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Opera lawsuit says former employee took trade secrets to Mozilla

Opera lawsuit says former employee took trade secrets to Mozilla
  • Posted April 29, 2013, 5:00 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Industry News
  • Browser maker Opera has filed a lawsuit against a former employee, alleging he shared trade secrets with rival Mozilla. Designer and musician Trond Werner Hansen is on the hook for 20 million Norwegian Krone, or about $3.4 million in damages…

Microsoft fined €561m for not showing browser ballot on Win7 SP1

Microsoft fined €561m for not showing browser ballot on Win7 SP1
  • Posted March 6, 2013, 2:30 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Microsoft, Software
  • The European Commission has fined Microsoft €561 ($730 million) for not complying with a three-year old agreement to give Windows users a selection of alternative browsers. In 2009, Microsoft faced an antitrust case with the EU that suggested the company abused its position...

Opera releases first beta of new WebKit-powered Android browser

Opera releases first beta of new WebKit-powered Android browser
  • Posted March 6, 2013, 8:30 AM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Software, Mobile Computing With Video
  • Moving ahead with its plan to drop its own Presto rendering engine in favor of WebKit -- the same used by Apple's Safari and Google's Chrome -- Opera Software has released the first public version of its revamped mobile browser…

Mozilla gives in, adds H.264 video support to Firefox Nightly builds

Mozilla gives in, adds H.264 video support to Firefox Nightly builds
  • Posted February 20, 2013, 5:00 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Industry News, Mobile Computing
  • After years of throwing its weight behind Google's VP8 video codec (aka: WebM), Mozilla has officially slipped support for H.264 video into its Firefox Nightly builds -- but only for Windows 7 users. Although once a battle waged to fight…

Opera switching to Webkit engine in 2013, browser will be based on Chromium

Opera switching to Webkit engine in 2013, browser will be based on Chromium
  • Posted February 13, 2013, 11:19 AM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Software, The Web
  • After years struggling to capture a bigger share of the browser market Opera has announced it is dropping its own Presto rendering engine in favor of WebKit -- the same engine used by Apple's Safari and Google's Chrome. The move…

Opera Mobile unveils plans for download / streaming music service

Opera Mobile unveils plans for download / streaming music service
  • Posted November 19, 2012, 11:30 AM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Software
  • Opera Mobile, the Norwegian company behind the self-titled web browser, has unveiled plans for an all-you-can-eat subscription-based streaming music service to debut in Russia. The goal of Unlimited Music is to make tunes available in a simple and affordable way…

Opera 12.10 adds Windows 8/OS X features, Chrome 23 gets DNT

Opera 12.10 adds Windows 8/OS X features, Chrome 23 gets DNT
  • Posted November 6, 2012, 5:30 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Software, The Web
  • Opera has released an update today, bringing a handful of new features including improved support for Microsoft and Apple's platforms. Opera users who have purchased new touch-enabled Windows 8 devices will be happy to find enhanced support for finger input. The release notes...

Maxthon mobile browser now available for iOS devices

Maxthon mobile browser now available for iOS devices
  • Posted August 21, 2012, 4:30 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Mobile Computing, The Web
  • A new web browser is now available for select iOS users that offers many features not found in Safari’s mobile browser. Maxthon was previously only available for the iPad and desktops but now it’s compatible with the iPhone 3GS and…

Opera 12 brings camera support, more themes, speed and security

Opera 12 brings camera support, more themes, speed and security
  • Posted June 14, 2012, 4:30 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Software, The Web
  • Opera Software has released a major update for its browser with improved aesthetics, features, security and performance. Unlike many previous revisions, Opera 12 doesn't seem to tweak the user interface much, but it does offer a new theme system with over 300 styles...

Facebook replaces Chrome recommendation with Opera, foreshadowing?

Facebook replaces Chrome recommendation with Opera, foreshadowing?
  • Posted May 31, 2012, 3:00 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Industry News, The Web
  • Facebook has reportedly dropped their support for Google’s Chrome web browser, instead replacing it with Opera on their recommended browser list. The move could signal that a rumored acquisition of the browser maker is nearly complete.

Weekend tech reading: Facebook to buy Opera for its own browser?

Weekend tech reading: Facebook to buy Opera for its own browser?
  • Posted May 27, 2012, 2:06 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in NATW
  • Facebook browser that would allow you keep up to date with your social life from in-built plug-ins and features on the menu bar could be on the cards. Pocket-lint has heard from one of its trusted sources that the social networking giant is looking to buy Opera Software...

Weekend Open Forum: How many browser tabs are open right now?

Weekend Open Forum: How many browser tabs are open right now?
  • Posted May 4, 2012, 7:00 PM by Jose Vilches | Filed in WOF, The Web
  • Browsing the web on a typical day I tend to amass a ridiculous amount of open tabs, whether related to something I'm working on or interesting stuff that I want to check later but don't necessarily want to bookmark. How many tabs do you keep open on average and how many are open right now?

