Category Archives: Desktop

Sony Electronics uses the Opera browser for its new mylo personal communicator

Oslo, Norway – August 23, 2006 Opera Software today offers details on its embeddedbrowser for Sony’s mylo personal communication device. Available in the United Statesin September, the mylo communicator serves as an entertainment and communicationdevice for those who live in Wi-Fi enabled environments. With the Opera browser, mylocommunicator users can surf all their favorite Web […]

Widget-eyes: Opera Widgetize! Now Supports YouTube and Flickr

Oslo, Norway – August 2, 2006 Opera Software today announced that Opera Widgetize!, Opera’s instantwidget generator, now supports both YouTube and Flickr. Opera Widgetize! is available at http://widgets.opera.com/widgetize. In three simple steps, you can create and share a custom widget to keep your YouTube videos or Flickr photos floating onyour desktop. This continues Opera’s development […]

DIY Widgets: Create Instant Widgets with Opera Widgetize!

Oslo, Norway – July 19, 2006 Opera Software today unveiled Opera Widgetize!, a new free servicethat allows anyone, anywhere to create their own desktop widgets withjust a few mouse clicks. Currently available for RSS and ATOM feeds,Opera Widgetize! lets anyone publish custom widgets for their blog orWeb site so visitors can keep up to date […]

Ubuntu Makes Opera 9 available for easy download and installation

Oslo, Norway – July 6, 2006 After the launch of Ubuntu 6.06 LTS, Canonical is pleased to announce theavailability of Opera 9 for Ubuntu. With just a few clicks of the mouse,all Ubuntu users can download and install the latest version of the Operabrowser, which was released to critical acclaim on June 20. With its […]

Your Web, Your Choice: Opera 9 Gives You the Control

Seattle and Oslo, Norway – June 20, 2006 Opera Software today releasedOpera 9, its newest Web browser for PCs. You can download it free in morethan 25 languages for Windows, Mac, Linux and other platforms fromwww.opera.com. Opera 9 enhances the way you access, share and use onlinecontent by including innovative widgets – fun, small and […]

Bringing the Web to the People: Opera delivers browser to ZZvcom STB to facilitate remote education program in rural China

Oslo, Norway and Beijing, China – June 13, 2006 Opera will deliver its Opera SDK for Devices to ZZvcom’s NDVB 9000 series of set-top boxes (STB) for the Chinese market. Opera will provide the full Web browser for these devices, allowing Chinese users to access the complete Internet in addition to IPTV content from their […]

Opera and Virtual Mechanics Introduce New Web Developer Platform: Tool to ease content creation for multiple platforms

Oslo, Norway and British Columbia, CA – May 16, 2006 Opera Software and Virtual Mechanics today partnered to integrate the Opera Web browser into Virtual Mechanics’ Web authoring tool, “Web Engine”, currently in public beta. Instead of spending hours spawning multiple, different sitesto accommodate varying screen sizes and resolutions, anyone from hobbyiststo high-end Web designers […]

Widgets, BitTorrent, content blocking: Introducing Opera 9 Beta

Oslo, Norway – April 20, 2006 Opera Software today announced the first public Beta of Opera 9. This version includes Widgets, small Web programs running in their own windows that are fun, easy-to-use and live on users’ desktops. The Opera 9 Beta also features support for BitTorrent, a popular file downloading technology, in addition to […]

Opera integrates BitTorrent in upcoming browser

Oslo, Norway – February 6, 2006   Opera Software today announced that it has teamed with BitTorrent Inc. to include the BitTorrentâ„¢protocol in the upcoming version of the Opera Web browser. Integrating this popular technologyin the Opera browser means faster and more efficient downloads of large files. Opera and BitTorrent have signed an agreement covering […]