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 […]
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 […]
Mountain View, Calif. and Oslo, Norway, January 17, 2006 Bytemobile, Inc., the global leader in content-dynamic networking solutions that unify, simplify and accelerate mobile data networks, and Opera Software ASA (OBX: OPERA), the world leader in Web browser technologies, today announced a joint development, marketing and sales agreement for handset browser optimization. The two […]
Oslo – November 28, 2005 Opera Software, the world leader in Web browsing technologies, today revealed that online security concerns have prompted record downloads of Opera 8.51, the latest version of Opera’s award-winning Web browser. The surge in downloads can be attributed in part to the detection of additional, severe security flaws in Internet Explorer. […]
Oslo, Norway – November 22, 2005 Opera’s latest release addresses the security issue in the Flash Player (Secunia Advisory 17437).Opera 8.51 for Windows ships with Macromedia Flash version 7r61. The release is a recommended security upgrade for Linux/FreeBSD/Solaris users, because it updates Opera’s wrapper script to not run commands included with URLs passed […]
Oslo, Norway – November 1, 2005 Opera Software today announced its cooperation with Thales to deliver the Opera Web browser in TopSeries, the Thales in-flight entertainment system. Airline passengers will now enjoy the added benefit of a full and fast Internet experience from Opera, in addition to the entertainment offerings also available using the Thales […]
Oslo, Norway – October 17, 2005 Opera Software today announced the availabilityof its browser in both Hindi and Punjabi.The browser is available for Windows and Linux.It can be downloaded from Opera’s download page. “The Web must become more accessible to people wherever they live andwhatever language they speak,” said Jon S. von Tetzchner, CEO, […]
Oslo, Norway – October 5, 2005 More than three million new users havedownloaded the Opera browser in the two weeks since the company launched its free browser. The average daily download rate quadruples the previousrate achieved before the release of Opera 8.5. Opera’s growth comes as consumers demand greater safety and productivityonline. Opera has the […]
Oslo, Norway – September 22, 2005 More than one million people have downloaded the Opera browser in the two days since Opera announced it was dropping the ad banner and going completely free. The download rate doubles the previous record reached in April when the company released Opera 8. According to server logs, […]
Oslo, Norway – September 20, 2005 Opera Software today permanently removed the ad banner and licensing fee from its award-winning Web browser.The ad-free, full-featured Opera browser is now available for download – completely free of charge – at http://www.opera.com. “Today we invite the entire Internet community to use Opera and experience Web browsing as it […]
