Opera unveils Unite, its tool for reinventing the Web
Tech Ticker — ... With Unite enabled, a user can instantaneously share pictures, files, run a web server, stream media, chat right from the browser, right from his HDD without the need to upload anything. To start with, Opera has created six different services, which will further be expanded when devs take the responsibility to exploit its full potential. I quickly tried the file sharing service and yes, it definitely works. You can download the very small file from here. Opera Unite Direct Download Links: Windows Mac ...

Opera Unite: Web Browser Becomes the Web Server
Mashable! — ... Opera has had great success with their mobile browsers, but when it comes to the desktop, their growth hasn’t been phenomenal, despite the fact that Opera, at times, has been the fastest and/or (arguably) the browser with most features. Today, they’re unveiling a new feature which will go live in Opera 10, that might finally give Opera the attention it deserves: Opera Unite. ...

That Reinvention Of The Web Thing Opera Was Talking About? It’s Called Opera Unite
TechCrunch — ... . 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. ...

Opera’s Web-Changer: Unite, a Web Server Inside Your Browser
Technologizer — ... . The would-be breakthrough turns out to be called Opera Unite, and a downloadable version of Opera 10 that incorporates it is available now. As ...

Opera Unite: Your Browser Is Now a Media Server [Browsers]
Gizmodo — ... , Opera has done something pretty wild with the next version of their software: they've turned it into a zero-config server for files, music, photos and websites. ...

Opera Unite: Your Browser Is Now a Full-Featured Server [Browsers]
Gizmodo — ... , Opera has done something pretty wild with the next version of their software: they've turned it into a zero-config server for files, music, photos and websites. ...

Opera Unite: Your Browser Is Now an All-Purpose Server [Browsers]
Gizmodo — ... , Opera has done something pretty wild with the next version of their software: they've turned it into a zero-config server for files, music, photos and websites. ...

Opera Unite: Your Browser Is Now a All-Purpose Server [Browsers]
Gizmodo — ... , Opera has done something pretty wild with the next version of their software: they've turned it into a zero-config server for files, music, photos and websites. ...

In Depth: Hands on: Opera Unite review
Techradar - All the latest technology news — When Opera promised to "reinvent the web" this morning, we were cynical - and when it started talking about inventing "Web 5.0" we set our word-guns to maximum mockery. Then it showed us Unite. We're not sure about Web 5.0, but we're convinced that Unite really is worth getting excited about. Unite is a simple idea with huge potential. It puts a web server inside your browser, and you can use that server to deliver almost anything. For now Unite offers file sharing, media streaming and photo sharing together with sticky notes and chat, but it could ...

With Unite, Opera 10 becomes both a browser and a content server
Download Squad — ... Everyone had a bit of a chuckle when Opera coyly announced that they were about to "reinvent the web," the other day. I certainly had my doubts. After all, we had nothing to go by other than a bright red background, a little cloud, and some comments buried inside HTML ...

The Next Web is coming to an Opera Browser near you: Opera Unite.
The Next Web — Today Opera unveiled Opera Unite. Essentially the technology turns every computer running the latest Opera browser into a web server. With the help of Opera Unite users can share photos, videos, music and documents. They can build full blown web sites and even collaborative web applications, like discussion boards and chat rooms, collectively called Opera Unite services. The important aspect here is that these services are not hosted by any third party, but instead run locally, on the users’ web servers, embedded into ...

Hi, my name is Opera and I’ll be your server today
GMSV — ... Opera Unite, built into a special Opera 10 desktop version, turns any computer into a server able to host a site and interact and share content securely and directly with anyone on the Web, on any browser or platform, without any additional software or fuss. Opera Unite serves as a framework for open-source services , and ...

Opera defines web 5.0 with Unite file sharing browser
T3.com All — ... meaning your friends can access your entire Rolling Stones back catalogue from wherever they are. Opera promises you can share as many files as you want, in however large a capacity. The best thing is, however, that we don't have to wait until 2015 for web 5.0, as Opera has made Unite available today. You'll need to download the latest version of their browser to use it, and sign up for a free account, but after that you can pester your mates with plentiful file sharing. Link: Opera Unite (via ...

