gHacks technology news » opera release http://www.ghacks.net A technology blog covering software, mobile phones, gadgets, security, the Internet and other relevant areas. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:29:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Opera 9.63 Released http://www.ghacks.net/2009/01/01/opera-963-released/ http://www.ghacks.net/2009/01/01/opera-963-released/#comments Thu, 01 Jan 2009 12:00:17 +0000 Martin http://www.ghacks.net/?p=9500 A new version of the Opera web browser has been released on the last day of 2008. Opera 9.63 is an update to the current official release version of Opera. The update is a recommended security and stability upgrade. The new version can be downloaded directly from the official Opera website where it is available for all supported operating systems.

Existing Opera users can alternatively use the Check For Updates option in the Help menu to download Opera 9.63. The only other changes are one addition to the opera:config menu which can be set to close tabs by double-clicking on them. There are also four additions to the mail, news and chat functions of Opera.

List of security changes and improvements:

  • Manipulating text input contents can allow execution of arbitrary code
  • HTML parsing flaw can cause Opera to execute arbitrary code
  • Long hostnames in file: URLs can cause execution of arbitrary code
  • Script injection in feed preview can reveal contents of unrelated news feeds
  • Built-in XSLT templates can allow cross-site scripting
  • Fixed an issue that could reveal random data
  • SVG images embedded using tags can no longer execute Java or plugin content
  • Opera now imports .p12 private certificates
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]]> http://www.ghacks.net/2009/01/01/opera-963-released/feed/ 2 Opera 9.02 is out http://www.ghacks.net/2006/09/09/opera-902-is-out/ http://www.ghacks.net/2006/09/09/opera-902-is-out/#comments Sat, 09 Sep 2006 16:08:36 +0000 Martin http://www.ghacks.net/2006/09/09/opera-902-is-out/ Opera 9.02 has been released yesterday, head over to the official website to grab a copy and update your existing version of Opera. If you are not using Opera it is time to try it, it is in my opinion as good as Firefox and it’s always a good idea to have a second browser installed. (A webdesigner should have at least all three major ones..) So what’s new in Opera 9.02 ?

The changelog lists some general items like “lots of stability fixes” and “Several fixes to saving of images”. Other changes include site specific fixes for flickr, Fixed functionality on the new Flickr Organizer, and last.fm, Fixed crash with last.fm. For a complete list of changes take a look at the changelog on the release website.

The official homepage still lists version 9.01 for download but this will change soon I suppose. I hope they post a detailed changelog soon on the main homepage with more information about those general fixes. Opera is running very stable and I’am really wondering what they mean with stability fixes.

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]]> http://www.ghacks.net/2006/09/09/opera-902-is-out/feed/ 5 Opera 9 Beta 2 Available http://www.ghacks.net/2006/05/23/opera-9-beta-2-available/ http://www.ghacks.net/2006/05/23/opera-9-beta-2-available/#comments Tue, 23 May 2006 19:31:30 +0000 Martin http://www.ghacks.net/2006/05/23/opera-9-beta-2-available/ Seems to be BETA day today. I posted a link to a download location for Microsoft Office 2007 just a few minutes ago and now its a link to the official download of Opera 9 Beta 2. I´am mainly using Firefox but I´am using Opera as well because of its fast loading times and speed. There have been many changes in this release, you can take a look at the changelog for windows and the changelog for mac to see for yourself.

There have been numerous stability and bug fixes as well as additions to the browser itself. It´s free, why don´t you get it.

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