Chrome, IE market share creeps upward, Firefox losing ground

Chrome, IE market share creeps upward, Firefox losing ground
  • Posted May 1, 2012, 12:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Industry News, The Web
  • According to data from analytics firm Net Applications, Internet Explorer may be making a slow come back after years of being on the decline. Although IE's market share only ticked upward from 53.83 to 54.09 percent, this is compounded by…

Internet Explorer trumps Chrome, Firefox, Opera in battery test

Internet Explorer trumps Chrome, Firefox, Opera in battery test
  • Posted April 6, 2012, 7:30 AM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Mobile Computing, Software
  • Internet Explorer isn't the fastest or most featured-packed browser around, but it might be the most power efficient. Hoping to determine which software would give his aging desktop replacement the longest battery life, Ciprian Adrian Rusen put IE9, IE10, Chrome, Firefox and Opera to the test...

Opera 11.60 released with a slew of improvements

Opera 11.60 released with a slew of improvements
  • Posted December 6, 2011, 5:30 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Software, The Web
  • The world's most underappreciated browser has reached a new milestone today, unloading the final version of 11.60. Codenamed "Tunny" (another name for the tuna fish), the latest revision brings a handful of new features along with various security and stability…

Google adding Skype-like abilities to Chrome, other browsers

Google adding Skype-like abilities to Chrome, other browsers
  • Posted June 22, 2011, 9:30 AM by Jose Vilches | Filed in The Web, Software
  • Google plans to add real-time communication features into the popular Chrome web browser, according to an announcement on Google's Chromium-dev group. The technology will be powered by its own WebRTC open-source project.

Opera launches new webmail service, My Opera Mail

Opera launches new webmail service, My Opera Mail
  • Posted April 8, 2011, 11:00 AM by Jose Vilches | Filed in The Web, Software
  • Opera Software has launched a new web-based email service that includes many features from the company’s acquisition of web-based email provider Fastmail.fm. Starting today anyone with a My Opera, Opera Link or Opera Unite account will have access to an…

Opera 11.10 beta improves Speed Dial, user interface

Opera 11.10 beta improves Speed Dial, user interface
  • Posted March 17, 2011, 5:19 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Software With Video
  • Opera has released a new beta version of its web browser with various enhancements to the user interface, features and performance. Codenamed Barracuda, Opera 11.10 has an improved Speed Dial implementation with clearer previews, and the ability to see live…

Apple: you must be at least 17 years old to use Opera

  • Posted March 3, 2011, 11:00 AM by Emil Protalinski | Filed in Apple, Software
  • This week, the Opera web browser became the first non-native browser made available in Apple's Mac App Store. While Apple approved the browser, it still managed to hurt its competitor by putting this ridiculous label on it: "You must be…

Opera previews browser for tablets

  • Posted January 3, 2011, 9:21 PM by Emil Protalinski | Filed in Software With Video
  • Opera has released a video demonstrating a new browser created specifically for tablet devices. The browser shown is running on an Android device, though Opera will likely release it for other platforms as well.

Opera 11 released, adds extensions and tab stacking

  • Posted December 16, 2010, 10:30 AM by Emil Protalinski | Filed in Software With Video
  • Following a relatively short beta, Opera has released version 11 of its browser. In addition to visual mouse gestures, performance improvements, and memory issue fixes, the biggest feature additions in the new version are extension support and tab stacking.

Opera 11 beta available, brings extensions and tab stacking

Opera 11 beta available, brings extensions and tab stacking
  • Posted November 23, 2010, 8:00 AM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Software, The Web
  • The first beta version of Opera 11 is out today, and as expected, it brings a very important yet long-overdue new feature to the mix: extensions support. The latest pre-release version of the browser uses a similar approach to that…

Opera 11 will have extensions, Opera on Android next month

  • Posted October 14, 2010, 3:30 PM by Emil Protalinski | Filed in Mobile Computing, The Web
  • Opera has made two separate announcements, one for its desktop browser and one for its mobile counterpart. The former is getting extension support and the latter is heading to Android next month with some tasty new features.

Google Chrome 8.0.552.0, Opera 10.63 released

Google Chrome 8.0.552.0, Opera 10.63 released
  • Posted October 13, 2010, 4:48 PM by Erik Orejuela | Filed in Software, The Web
  • In a spree that's increasingly difficult to keep up with, Google has launched a pre-release build of Chrome 8, which is pretty much a continuation of Chrome 7 with a few changes. The announcement made through the dev channel only…

Canonical won't complain to EU about Microsoft, like Opera did

Canonical won
  • Posted October 8, 2010, 2:09 PM by Emil Protalinski | Filed in Software, Microsoft
  • Canonical, a company that sponsors many free software projects and is tightly knit with the Ubuntu Linux distribution, says it will not file a complaint against Microsoft for anti-competitive behavior to the EU, like Opera did. Canonical is readying the…

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