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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.
download - comments - 26.6.2009

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).
download - comments - 1.9.2009

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.
download - comments - 11.5.2009

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.
download - comments - 29.5.2009

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.
common - comments - 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.
common - comments - 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.
microsoft - comments - 25.12.2005

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.
common - comments - 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.
microsoft - comments - 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.
microsoft - comments - 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.
common - comments - 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.
download - comments - 17.10.2007

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.
common - comments - 12.6.2009

Forget about DirectX 10 - Introducing DirectX 10.1 Preview for Windows Vista SP1

Forget about Windows Vista's DirectX 10, Microsoft is delivering a preview of DirectX 10.1 associated with the first service pack for the operating system. The Direct3D 10.1 Tech Preview is an integer part of the August 2007, DirectX Software Development Kit, and is designed to provide the evolution of the current Direct3D 10.0.
microsoft - comments - 30.7.2007

Windows SideShow on 10

Laura and Tina over at the 10 Show take a look at Windows SideShow.
microsoft - comments - 9.5.2006

10 reasons not to get Vista

It's all too easy to get caught up in the million dollar marketing engine as we approach the consumer release of Windows Vista, so lets not forget that it isn't the second coming, and by all counts is an upgrade you can do without.
windows - comments - 22.1.2007

10 reasons you should get Vista

My colleague Ashton Mills published the top 10 reasons you shouldn't get Vista few days ago. I see his point on some fronts -- admittedly, Microsoft's official publicity material hasn't done a great job of explaining the basic benefits of Vista.
windows - comments - 24.1.2007

The Wait Is Over: Ubuntu 7.10 Is Here

As promised, Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) was released a few minutes ago, and it's my deepest pleasure to introduce you guys to the new features to be found in this version of Ubuntu (which is based on the GNOME desktop environment) and also to the features from Kubuntu (same as Ubuntu, but based on the popular KDE desktop environment).
download - comments - 18.10.2007

Ubuntu 8.10 Released

After six alphas, a beta and a release candidate, Ubuntu 8.10 is here, today (October 30th), available on mirrors worldwide (see below for download links), and it's my greatest pleasure to introduce you guys to the highlights of this new release dubbed Intrepid Ibex.
download - comments - 30.10.2008

10 things you should look for in a netbook

Who saw this coming? In the day and age of quad-core CPUs, 17-inch laptop displays, and terabyte hard disks, who’d have thought small laptops with slow CPUs and little storage would set the world afire. But that’s just what’s happened.
common - comments - 19.4.2009

Windows 7 10-Second Boot

Over a year ago, Microsoft revealed that it considered 15 seconds the ideal startup time for Windows 7 under laboratory conditions.
windows - comments - 7.10.2009

The 10 Things to Do First for Windows 7

When you run your thumb down the list of new features and improvements in Windows 7 you're bound to wonder how you're going to get your arms around all that new technology so that you can deliver it to your users without too much disruption. Following are 10 steps that can help you accomplish that goal.
windows - comments - 18.10.2009

10 Ways to Optimize Firefox

Everybody who's experienced the fun of customizing Firefox to his or her liking has a favorite extension. Whether it's the improved navigation and session-saving friendliness of TabMixPlus or the convenience of All-in-One Sidebar, I can't imagine living without some of them.
common - comments - 4.4.2006

DirectX 10 & the Future of Gaming

How is DirectX 10 and its Unified Architecture going to benefit gamers? What is the gamer going to need to take and advantage of it? We recently sat down with ATI and talked about DirectX 10 and how their next generation desktop GPU will benefit.
microsoft - comments - 2.5.2006

Microsoft: 10 Vista Activations

Microsoft today talked to bit-tech in a bid to reassure the enthusiast community about the licensing terms of Windows Vista.
windows - comments - 27.10.2006

BitDefender for Windows Vista v.10.2

BitDefender, an award-winning provider of antivirus software and data security solutions, announced today the availability of BitDefender v10 security solutions for Microsoft Windows Vista based on 32bit.
download - comments - 24.1.2007

Top 10 Vista Hacks

You've run Windows Vista, you've played around with the Aero interface, and maybe you've even mucked around a little bit in Vista's innards to see what makes it tick.
windows - comments - 17.4.2007

Opera 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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neowin.net - 25.08.2009

Opera 10 alpha shows off new Presto rendering engine

The Opera team has unveiled an alpha version of its Opera 10 browser, intended to show off the speed and feature support of the new Presto 2.2 rendering engine...
betanews.com - 05.12.2008

Opera 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...
betanews.com - 04.09.2007

Apple Mac OS X 10.4.8 Update (Intel & PPC)

Today Apple released the OS X 10.4.8 update for its Tiger operating system. The Intel version comes in at 208MB while the PPC version is just 31MB. This is assuming you are running 10.4.7 at the time of the update.

