Microsoft: IE6 vs. IE7 vs. IE7 in Vista
As in the case of the inhouse competition between Windows XP and Windows Vista, due to its prolonged support strategy, Microsoft is also one of its most fierce and stubborn competitors on the browser market.
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6.12.2007 Convert your firefox favorites and feeds into IE7 with "Firefox To IE7"
My friend blake, who runs windowscoding.com, has just posted this really useful application to his blog..
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30.7.2006 Opera 9 for Devices now available
Opera Software today announced that Opera 9 for Devices is now available to bring the power of the Web to set-top boxes, portable media players, games consoles and other electronic devices.
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5.9.2006 Google to buy Opera?
"Take that, IE 7"
Google may soon announce its acquisition of browser firm Opera, if rumour is to be believed.
Pierre Chappaz, founder of Kelkoo and ex-Yahoo! Europe president, has revealed in his personal blog, Kelblog, that a "usually well informed source" has told him the buy is on the cards.
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17.12.2005 Why Would Microsoft Buy Opera?
Reports are propagating that Microsoft has bought browser maker Opera Software. According to at least one publication, however, Opera representatives say the rumors are untrue, just as the rumors about Google buying Opera that supposedly circulated last week were also unfounded.
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25.12.2005 Opera 10 released
Ah, September 1. Not a particularly eventful day... aside from a few obscure public holidays (it's Knowledge Day in Russia!) and other events of the sort, it's hard to say that there's much going on (well, there might be something else happening).
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1.9.2009 MSDN Opens Up to Firefox, Opera
MSDN announced last week that it had tweaked its subscriber download site in order to make it compatible with both Firefox and Opera. There are some issues, such as extra work needed in installing the File Transfer Manager, however developers are working on a new version of the FTM that should correct final problems.
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Opera Web Browser Goes Freeware
Following a successful 24-hour giveaway last month, Opera Software has decided to drop the banner ads from its Web browser and permanently nix the licensing fee. Opera 8.5 is now available for download free of charge, putting new pressure on Firefox as it nears version 1.5.
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BitTorrent to Remain in Opera Browser
Opera released details of a plan Monday to further integrate BitTorrent capabilities into an upcoming version of its Web browser, saying integrating the technology would allow for faster and more efficient downloads of large files. The move could also anger intellectual property holders however, who see the network as a boon to piracy.
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7.2.2006 Opera Boycott: Clearing up a few things
The JCXP.Net Windows enthusiast site has launched a “Boycott Opera” campaign aimed at users who are unhappy over Opera’s antitrust suit against Microsoft.
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15.6.2009 Free Opera Hits 1 Million Downloads
Just 48 hours after Opera Software removed the ads and license fee from its popular Web browser, Opera 8.5 has been downloaded by over 1 million people, the company said Thursday. The number is double Opera's previous download record, which it achieved in April with version 8.0.
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Redesigned Microsoft.com doesn't support Firefox, Opera?
Take a trip to the preview site for Microsoft's new homepage and you'll notice a nice shiny new layout with a fresher look and feel to it, provided you're using Internet Explorer.
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30.7.2006 Internet Explorer 7 vs. Firefox 2.0 vs. Opera 9 vs. Safari 3
Thanks to odeeee for this article. Apple has compared the performances of Internet Explorer 7, Firefox 2.0 and Opera 9 to its own browser transitioned to Windows Vista and Windows XP and has concluded that Safari is top dog.
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13.6.2007 Opera 9.24 Build 8816 Final
Opera is a free Web browser with a pop-up blocker, multiple-window navigation, mouse gestures, keyboard shortcuts, an e-mail client with a spam filter, and integrated search for user security and speed.
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17.10.2007 Opera 10.0 Alpha Build 1491
A new development milestone of Opera 10.0 is now available for download, and this time around the browser comes in versions tailored to all supported operating systems, including Linux, not just Windows and Mac OS X as the release at the end of April.
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11.5.2009 EU Regulators, Opera on Windows 7 E plan
At the end of the day Microsoft acknowledged its plan to ship a browser-less version of Windows 7 in the European Union to attempt to appease antitrust regulators, those same regulators and Opera Software weighed in on Redmond’s plan.
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12.6.2009 Download Opera 10 pre-Beta Build 1535
Opera 10 has evolved all the way to Build 1535, a development milestone that is labeled as Beta, despite not being quite a Beta in fact. Still, one thing is clear.
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29.5.2009 Opera 10 Beta Version 10.00b1 download
The well-known web browser, Opera has released its new Opera Browser 10 beta version, which features faster speeds, new enhanced tabs and automatic update. The new Opera Brower 10 beta comes with Opera Turbo for fast browsing on slow connections.
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26.6.2009 IE7 features
Internet Explorer 7: Now in beta testing for developers
The first stage of the beta process for Internet Explorer 7 has begun?developer testing! The latest version of the world?s most popular Web browser has been released for technical evaluation, feedback, and testing by software and Web site developers.
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The First Year of IE7
It’s been a little over a year since we released IE7 on Windows XP and for Windows Vista, so I thought it would be worthwhile to talk about where we are after the year.
