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Opera launches latest browser

News Opera has added a 'speed dial' feature to the latest version of its popular Web browser, which it launched last Wednesday. Thomas Ford, public relations manager for Opera's desktop software, said the organisation would continue to try to take...

16 April 2007, 10:13

News.blog: Opera Mini 4.1 released

News On Tuesday, Opera sewed up a short beta run of Opera Mini 4.1. Opera Mini 4.1, like Opera 9.5 Beta 2, can now guess the URL you want when you enter a search term in the address bar, a praiseworthy ability.

Tags: beta, java, phones, mini

14 May 2008, 9:56

Opera looks ahead to version 10

News Opera is making plans to steal market share from Microsoft. Although a launch date for Opera 10 hasn't yet been set, Opera is hoping that the application will lure users away from Microsoft's Internet Explorer 7 by building on Opera 9's use of...

31 July 2006, 10:14

Opera, Firefox squabble over best-browser claim

News A Mozilla Foundation employee has lashed out at Opera Software for claiming it won a best-browser award, saying the award was actually won by open-source browser Firefox. Opera sent out a press release last week claiming it had been named the best...

13 June 2005, 10:26

Opera CEO starts Atlantic swim

News Opera Software CEO Jon von Tetzchner has begun his cross-Atlantic swim after the browser beat its download target. Tetzchner said last week that he would swim from Norway to the United States if Opera 8 was downloaded a million times in its first...

27 April 2005, 12:56

Opera denies Microsoft takeover

News Opera has denied the latest takeover rumour spreading across the Internet, saying that it has not had approaches from Microsoft or anyone else. Our phones have been ringing off the hook," a representative for Opera said Friday.

28 December 2005, 13:59

Opera releases beta of new browser

News Opera on Thursday released a beta version of its free browser, Opera 9, which offers features such as small Web applications and content blocking. The beta for Opera 9 will include six new features ranging from widgets, or small Web programs, to...

21 April 2006, 10:19

Opera knocks out banner ads in free version

News The latest free version of Opera Software's namesake browser will be available without an advertising banner. With version 8.5 of the Opera browser, which was released on Tuesday, the company said that it has removed banner ads from its free edition.

21 September 2005, 9:22

Opera Mini puts on a show for cheaper phones

News In an attempt to break out of the niche for high-end phones, Opera Software has begun limited distribution of a browser for midrange devices. The company, based in Oslo, on Wednesday began distributing Opera Mini, saying it would allow "users to...

11 August 2005, 9:31

Opera browser taking flight

News Opera Software has inked an agreement to license its Web browser and related software for next-generation, in-flight entertainment systems built on Web technology, the company said on Tuesday. Under the one-year agreement, Oslo-based Opera is...

2 November 2005, 8:53

Opera preview puts widgets on show

News Opera Software plans to release a second preview version of Opera 9 on Tuesday, the next version of its namesake Web browser. For the first time, the new version will include support for so-called widgets, Opera representative Thomas Ford said.

6 February 2006, 9:20

"I'm like an actor in a soap opera who plays himself" - Ellison

News It's strange, like I am an actor in a soap opera who plays himself. Once every six months or so Larry Ellison grants an interview with a UK broadsheet, passing judgement on anything and everything - some of it even IT-related.

28 January 2002, 13:30

Nintendo Wii to put on Opera show

News Nintendo has partnered with Opera Software to make Opera the official Web browser for the Wii games console. When Wii users download Opera, it will activate the 'Internet Channel' on the Wii and allow them to use the console to browse the Internet...

20 December 2006, 9:40

Photos: BitTorrent stars in new Opera 9

News Opera lets BitTorrent do the singing in the newly released version 9 of its Web browser. Opera is pushing 'widgets', or small, easy-to-use Web applications, in its new release. The Opera 9 browser incorporates security and privacy features intended...

21 June 2006, 11:12

The curtain rises on Opera 9

News Opera Software on Tuesday released the newest version of its popular browser, which is designed to offer several improvements over its predecessors. Opera 9, which had been in beta since April, includes features designed to improve the efficiency...

21 June 2006, 11:49