Meet the world's most advanced operating system. Again. Instantly find what you're looking for. Get information in an instant with a single click. Mac OS X Tiger delivers 200+ new features which make it easier than ever to find, access and enjoy everything on your computer.

Mac OS X 10.4.8 Update (Intel) SHA1 Digest: MacOSXUpd10.4.8Intel.dmg=54095 5d0c2c7d4b11a3a6951003f02d6b46 e8d2d
Mac OS X 10.4.8 Update (PPC) SHA1 Digest: MacOSXUpd10.4.8PPC.dmg=982d70a 52099297e322ba8e4540ef6d30fa56 73a


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neowin.net - 30.09.2006

Opera 10-year Online Anniversary Giveaway

In a effort to boost market share and encourage more people to check out alternative web browsers, Opera Software ASA is celebrating its 10 year birthday by giving Opera away for free. Starting at 9AM EST time this morning, the company is giving out http://my.opera.com/community/ party/reg.dml]free registration codes to anyone who asks for one. The promotion will last 24 hours, and includes free registration for desktop versions of Opera for Windows, OS X, FreeBSD, Solaris and Linux. The birthday party giveaway doesn't include mobile versions of Opera. Desktop Opera 8 normally costs US$39 ($20 for students).

"On this day we celebrate our users. From the very beginning, we've consistently worked closely with our community to make sure we deliver the best Internet experience. In short, we would never have been where we are today without all the people who have volunteered their time and energy to Opera," said Jon S. von Tetzchner, Opera Software CEO.

Opera is a quality web browser with a die-hard community of supporters behind it. Long before there was Mozilla, there was Opera, stalwartly beating the drum of web standards. However, Opera could never gain enough steam to truly challenge Microsoft???a role that seems to have been reserved for the always-free Firefox. ..
winbeta.org - 06.09.2005

Opera 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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neowin.net - 10.09.2008

Opera 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..
betanews.com - 31.08.2005

Google, 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...
betanews.com - 29.12.2005

Opera 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...
betanews.com - 01.03.2008

Opera 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...
betanews.com - 02.10.2007

Opera 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. ..
winbeta.org - 19.06.2007

Opera 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...
betanews.com - 04.05.2006

Opera 9.10 Build 8679 Final

It's a fast, fun and easy way to browse the Web. Opera 9 comes loaded with the tools to keep you productive and safe.
The most full-featured Internet power tool on the market, Opera includes pop-up blocking, tabbed browsing, integrated searches, and advanced functions like Opera's groundbreaking E-mail program, RSS Newsfeeds and IRC chat. And because we know that our users have different needs, you can customize the look and content of your Opera browser with a few clicks of the mouse.


neowin.net - 18.12.2006

Apple releases 31 Security Updates for Tiger & Leopard

Apple Incorporated has released 31 new security-related fixes for both Tiger and Leopard; most of them were geared toward Mac OS X 10.4 as 10.5 was not always affected by the vulnerabilities. The flaws ranged from serious (meaning remote attackers could execute malicious code on an unpatched Mac) to mild (visiting a certain website could crash a given application). Mac programs affected include Address Book, iChat, Mail, Safari, among others. As usual, the updates in question can be downloaded via Software Update preferences, or downloaded directly from Apple’s website (links below).


neowin.net - 18.12.2007

Opera 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...
betanews.com - 24.01.2006

Opera 'will reinvent the web' on June 16

A mysterious web page, called "Freedom" in its URL, has appeared on Opera's site making the rather bold claim that, "n June 16th at 9:00 a.m (CEDT), will reinvent the Web." This sounds like hyperbole, but it has got people all over the Internet talking. Some believe that this is the date the final for Opera 10 will be released, but others say that, however much promise that new version holds, it is unlikely to "reinvent the Web." Others speculate that it has something to do with Turbo, a manner of compressing web pages so that they load faster.

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neowin.net - 14.06.2009

UIQ 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...
betanews.com - 24.10.2008

Microsoft 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...
betanews.com - 23.12.2005

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...
betanews.com - 23.09.2005

Opera 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...
betanews.com - 22.02.2007