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Opera 11.60 Enhances Mail, Browser Performance

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4:00PM December 7, 2011 | Angus Kidman

2011 has seen browsers updating faster than ever before, though Opera hasn’t adopted the Firefox trick of upping the version number every couple of months. Its newly-released version 11.60 desktop browser adds an enhanced mail client, better support for handling rendering erors, an improved browser engine and changes to auto-suggestions in the address field. More »


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Opera Releases Mini 6.5 For iOS, BlackBerry

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10:30AM November 3, 2011 | Angus Kidman

We looked at the Android release of Opera Mini 6.5 last month, but Opera has now updated its ultra-mobile browser with new versions for iOS, BlackBerry and Symbian phones. More »


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Coffee, Cuisine & Corridors: Inside Opera HQ

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10:30AM October 13, 2011 | Angus Kidman

Around 300 of browser developer Opera Software’s 750 staff work in its central Oslo headquarters, a non-descript concrete construction which inspired a sign inside the office: “Ugly building, beautiful browser”. But the office itself hides a bunch of developer-enticing treasures, including a massage room, a coffee machine with more than a dozen choices and even a ball pit for kids to play in. More »


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What’s New In Opera 12, Mobile 11.5, Mini 6.5

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7:35PM October 11, 2011 | Angus Kidman

At its Up North Web media event in Oslo today, Opera showed off some of the new features in its soon-to-be-updated desktop, mobile and mini browsers, including browser compression for Android devices and webcam access in your desktop browser. Here is a quick overview of the promised highlights. More »


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Browser Speed Tests: Firefox 7, Chrome 14, Internet Explorer 9 And More

1:00AM September 28, 2011 | Whitson Gordon

Firefox 7 is set to be released today, and with a big focus on performance, we thought it time for another round of browser speed testing. We pitted the four most popular Windows browsers against each other in a battle of startup times, tab-loading times, JavaScript powers and memory usage, with some surprising results. More »


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How To Disable Facebook’s Chat Sidebar

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10:30AM August 16, 2011 | Angus Kidman

If you’re not interested in using Facebook’s Chat feature, then the list hogging the right-hand side of your screen can be a nuisance. Fortunately, you can disable it with a simple extension. More »


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Google+ Enhancer Adds Unread Item Counts For Gmail, Reader, Calendar

12:30AM July 8, 2011 | Alan Henry

Firefox/Chrome/Opera: Right before Google announced Google+ the company changed the bar across the top of all Google pages black. That bar now has links to your often-used Google services, and the Google+ Enhancer user script makes it more useful by adding unread item counts to the ones you use. More »


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Opera 11.50 Adds Speed Dial Extensions, Password Sync

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4:00PM June 28, 2011 | Angus Kidman

It has been six months since Opera 11 debuted, but the latest version of our favourite alternative browser is now live for download. Apart from the expected bug and performance tweaks, the big additions to this release are the ability to incorporate extensions into Speed Dial shortcuts and password sync between Opera installations on different machines. More »


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Enable Private Browsing Quickly Via The Keyboard

12:00AM June 18, 2011 | Adam Dachis

Private browsing is great for more than just porn (not that we’re judging), but you can start a session or enable it really fast directly from the keyboard in any browser. Well, any browser except Safari. More »


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Opera Mini Now Available For iPad

11:30PM May 24, 2011 | Matthew Rogers

Opera users can now use the free, mobile version of their favourite browser on iPads, as Opera Mini 6 has released and been updated for the larger screen. Along with adding the iPad and iPad 2, Opera’s also fixed the browser to work with the iPhone 4′s Retina display, bringing it to the entire family of iOS devices. More »