Category Archives: Desktop

The gift that changes everything: A new browser

Opera 11.60 satisfies holiday techno-lust Oslo, Norway – December 6, 2011 Just in time for the holiday season, Opera Software is proud to release Opera 11.60, the newest version of Opera’s desktop browser. Almost 50% of the world’s population has never tried a new browser – people in your own town, maybe even someone you […]

Opera 11.60 beta debuts with double-rainbow support

We’re not kidding Oslo, Norway – November 10, 2011 Opera Software today released the beta of Opera 11.60, the next update of its flagship desktop browser. The beta introduces Ragnarök, Opera’s implementation of the new HTML5 parsing algorithm. Because HTML5 specifies how browsers should handle incorrect code, browsers will soon handle coding missteps the same […]

Custom browsing for Brazil’s Globo.com customers with Opera

June 29, 2011 – Oslo, Norway Opera Software today announced that it is teaming with leading Brazilian site, Globo.com through its technology portal TechTudo, to offer a customized desktop browser for Globo users and to offer Globo.com and TechTudo content to users of the Opera desktop browser and the Opera Mini mobile browser in Brazil. […]

Is Opera 11.50 bigger than the Death Star?

Oslo, Norway – June 28, 2011 Almost 1.2 million stormtroopers, droids and janitors can fit into a fully operational Death Star. Nearly 11 million people follow Lady Gaga on Twitter. Now, Opera aims to put those numbers to shame with the number of downloads for its newest browser.   The world can follow our milestones […]

A new wave in TV viewing

Set-top boxes by Comtrend Corporation now surf with Opera Taipei, Taiwan – June 2, 2011 Imagine this: you are watching the World Cup finals at home, your favorite player scores a goal, and you can tweet about it without taking your eyes off the TV screen! Sounds farfetched? Not anymore! Opera Software today announced that […]

Innovation with a purpose

New Swordfish beta introduces Speed Dial extensions, adds password synchronization Oslo, Norway – May 31, 2011 Today, Opera Swordfish, or the Opera 11.50 beta browser if you want to be specific, becomes available for immediate testing. The new beta of Opera’s desktop browser transforms the popular Speed Dial feature by adding extensions to the mix. […]

Opera Dragonfly now all grown up

Oslo, Norway – May 5, 2011 Opera Dragonfly, Opera’s developer toolkit, makes its full debut today. Now mature after a six-week beta, the new Opera Dragonfly emerges with a collection of tools to make web design and development faster, smarter and easier. Three reasons why you should consider Opera Dragonfly in your web development arsenal: […]

Opera spends record budget on campaign

Oslo, Norway – April 12, 2011 Google, Microsoft, Mozilla and Apple – Opera today joined the ranks of those web giants as the company unveiled the most expensive ad ever created by the company to promote the launch of the Opera 11.10 browser. Opera spared little expense to showcase a major overhaul of the Opera […]

Barracuda released from holding tank

Oslo, Norway – March 17, 2011 Opera Software today set loose the beta of its Opera 11.10 browser, codenamed “Barracuda”. Barracuda inherits the streamlined design of its forebears, while its ongoing evolution has resulted in smarter features and faster performance. Download it today for Windows, Mac and Linux computers from www.opera.com/browser/next/.   Adaptations found in […]

Opera Dragonfly takes flight

New beta of Opera developer tools feasts on complex code Oslo, Norway and Austin, TX, USA – March 14, 2011 Opera Software today launched the first beta of Opera Dragonfly. Opera Dragonfly is an open source suite of debugging tools for web developers and designers. When you download the Opera browser, Opera Dragonfly is built […]