Opera defines web 5.0 with Unite file sharing browser
T3.com News — ... from wherever they are.   Opera promises you can share as many files as you want, in however large a capacity. The best thing is, however, that we don't have to wait until 2015 for web 5.0, as Opera has made Unite available today. You'll need to download the latest version of their browser to use it, and sign up for a free account, but after that you can pester your mates with plentiful file sharing.   Link: Opera Unite (via TechRadar)

Opera reinvents the client PC and turns it into a server
TG Daily - All News — ... Opera users worldwide. That said, it seems that the Opera developer team has moved past the speed and interface improvements the four largest browser developers are focused on at this time. Instead, there is a stunning new feature that, if offered by a much larger browser vendor, would have the potential to change the way we use the Internet today. In the case of Opera and its limited reach, we always have to be more conservative with those thoughts. So, what is it? It is called Opera Unite , offered in an experimental build of the Opera 10.0 browser, which treats the PC it ...

Opera Unite Puts a Media Server in Your Browser [Downloads]
Lifehacker — ... worked just fine. Once you've signed in, or signed up, with an Opera account, you can hand out your sharing URL (in the form of computername.username.operaunite.com and, when you start up your Opera Unite services, your friends will see the same landing page as you. Streaming music and full-res pictures from your system can obviously be a bandwidth and system resource drag, but if you're using Opera Unite mostly while you're away from your system, that's probably not an issue. Opera Unite is a free download for Windows, Mac, and Linux systems; using and serving up files and ...

Opera ‘reinvents the Web’ with new ‘Unite’ media, file sharing service
MacDailyNews — ... . Opera Unite: Direct link via YouTube here . More info about Opera Unite here .

Opera Unite Seeks to Decentralize the Web
SitePoint — ... Opera Software has just released the latest beta of Opera 10, along with a micro site showcasing the new (alpha) Opera Unite technology that seeks to enable peer-to-peer networking for browser-based applications. In a ...

Opera Unite: One small step for software, one giant leap for the internet
IntoMobile - Cell Phone News, Information, and Analysis — ... Today Opera launched Opera Unite and with it came a lot of excitement, confusion and questions. Opera Unite is a web server running in an Alpha version of the Opera 10 web browser. This web server can be accessed by anyone on the internet and goes around firewalls thanks to Opera’s proxies. Services can be installed to run on Unite, and at launch Opera has made available a file sharing service, media player, chat service and ...

Opera Unite reinvents the Web
PalmAddicts — ... Now you are ready to use Opera Unite. Simply access your Opera Unite services from the Opera Unite panel of the browser. New services can be installed from http://unite.opera.com/. ...

Opera launches Opera Unite, brings the power of a web server to the Opera browser
Obsessable News Feed — ... [lifehacker.com] Opera Unite [unite.opera.com] ...

Opera “reinvents the web” with Opera Unite
Gadgetell — ... Opera Unite looks as if it could actually reinvent the web given time.  It all depends on how well it is adopted among web users, and what other services are put out there.  It is doubtful that those who must endure bandwidth caps will really enjoy Opera Unite, which could lead to some issues with adoption.  But for now, it looks to be an interesting idea that should hopefully catch on, even with only a dedicated few. Read [Opera] Read [Opera Unite] Full Story » | Written by Shawn Ingram for ...

OStatic Buffer Overflow... [OStatic]
GigaOM Network — ... The Opera 10.0 browser, dubbed Opera Unite, has been released. Check out the video demo here. ...

OStatic Buffer Overflow...
OStatic blogs — The Opera 10.0 browser, dubbed Opera Unite, has been released. Check out the video demo here. Develop web sites quickly with Bluefish. It's a very easy code editor. Who should use alpha-status Chrome on Linux? Many people are already using it on a daily basis. Five big issues with ARM and Android netbooks. Will they wrest the PC industry from Wintel's grip? Is Vyatta now part of Microsoft keiretsu? Citrix funding the open source networking ...

Six Questions About Opera Unite
Technologizer — ... Right now, Unite is a technical preview. It’s fun to play with. But tinkering with it and watching Opera’s Webcast has left me with plenty of questions about it. Six of ‘em after the jump… ...

Exclusive Video: Hands-On With Opera Unite (It Rocks)
TechCrunch — The web is understandably abuzz with chatter over Opera Unite, the technology platform the Norwegian software company unveiled earlier this morning. It’s an intriguing concept, and it could fundamentally change the way we think about how content is shared on the Internet. Expect this to be a source of inspiration for other browser makers, hopefully crediting Opera Software for getting this type of innovation jump-started. Or could this effectively cause the company’s desktop browser to gain more traction and as much acclaim as its mobile ...

