Category Archives: Desktop

Baobab uses Opera in the Fight Against HIV in Malawi

Browser is key element of Linux-based treatment system Oslo, Norway and Lilongwe, Malawi – March 22, 2007 Opera and Baobab Health Partnership today joined forces to provideinnovative technology solutions to help combat HIV in developingcountries. Baobab, using the Opera browser, has produced a healthcaresystem that allows health workers to administer high quality HIV treatmentprograms according […]

Opera on a stick: Opera 9 for U3 smart drives now available

Oslo, Norway, March 14, 2007 Opera Software today announced that Opera9, Opera’s latest Web browser, is now available for U3 smart drives. Opera9 for U3 enables full Web surfing from a U3 smart drive, and allows usersto take bookmarks, email and settings with them wherever they go. U3 is a software platform company that has […]

The Wide World of Widgets: Opera users create 1001 Widgets

Oslo, Norway – March 6, 2007 Opera Software today announced another Widget milestone with the release of the 1001st Widget on widgets.opera.com. Opera users have created more than 1001 Widgets since the launch of Opera 9 last year. Widgets are small and powerful Web applications that add unique and convenient functionality to browsing with Opera. […]

Go online with your phone: Iwatsu selects the Opera browser for new Visual IP video phone

Oslo, Norway and Tokyo, Japan – February 13, 2007 Opera Software today announced that Iwatsu Electric Co. Ltd., a leader and pioneer in the telecommunication industry, has selected the Opera browser to provide the full Web to its Visual IP phone, a part of Iwatsu’s new communication system called PRECOT (Premium Communication Tool). PRECOT is […]

Opera browser pre-ported to Freescale’s i.MX family of chipsets

Oslo, Norway – February 6, 2007 Opera Software today announced that the Opera 9 SDK for Devices has been pre-ported to Freescale’s widely-adopted i.MX family of multimedia applications processors. This solution enables OEMs to provide access to the Internet for consumer electronic devices such as portable media players, portable navigation devices, cell phones, ultra-portable computers […]

Opera Introduces Fraud Protection, Powered by GeoTrust and PhishTank: New release expands Opera’s commitment to secure browsing

Oslo, Norway – December 18, 2006 Opera Software today introduced real-time FraudProtection in its award-winning Web browser. Fraud Protection includestechnology from GeoTrust, the leading digital certificate provider, andPhishTank, a collaborative clearing house for data and information aboutphishing on the Internet. Fraud Protection is available in Opera 9.1, thenewest version of Opera’s Web browser. Opera is […]

Opera Software releases browser SDK for Microsoft Windows CE: Music to the ears of Windows-based device manufacturers

Oslo, Norway – October 3, 2006 Opera Software today announced availability ofthe Opera 9 SDK for Devices running on the Microsoft Windows CE platform,broadening Opera’s availability to include the popular device softwareplatform. Devices running on Windows CE can now quickly integrate the fast andfull-featured Opera browser to deliver the full Internet or to create Webapplications, […]

Opera browser selected by Pirelli Broadband Solutions for its line of set-top boxes

Oslo, Norway – September 7, 2006 Opera Software today announced that Pirelli Broadband Solutions, the broadband access and photonics company within the Pirelli Group, has selected the Opera browser for its family of set-top boxes (STB). By adding the Opera browser to its multimedia solutions, Pirelli will be able to strengthen its home entertainment package […]

Telsey selects the Opera browser to power its family of set-top boxes

Oslo, Norway – September 6, 2006   Opera Software today announces that Telsey Telecommunications, a leading manufacturer of IP set-top boxes, has selected the Opera browser once again to provide full-featured Internet browsing on the company’s WAVES set-top boxes. Opera first partnered with Telsey in 2004 to deliver Opera 7 to the WAVES product family. […]

Industry partners showcase the Opera browser at IBC

Oslo, Norway – September 5, 2006   Visitors to IBC will not lack any opportunities to witness the Opera browser in action. With several partners demoing the Opera browser on their devices at IBC booths, visitors can experience browsing Opera-style on set-top boxes, personal media players or as part of a software stack.   Partners […]