Recent News, 2004

Opera shows off: Create Professional Presentations in Minutes with the New Opera Show Generator

Oslo, Norway – September 28, 2004 Opera Software today announced the new Opera Show Generator, making it easier than ever to create light, portable presentations like a true Web professional. Free of charge, the Opera Show Generator requires no set-up or instructions. Simply paste or type in the content of your presentation and choose layout. […]

#1 for full mobile Web browsing: Opera Mobile Reaches One Million Downloads

Oslo, Norway – September 20, 2004 Opera Software today announced its one millionth download of Opera Mobile from its corporate Web site www.opera.com. This number is in addition to the many more copies that are downloaded from partner and other download sites. Opera’s revolutionizing Web browsing experience for mobile phones has quickly propelled it to […]

Opera tailors the Web for TV: TVR Displays the Full Internet in True Form on TV Screens

Oslo, Norway – September 9, 2004 In connection with the International Broadcasting Convention (IBC) 2004, Opera Software today unveiled a new edition of its screen rendering technologies, this time tailored for the television. TV Rendering (TVR) makes the necessary adjustments to perfectly display any Web page on any TV screen, opening up for a great […]

Opera Software Announces The Opera Browser for Windows Mobile

Oslo, Norway – August 31, 2004 Opera Software today announced that its revolutionary Opera smartphone browser will soon become available for MicrosoftWindows Mobile software. Windows Mobile is a completely new platform for Opera,offering operators, handset vendors, enterprises and end users more choice ofplatforms that provide outstanding Web browsing on small, restricted smartphonescreens. Opera’s range of […]

Opera to BREW in Asia: Opera Offers KDDI Full Internet Browser for BREW in Japan

Oslo, Norway – August 25, 2004 Opera Software today announced itwill deliver Opera’s port for the BREW (Binary Runtime Environmentfor Wireless) application development platform with KDDI, Japan’ssecond largest mobile operator. KDDI has enjoyed tremendous success in the mobile services market, andhas surpassed NTT DoCoMo, a unit of Japan’s former phone monopoly, winningmore than three times […]

Opera 7.54 for Windows Released in German

Oslo, Norway – August 19, 2004 Opera Software today released Opera 7.54 for Windowsin German, offering a redesigned Internet experience for Opera users in the Germanlanguage. Opera 7.54 is a substantial upgrade that conducts all user-favorite Web activitiesharmoniously in a sleek, fast, little package. Today’s release introduces Germanusers with a redesigned user interface (UI), a […]

Opera Announces Financial Results Q2 2004

Oslo, Norway – August 12, 2004 Opera Software ASA today announced financial resultsfor its second quarter ended June 30, 2004. For the quarter, the Company earnedrevenues of MNOK 110.8, including extraordinary income of MNOK 87.6 received in alegal settlement. Accumulated income for the year was MNOK 132.5, up from MNOK 31.7in 2003. Ordinary income in […]

Opera gets to talking: Developers Can Use Opera to Enable Speech in Multimodal Applications

Oslo, Norway – July 26, 2004 Opera Software today announced the deliveryof its Opera Browser 7.55 for Windows, to be used in conjunction with theIBM Multimodal Toolkit for WebSphere Studio, an Eclipse-based tool designedto help speed development of speech-enabled applications in devices such assmartphones, handhelds and automobiles. Within the IBM Multimodal Tools, Opera Browser allows […]

One-click setups: Opera Eases Migration From IE; Exposes Power Features to Developers

Oslo, Norway – July 13, 2004 Opera Software’s browser has long been recognized for its speed and inventiveness, with Opera having driven browser innovation over the last few years. To assist the Microsoft Internet Explorer users in search for a better browser, Opera Software today released a series of one-click setups that instantly change Opera’s […]

Opera joins force to modernize Web

Opera With Mozilla, Apple, Macromedia, and Sun Microsystems Usher in Enhanced Web Plugins to Further Enrich the Web Oslo, Norway – June 30, 2004 Opera Software today announced it has joined in alliance with Mozilla, Apple, Macromedia, and Sun Microsystems to develop plugin technologies that will enrich the Internet experience offered with the Web browsers […]