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3.12.2007 IE7 Security features
All web browsers make security decisions based upon URIs. Many security features, from Security Zones to the JavaScript same-origin policy, depend on the browser being able to consistently evaluate URIs to determine their components, and to compare them to other URIs.
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IE7 getting the Google treatment
For those of you who have downloaded Windows Internet Explorer 7 Beta 2 Preview you might get a surprise when visiting the Google.com webpage.
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9.2.2006 Screenshots IE7 push
Microsoft will distribute Internet Explorer 7 as a high-priority update via Automatic Updates and the Windows Update and Microsoft Update sites shortly after the final version of Internet Explorer 7 is released (planned for the 4th quarter of 2006). I
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31.7.2006 Three million of IE7 in first 4 days
IEBLOG: In the first four days over three million of you have already downloaded the final release.
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25.10.2006 Microsoft Update now works with IE7
When
Internet Explorer 7 Beta released to testers it left testers with a broken Windows Update that wouldn't load properly, disabling the ability to update Windows with critical patches that have been released since the end of July. This seems to of been fixed and on my PC it even redirects to Microsoft Update before my chosen homepage is loaded.
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IE7 Beta 2 now available in multiple languages
After endless nights and countless slices of pizza, the IE team is proud to announce the availability of Arabic, Finnish, and German versions of IE7 Beta 2 in addition to the English versions we released a week and a half ago.
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8.5.2006 IE7 Beta 3 now available in multiple languages
The IE team is proud to announce the availability of Arabic, Finnish, German and Japanese versions of IE7 Beta 3 in addition to the English versions we released a week and a half ago.
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12.7.2006 IE7 Release Candidate builds are on the way
Todd from IEBlog yesterday posted on his MSDN blog about the future of IE7 as well as some tidbits about when to expect release candidate and final builds. You can find this information in the comments section
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4.8.2006 IE7 Issues Fixed On Forums
On the Bink.nu Forums, we use a component called FreeTextBox for users to enter their posts. Aparently, there was a small bug that prevented people from posting in IE7. I have updated the script files, and we are all fixed.
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9.8.2006On the Bink. IE7 - WMP11 Launch News
According to a new Vista-related press release on Microsoft's site, Windows Media Player 11 will be released to the public on October 24th.
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13.10.2006Opera 9.5 Alpha Gets History Search, Speed
After over a year in development, Opera Software has release the first public Alpha build of Opera 9.5, the next version of its popular alternative
Web browser. The main focus of Opera 9.5 seems to be performance and compatibility with sites, and users are already reporting a big speed boost from
Opera 9.23...
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04.09.2007Opera Offers Free Browser Licenses
To celebrate its 10th anniversary, Opera Software plans to give away free registration codes for its Opera Web browser for a period of 24 hours. Users can also join the party at Opera..
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31.08.2005Neowin Asks: Who can't upgrade to IE7?
As most Neowin visitors know
by now, Windows Internet
Explorer 7 was released this
week. While there are probably
a few of you who will not
upgrade immediately because
you use another browser
(Firefox, Opera, etc) the
question of the day is... are
those, the people like you out
there who cannot
upgrade to IE7?
I
can't, at least not at work.
The private university I work
for has multiple programs that
simply will not function on
systems with IE7 installed on
them. As reflected in a letter
sent our by my boss to our
campus, "these vendors
continue to work toward
support, but it will likely be
January or February of 2007
before that support becomes
official."
While I
in no way blame Microsoft for
this -- these vendors, Cisco
being among them, have had
ample time to test the IE7
beta and RCs -- the fact of
the matter is our organization
cannot allow systems to be
upgraded on our campus, even
student machines (which
require a school issued Cisco
program to access our network,
that program breaks with
IE7.)
Are there
programs that you or your
company use that have forced
you to stay at IE6? Please
comment and share.
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20.10.2006Google, Opera Partner on
Mobile Search
Google has been selected as
the default search for Opera
Mobile and Opera Mini, the
browser's developer said
Thursday. The search giant and
Opera Software have entered
into a one-year agreement,
which would make Google a
"major part of the
browsers home screen,"
Opera said in a statement...
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29.12.2005Opera Mini and Mobile dump Yahoo, go back to Google
Web browsing software company Opera today announced that its free Opera Mini, and its Opera Mobile browser will once again have Google as the default
search engine...
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01.03.2008Opera Updates Mobile Browser with Flash
Opera on Monday released version 8.65 of its Opera Mobile Web browser, the $24 USD shareware product not to be confused with Opera Mini, which is
free. The update works with Windows Mobile 5 and 6 on either Pocket PC or Smartphone platforms...
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02.10.2007Opera releases Mini 4 beta
Opera has released a beta of
the new version of Opera Mini,
a mobile phone browser.
A
free
download from the Opera
website, Opera Mini 4 is the
latest product in the family
that already has 15 million
users worldwide.
According to Christen
Krogh, vice president of
engineering at Opera, Opera
Mini 4 is not meant to adapt
the web for the mobile phone,
but to put "the internet as
you know it" on your handset.
