Category Archives: Desktop

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 […]

Bytemobile and Opera Software Form Partnership for Browser Optimization

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 […]

Security concerns drive record downloads of Opera 8.51: Online shoppers seek browser alternatives during holiday season

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. […]

Opera 8.51 for Desktop: Download the latest maintenance, stability, and security release.

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 […]

Surfing at 30,000 feet: The Opera browser now available in Thales in-flight entertainment systems

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 […]