Opera Unite: Enabling a Decentralized Web? [WebWorkerDaily]
GigaOM Network — ... promising the launch of something that would “reinvent the web,” but while I was expecting them to announce that Opera 10 was out of beta already, I was wrong. Opera has instead lifted the covers off the alpha version of Opera Unite, a component of Opera 10 that effectively turns any computer into an easy-to-use web server through the use of “ ...

Opera Breathes Down Firefox's and Chrome's Necks With Unite [OStatic]
GigaOM Network — ... Though the Opera browser isn't open source, it's free and its new server-in-a-browser feature, Unite, is really making significant inroads toward online collaboration. If Chrome and Firefox are to keep their edge over Opera, their development teams had better sit up and take notice. ...

Opera Breathes Down Firefox's and Chrome's Necks With Unite
OStatic blogs — ... Though the Opera browser isn't open source, it's free and its new server-in-a-browser feature, Unite, is really making significant inroads toward online collaboration. If Chrome and Firefox are to keep their edge over Opera, their development teams had better sit up and take notice. ...

Host Your Own Facebook With Opera Unite
Webmonkey — Opera Software has unveiled a new service, dubbed Opera Unite, for its Flagship browser. Opera Unite is essentially a web server built in to the browser — instead of just passively browsing the web, Opera Unite lets you share photos, chat, and host your web site directly on your own computer. Opera Unite is currently in beta and available within the latest pre-release versions of the upcoming Opera 10 browser. The new service allows users to build and host not only web sites, but also custom web apps powered by JavaScript, which could be used to power ...

Opera Browser Becomes File Sharing Platform
TechWeb — In an effort to break into the browser big leagues, Opera Software, maker of the innovative but little used Opera browser, on Tuesday introduced a new version of its software called Opera Unite that combines Web browsing with file serving. Opera Unite takes cloud computing and turns it into crowd computing. That is, it removes the need for a Web server and allows people to share files and interact directly. "PCs decentralized computing away from large mainframes," Opera CEO Jon von Tetzchner said in a statement . "Opera Unite now ...

Introducing Opera Unite
SolSie.com — ... one click they can expand or collapse to seamlessly serve your most common things evolving around your Web surfing habits. Opera Unite offers chat room, share files, sticky notes sharing, host Web sites, Media player, photo sharing, etc.. Unlike other browsers, Opera uses its central Opera Unite server  to mediate all interaction. Take a look at the below to better understand Opera vision Below are highlights of Opera Unite features image  You can download Opera Unite for a spin HERE! [image] Leave a comment Name (required) E-mail (required) URI Your Comment Notify ...

Opera hoping to reinvent the Web by making browser a server
Ars Technica — ... Opera has taken the wraps of a new service called Opera Unite, which allows users to transform their personal computer into a web-connected media and information sharing service. Opera Unite is part of the latest beta version of the Opera 10 browser, and allows inventive web developers to create just about any web app they can imagine, and then enables users to host the app themselves. ...

Opera Unite - The Browser That Wishes It Could & Still Does
The Blade by Ron Schenone, MVP — ... what Facebook does? Why use your oun computer for storing and sharing stuff when you can use their [Facebook] equipment to store your stuff on? Or am I missing something? I guess what sticks in my gut is the fact that Opera whined to the European Union about Microsoft and their IE being in Windows 7. My feeling is if you can’t compete on the merits of your own product, may I suggest you find a new business venture. What do you think? Comments welcome. Source. ...

Opera 10 Is Going to Piss Off Some Very Important People
Fast Company - Technology — ... Now everyone can do it. And here's the killer implementation: going to your Opera Unite account shows you "others running this service." Should those strangers have public folders full of music and movies, you can dig in, connect directly to their PC, and download or play. Others can do the same with your PC, and you can check out the "transfers" tab in Opera to see who is downloading what. Congratulations. You are the original Napster. Check it out for yourself at Opera's Unite website.

SitePoint Podcast #18: Internet Explorer 8 … Percent?
SitePoint — ... as a standalone MP3 file. Here’s the link: SitePoint Podcast #18: Internet Explorer 8 … Percent? (MP3, 33.9MB) Subscribe to the Podcast The SitePoint Podcast is on iTunes! Add the SitePoint Podcast to your iTunes player. Or, if you don’t use iTunes, you can subscribe to the feed directly. Episode Summary Here are the topics covered in this episode: Opera Announces Opera Unite Opera Unite Opera Unite Seeks to Decentralize the Web (SitePoint) ...