Rather than show
websites in a specially
adapted small-screen format,
it presents the sites as you
would see them on a PC,
allowing you to zoom in and
out. ..
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19.06.2007Opera Beefs Up 'Mini' Phone
Browser
Opera Software on Wednesday
released the second revision
to its Opera Mini browser for
mobile phones. The software
brings full Web capability to
non-smartphone owners,
supporting any handset with
Java capabilities. Opera Mini
2.0 adds a number of new
features, including content
downloads...
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04.05.2006Opera Launches 'Mini' Phone
Browser
Opera Software on Tuesday
rolled out the final version
of Opera Mini, a full Web
browser designed to run on any
mobile phone that supports
Java. The software has been in
trial mode since August and is
available for download free of
charge by loading
mini.opera.com in a phone's
WAP browser...
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24.01.2006UIQ devices get Opera Mobile 9.5 beta
Opera Software has been touring the world this week while supporting the release of the latest Opera Mobile browser beta version 9.51b2, which was
released on Monday...
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24.10.2008Microsoft Not Acquiring Opera
Despite a recommendation by
infamous tech pundit John C.
Dvorak and rumors of a
near-complete deal, Opera
Software on Friday said it was
not being acquired by
Microsoft. Opera also says a
rumor last week that Google
was an interested suitor is
just as false. But that
hasn't stopped a barrage of
opinions...
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23.12.2005Opera 9.1 to include Fraud Protection
The Opera development team
announced a very interesting
feature at their Backstage
event, which took place
yesterday. Opera 9.1 will
include fraud protection
measures that are more
advanced than IE7 or Firefox
2.0 . When visiting a new
website, the browser will
check against it's database
to identify whether it is
trusted or not.
Borg, Opera UI developer and
Desktop team manager, explains
it further: " If we know the
site, there will be a small
information "i" in the right
end of the address field. If
it's unknown/not verified
there will be a "?" and if
it's known as a fraudulent
site we will display a warning
and block the user from
accessing the site."
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18.10.2006Opera debuts Devices SDK 9.6 at IBC
At this gathering of technology’s greatest minds at IBC, Opera Software unveils its Opera Devices SDK 9.6. Opera’s previous Software
Development Kit (SDK) set the bar high for version 9.6, in terms of performance improvements and its new user interface visual effects. However, the
Opera Devices SDK 9.6 takes a leap forward with several new and improved features, as well as its ability to deliver these features to even the most
limited devices.
Visitors to Opera’s exhibit at IBC, in Hall 3, Stand C11, will witness Opera Devices SDK 9.6’s new
hardware-accelerated Opera Zoom beta feature. With Opera Zoom, users experience smooth panning and zooming, enabling them to quickly scan full pages
in overview mode and dive in on the details.
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10.09.2008Interview: Microsoft Exec
Talks IE7, RSS
Following a decision to
release a standalone version
of IE7, browser development at
Microsoft has come fast and
furious. BetaNews this week
sat down with Gary Schare,
Director of IE Product
Management, to discuss the
changes coming in IE7,
Firefox's growth, and how
Microsoft will bring RSS to
the mainstream...
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18.02.2006Free Opera Hits 1 Million
Downloads
Just 48 hours after Opera
Software removed the ads and
license fee from its popular
Web browser, Opera 8.5 has
been downloaded by over 1
million people, the company
said Thursday. The number is
double Opera's previous
download record, which it
achieved in April with version
8.0...
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23.09.2005Opera Mini 3.1 Released for Phones
Opera on Wednesday updated the
Java-based version of its Web
browser for mobile phones,
improving connectivity and
adding support for more
handset models. Opera Mini 3.1
offers one new feature: the
ability to better manage RSS
feeds...
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22.02.2007Opera Mini 4 Available for Phones
After nearly 5 months of beta testing, Opera Software has released version 4 of its Opera Mini Web browser for mobile phones. The update includes
iPhone-like capabilities that enable users to see a full overview of a page and zoom in to specific parts...
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07.11.2007Opera Mini the people's choice
Today, Opera Software announced the availability of Opera Mini 4.1, the newest version of the award-winning browser that works on nearly every mobile
phone. Opera Mini 4.1 revolutionizes the way people get the Web on their Mobile phone. People can now enjoy instant access to websites from any
location and any device. Opera Mini is freely available from
http://www.operamini.com.
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14.05.2008Opera: Browser Downloads
Surging
Since transitioning its
popular Web browser to
freeware status and dropping
the built-in advertisements,
Opera Software says downloads
continue to surge. Over three
million new users have
downloaded Opera, the company
claims, at a rate four times
greater than previous
releases...
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05.10.2005Opera 10 RC Out; Final Arriving on September 1
Opera today unveiled the Release Candidate of Opera 10 and also announced that the final version will be released on September 1st. The company says
that this version has better performance, a Turbo mode for people with slow internet connections, support for a variety of Web standards, and
improvements to the Opera Mail feature. According to the Desktop Team this version should be considered a stable release and only selected fixes
will be added if absolutely necessary. Here is what Opera's vice president of desktop products had to say: "Now we are very close to releasing
the best browser in Opera's long history.
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