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Opera 10 Beta Adds Visual Tabs, Server-Side Compression [Browsers]
Gizmodo — ... browser beta has opened to the public, cloaked in a slightly new interface and boasting a couple key features over the last version. Live tab previews and new navigation are the most conspicuous changes, though the most important one is under the hood: like ...

Opera 10 beta released, shows off new features
Download Squad — ... Opera 10's new skin debuted a few days ago, and this morning the wraps came off the beta version of their next browser. As with other versions, the new release is small, respectably fast, and overflowing with customization features. One of the most noticeable ...

Opera 10 beta has been released
TechSpot — ... on Opera Dragonfly and its Turbo mode. The company has claimed that Turbo mode “can offer broadband-like speeds on dial up.” Being that it's in beta, expect more changes and improvements to come along the way. Opera is just ahead of Google and Apple on the global Internet traffic pie, holding a small 4% as compared to Internet Explorer’s 60% and Firefox’s 30%. However, its browser is the most used among the mobile segment, and it's certainly a worthy desktop alternative if you're in the mood for a change .

Opera 10 Beta ‘new look, boosted performance’
D' Technology Weblog — ... away, testers and Opera fans will notice a big difference: a new default skin, developed by new Senior Designer Jon Hicks. Tabs in the new default skin are rounded, and arguably look more like tabs. The big surprise -- and certainly Opera's latest submission to the "Now, Why Didn't We Think of That?" department -- is the vertically resizable tab bar. Dragging the grabber down reveals thumbnails of the latest snapshots of the visible open tabs. More info: Download ...

Opera 10 Beta ‘new look, boosted performance’
D' Technology Weblog — ... away, testers and Opera fans will notice a big difference: a new default skin, developed by new Senior Designer Jon Hicks. Tabs in the new default skin are rounded, and arguably look more like tabs. The big surprise -- and certainly Opera's latest submission to the "Now, Why Didn't We Think of That?" department -- is the vertically resizable tab bar. Dragging the grabber down reveals thumbnails of the latest snapshots of the visible open tabs. More info: Download ...

Opera 10 Blazes into Beta, Promises 40 Percent Better Performance
Maximum PC all RSS Feed — ... In general, the company claims up to a 40 percent performance boost in Opera 10 with its Presto 2.2 rendering engine. Other new features include a customizable Speed Dial for storing 4 to 25 websites, a resizable search field, new visual tabs and sleeker design, and inline spell checker, an a boatload more. Opera 10 is expected to be released in final form before the end of the year. In the meantime, you can read more about the new browser here, and grab the beta here.

Download Google Chrome for Mac and Linux, now!
The Next Web — A few days ago Opera released the first beta of Opera 10. Today, Google pretty silently published very early Google Chrome builds for Mac OS X and Linux. According to Google’s Chrome team blog, this very early build is not intended for download – which obviously, I could not resist – because it lacks essential stuff: The ability to watch YouTube videos, privacy settings and changing your search provider to bing. Google’s browser is based on the open source Chromium initiative and ships with ...