 Ways to Kill Common Distractions [WebWorkerDaily]
GigaOM Network — With all the noise from the Internet, our computers and our environment, some folks struggle to work and focus even for 10 minutes straight. In this post, I’m going to offer some ways you can stop the distractions so you can get your tasks done. Turn off automatic ...

Why Doesn’t Opera Have More Market Share in North America?
TheAppleBlog — ... However, the browser I consistently use more than all of the others combined is Opera, and it’s an abiding puzzlement to me as to why Opera has thus far been unable to carve out a more substantial market niche in North America. ...

Why Doesn’t Opera Have More Market Share in North America? [TheAppleBlog]
GigaOM Network — ... However, the browser I consistently use more than all of the others combined is Opera, and it’s an abiding puzzlement to me as to why Opera has thus far been unable to carve out a more substantial market niche in North America. ...

VentureBeat — VC spending increases, but mostly on existing companies – Here’s a different way to look at the survey by PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association that Anthony reported on earlier today: Brand-new startups have it harder than ever trying to raise capital. VC spending increased to $4.8 billion in the quarter that just ended, according to the survey. But the money is going to keeping existing companies afloat. New startups only received $633 million, the survey says. That’s a record low. The New York Times adds that big ...

Mobile Web Usage Keeps On Growing, And Growing, And Growing …
TechCrunch — Browser maker Opera has released its latest ‘State of the Mobile Web’ report this morning, claiming that there was a huge surge in mobile web usage past September. Last month, more than 35.6 million people used Opera Mini (which is now serving over 500 million pageviews per day on a wide range of mobile devices), up 11.5% compared to August 2009 and more than 150% compared to September 2008. The Norway software developer also claims more than 2 petabytes of data is now processed by its servers on a monthly basis. That’d be 1000 ...

Huge Surge in Mobile Internet
dailywireless.org — ... released its latest ‘State of the Mobile Web’ report Tuesday, claiming that there was a huge surge in mobile web usage past September. Opera’s monthly report shows the rate of increase on a monthly basis. Here’s their graph that shows the evolution as measured by data consumption: ...

Browser Wars: Does IE8 Change the Game?
Inc.com — Built into Windows 7 or available as a free download for other operating systems, Microsoft's Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) offers a number of improvements and new features to go up against the likes of competing browsers such as Mozilla's Firefox, Google's Chrome, Apple's Safari, and Opera. IE8 delivers Internet users stepped up security against cross-site scripting attacks, downloads of malicious code, phishing, and other security risks. At the same time, the new browsing platform provides businesses with tools ...

Opera Mobile 10 Beta For Nokia And Other Symbian/S60 Smartphones Released
TechCrunch — It’s been about two months since Opera introduced the non-beta version of its Opera 10 desktop browser, and today the Norwegian software developer is following up on that release with that of the latest beta build of Opera Mobile, a custom browser specifically built to give Symbian and Windows Mobile equipped handset users a (much) more pleasant Web browsing experience. The company’s latest ‘State of the Mobile Web’ report, which was based on usage data from their other mobile browser product, the ...

Opera releases new beta build of Opera Mobile for Nokia, Symbian/S60 phones
MobileCrunch — It's been about two months since Opera introduced the non-beta version of its Opera 10 desktop browser, and today the Norwegian software developer is following up on that release with that of the latest beta build of Opera Mobile, a custom browser specifically built to give Symbian and Windows Mobile equipped handset users a (much) more pleasant Web browsing experience. The company's latest 'State of the Mobile Web' report, which was based on usage data from their other mobile browser product, the popular Opera Mini, ...

IT Needs Its Darth Vaders
E-Commerce Times — ... with elements of Microsoft, like a bad "Star Trek: Voyager" episode (Trekkers will recall exactly which one I'm referring to). But that discussion has died down somewhat in recent months. For Web browsers, the notion that the littlest player in the field, Opera Software , is slowing down, is a topic that arouses suspicion among users -- is there some type of sabotage going on? But the notion that the biggest player in the field, ...

IT Needs Its Darth Vaders
LinuxInsider — ... with elements of Microsoft, like a bad "Star Trek: Voyager" episode (Trekkers will recall exactly which one I'm referring to). But that discussion has died down somewhat in recent months. For Web browsers, the notion that the littlest player in the field, Opera Software , is slowing down, is a topic that arouses suspicion among users -- is there some type of sabotage going on? But the notion that the biggest player in the field, ...

Opera Unite arrives in Opera 10.10
Techradar - All the latest technology news — ... freedom to choose how we will share the data that belongs to us." Exciting? Techradar checked out Opera Unite in its earlier incarnation, with Gary Marshall suggesting he was 'convinced that Unite really is worth getting excited about.' Now it has arrived in a full release, it will be interesting to see if the public understand the functionality, and the talk of Web 5.0 of course. You can download Opera 10.10 with Opera Unite at http://www.opera.com.Related Links Opera ...

Your Browser is Now a Web Server: Opera Includes Opera Unite in Opera 10.10
ReadWriteWeb — Opera just announced the release of Opera 10.10. This latest version of Opera's desktop browser now includes Opera Unite, the company's browser-based web server. With Unite, users can share photos, music, notes, websites, forums and calendars - but unlike standard web apps, these apps are hosted on the user's computer. When Opera first talked about Unite, it claimed that this service would "reinvent the web." This resulted in a lot of hype before the announcement and the inevitable backlash right afterward. When we tested ...

Opera 10.10 with Unite and Turbo now available
Download Squad — ... The inclusion of Opera Turbo in the new browser marks the migration to the desktop of a technology that has long been a key feature of Opera's Mini product. Opera Turbo speeds up your browsing session by compressing content at Opera proxy servers before delivering it to your machine - particularly useful for those on low bandwidth connections. ...

Opera Unite now available in Opera 10.10
Macsimum News — ... Opera has released Opera 10.10 with Opera Unite, a powerful technology for personal content sharing directly between all your devices. Opera Unite is available as a standard feature in Opera 10.10, a free download. ...

Opera 10.10 Now Available for Download
tipzblog.com — Opera 10.10 is available for download at Opera website. The existing opera users must be prompted for the update. According to the opera change log, Opera 10.10 has the following new features. Opera Unite Home Your personal Opera Unite Web page shows the Opera Unite applications you wish to share with family, friends, or the world. File Sharing The File Sharing application enables a simple and safe way to share files directly from your computer. ...

61 Free Apps We're Most Thankful For [Downloads]
Lifehacker — ... (see also: The Beginner's Guide to Creating Virtual Machines with VirtualBox ) TrueCrypt (see also: Geek to Live: Encrypt your data , Five Best Portable Applications ) Avast! (see also: Five Best Antivirus Applications ) Defraggler (see also: Five Best Disk Defragmenters ) KeePass (see also: Eight Best KeePass Plug-Ins to Master Your Passwords , How to Use Dropbox as the Ultimate Password Syncer ) Opera (see also: Opera 10.10 with Unite Media Server Released ) AVG (see ...