Chrome OS: Return of the network computer?
The Seattle Times: Brier Dudley's blog — ... In some respects they're both behind Norway-based Opera Software, which last month released a test version of a radically new browser, called Unite. Unite has a built-in server, so users can host communication sessions and share files and photos directly across the Web, instead of having to go through corporate servers. ...

Opera Unite Struggles to Keep up With Its Ambitions [GigaOM]
GigaOM Network — ... Opera Unite to much fanfare, and it’s about time for a reality check: Its users have been struggling to access the browser’s new server functions in recent days, with file-sharing services unavailable and personal web pages returning server errors. At fault is Unite’s proxy architecture, which was supposed to make networking your browser easier, but has been unreliable at best. Add to this the fact that personal Unite pages have been showing up on Google, and you start to wonder what Opera really meant ...

Opera CEO still seeks U.S. success
VentureBeat — ... Opera seems perpetually stuck at around 3 percent global market share for browsers, and very little of that coming from Americans. Von Tetzchner’s earnest new product, Opera Unite, which lets users turn their personal computers into globally accessible content servers, has inspired only a small number of devotees. ...

SitePoint Podcast #21: Interview with Jon Hicks
SitePoint — ... What we’re doing for this one is really just a sort of a skin refresh, so the features are already there, so by the time I started last November the main features which were things like Unite and the tab thumbnails, they had already been created. ...

Opera 10 launched!
Ubergizmo — ... , including the user interface, the spell checking and many other things. That said, Opera is already working on future improvements like Unite, an embedded web server that lets people share data easily, or faster Java performance, which comes in handy on Web 2.0 sites like Facebook. Opera 10 is free. ...

Opera 10: It’s Final. And Worth Trying
Technologizer — ... .  Unite’s still a separate Opera Labs feature; if it catches on with developers, it’ll be a bigger deal than any of Opera 10’s other new features. ...

Opera 10 Web browser released today
Gizmos for Geeks — ... Soon to come built into Opera 10 is a new technology called Opera Unite which aims to turn your browser into a server as well. Unite lets you share your content - files, folders, ...

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." ...

Opera 10: 10 Million Downloads in First Week
ReadWriteWeb — Opera today announced that the latest version of its browser, Opera 10, was downloaded 10 million times during the first week after its release. On its first day of release, Opera registered around 2 million downloads, up from 580,000 when the company released Opera 9 in 2006. Opera 10 launched to generally positive reviews and the company is already working on the next iteration of Opera 10, which will include Opera Unite, a web server and a number of web services that users will host on their own desktops. ...

Opera Unite to be Integrated with Opera Beta Builds
Maximum PC all RSS Feed — ... Or as Opera describes it, a Web server in the Web browser. The software ships with six pre-installed apps, including photo sharing, an instant messenger, file sharing, a Web server, media player, and an app called "the fridge," which allows users to share notes with friends and family. You can view a corny YouTube video of Unite here, which looks like it took a page from Microsoft's Launch Party video. If you want to give a whirl yourself, grab the download here.

Recent Cloud Outages May Give Opera Unite a Second Chance
ReadWriteWeb — ... to "reinvent the web" with the release of Opera Unite, a new feature of their desktop web browser that effectively turns your computer into a server. With tools like a chat application, a photo sharing app, a file sharing app, a media player, and more, the idea behind Unite was to forgo the "cloud" and share your files with others directly from your PC instead. Using peer-to-peer technology that operates through the browser interface, Opera Unite seemed to be going against the current trend that is cloud computing and that didn't ...

Opera: Re-Unite(d)
Technologizer — ... Norwegian browser stalwart Opera released the first beta today of Unite, its technology which puts a Web server inside the browser, letting Opera run apps that serve content up to the Web as well as download it. (You need to run Opera to use Unite, but the information the apps deliver–such as access to your music and photos–can be gotten to with any desktop browser.) ...

How to Stream Your Music From Mac to Anywhere
Fast Company - Technology — ... with utter simplicity. (You can also set it up to stream movies that are stored on your local machine, or share bunch of other junk like photos and documents; but I digress). Check it out the rest of the features and download here; for simplicity's sake, we'll just stick with the music portion of this endeavor. Or watch the YouTube video: ...

Your Browser is Now a Web Server: Opera Includes Opera Unite in Opera 10.10
ReadWriteWeb — ... . 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 ...