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Opera CEO: Chrome has been very good for us

Opera CEO Jon von Tetzchner was in town today, so I spent a few minutes with him talking about the browser company he co-founded way back in 1995. With browser battles raging, I wanted to know how this almost historic company was holding up. Read more »

Opera mobile gets Symbian support

There's been a lot of activity recently in the world of mobile browsers. Read more »

Opera Mobile dumps Yahoo for Google

Opera has given Yahoo the boot and made Google the default search engine for its Opera Mobile and Opera Mini Web browsers designed for mobile devices. Read more »

Microsoft hits back at Opera antitrust claims

Microsoft denies abusing its market position, claims IE supports a "wide range of Web standards" and says it has no intention of unbundling IE and Windows. Read more »

Microsoft browser lock in sparks Opera rage

Browser software company, Opera, has complained to the European Commission over Microsoft's bundling of Internet Explorer with the Windows operating system -- but Microsoft says it's been doing it for a decade and the practice is good for consumers. Read more »

Opera reveals version 10 vision

The browser company has given a preview of its plans for the next incarnation of Opera, following the recent release of Opera 9. Read more »

Pocket PC handhelds get a trip to the Opera

PDAs running Windows Mobile Pocket PC can now have the same level of web browsing as desktop PCs, thanks to a beta from the Norwegian browser company. Read more »

Opera looks to India for emerging talent

Opera Software is opening its own office in India to take advantage of local coding talent. Read more »

Opera celebrates 10th birthday

Opera Software is temporarily offering the paid version of its browser for free, as part of its 10th anniversary celebration, the company announced Tuesday. Read more »

Opera takes a lead from Yahoo and Apple

Web applications feature in the latest beta of Opera's eponymous browser. Read more »

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Who says the browser war is over?

Opera Software CEO Jon von Tetzchner can claim an achievement held by few of his fellow tech entrepreneurs: He's competed head-on against Microsoft and lived to tell the tale. Read more »

Getting started with Windows Server 2008 Core edition

The Windows Server 2008 Core edition comes with significant changes. This article provides a quick rundown of the Core edition's capabilities and limitations. Read more »

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Opera browser hitting the high notes

In this edition of the Daily Debrief, Opera Software CEO and co-founder Jon von Tetzchner explains to CNET's Rafe Needleman how new browser platforms from Google and Apple are driving users to the company's desktop and mobile products. Read more »

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Opera Widget SDK released

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- Opera has announced the release of Opera Widgets SDK beta, that allows Web developers to create Web applications capable of running on all devices. Read more »

Ubuntu gets jaunty

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- This week's Roundup looks at Ubuntu's new Jaunty Jackalope, new rules of virtualisation, the world of browsers and more. Read more »

Del.icio.us for the rest of us

Chris Duckett [blogs:betaliving] -- Opera has announced their Link product that brings synchronised bookmarks into the browser. And yes you have seen all this before, however this time it is built into the browser itself, and that I think will be the key difference. Read more »

Firefox 3 add-ons to make you a better Web developer

Brendon Chase [blogs:codemonkeybusiness] -- Firefox might be a fast browser but it's extensions can transform it into a powerful development tool for Web developers and designers. Here are 10 of the best to get you started. Read more »

Widgets - Revenge of the shiny things

Chris Duckett [blogs:betaliving] -- In a world without widgets, would you start up separate applications for the weather, a dictionary, a screen ruler, a gmail peeker and an app that checks your favourite web comic everytime your machine boots up? Read more »

Just how much memory is Firefox using?

Nick Gibson [blogs:byteclub] -- According to our logs 40% of you use Firefox: can you tell how much memory it's using? Here's a few tricks you should know if you're trying to cut it down to size. Read more »

Microsoft's Web 2.0 or the highway?

Brendon Chase [blogs:codemonkeybusiness] -- A few months ago Microsoft launched Office Live, a set of online collaboration tools to bring some elements of Office to the Web. The three online products available look to be a really great idea by Microsoft. So good, in fact, that I thought I'd give it a whirl. Read more »

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