Chinese companies make offer to acquire Opera Software
A consortium of Chinese Internet companies, among them Kunlun and Qihoo 360, plan to acquire Norwegian company Opera Software in a buyout valued at $1.
Latest Opera News
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Opera 35 Final launches with mute and download improvements
Opera Software just released Opera 35 Final, a new version of the web browser introducing several new features including audio muting, download manager improvem
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How to remove news from Opera's New Tab Page
The latest Opera Developer version highlights upcoming changes to the web browser's new tab page.
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Opera 35 ships with audio muting
Update: Opera 35 Final has been released.
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New versions of Opera Mobile and Mini for Android now available
Norwegian company Opera Software launched new versions of its mobile web browsers for Android today.
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Opera 33 Stable brings Opera Turbo 2 support
What's happening over at Opera Software? Apart from suggestions that the company is up for grabs should a serious bidder emerge, business as usual.
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Opera Mini's new high compression mode improves compatibility
Opera Mini was a revolutionary application when it launched back in 2005 as it displayed websites on phones just like they looked on desktop systems (sans the l
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Some versions of Opera promote SurfEasy VPN now
Norwegian company Opera Software acquired the virtual private network service (VPN) SurfEasy back in March 2015.
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Opera 32 introduces animated themes
Opera introduced several changes in the most recent Opera Developer version 32.
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Opera 30 has been released
Norwegian company Opera Software has released Opera 30 to the browser's stable channel.
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Opera Max supports WiFi and app data blocking now
Norwegian company Opera Software just announced that it has released an update for its data compression application Opera Max that brings WiFi and app data bloc
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First look at Opera's Sidebar Extensions implementation
Opera Software's work on the Opera browser continues.
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Opera Mini for Android update comes with new user interface
Opera Mini is a fast, lightweight, and data-efficient mobile web browser designed for Android and feature phones, widely known for compressing web pages by up t
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Opera 30 modifies Opera's tab switching behavior
Most web browsers ship with keyboard shortcuts that you can use to cycle through tabs or access specific tabs that are open in the browser right away.
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How to enable video boost in desktop Opera
If you are plagued by spinning loading icons and buffering interruptions while watching videos on the Internet, you are not alone.
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Opera's restyled History page looks great
It feels almost like a (friendly) race between the Opera browser and Vivaldi right now.
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Opera introduces audio indicator in Opera 28
The most recent Developer edition of the Opera browser, version 28.
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Opera 26 Stable for Linux now available
Phew, that took a long time.
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Opera Mini for Android Beta released
Opera Mini is a highly popular web browser that is available for various operating systems including Android.
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Bookmark importing now easier in Opera browser
If you are using a recent version of the Opera browser, you may have noticed that it is not that easy to import bookmarks from another web browser or a local bo
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Opera 26 introduces bookmarks sharing and tab syncing
If you want to know what is in store for the Opera browser next in terms of functionality and changes, you have to check out the Developer version of the web br
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Bookmarks Manager enabled in Opera 25
When Opera Software switched from the company's own Presto rendering engine to Chromium/Blink, part of the browser's userbase criticized the company for it.
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Opera 24 Dev introduces bookmarks manager, H.264 support
Norwegian company Opera Software has released a new developer version of its Opera browser for the desktop.
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Opera Software releases first Linux build of new Opera
When Opera Software announced that it would switch from its old trusted Presto engine to Chromium, it became clear quickly afterwards that many popular features
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A look at Otter browser beta 1
When Opera Software released the first Chromium-based version of the Opera browser back in July 2013, it was clear immediately that it would take a long time be
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Opera 23 features startup improvements, hearts menu and PPAPI Plugin support
The last couple of months have not really be that exciting for Opera browser users.
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Opera for Linux release imminent?
When Norwegian company Opera Software announced that it would switch its trusted Presto engine to Chromium, it caused quite the stir among users.
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Opera 21: always display full url in address bar
The most recent stable version of the Opera browser can display full page urls at all times now in the browser.
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Opera 22 gets silent background updates
When you analyze how popular browser companies deliver updates to end user systems, you will notice that most use the Task Scheduler on Windows for that.
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Opera 21 Dev introduces several start-up time improvements
One of the things that I like about the Firefox web browser is that it will only load the active tab on session restore while keeping all other open websites in
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Opera Font Rendering improves text in Opera and Google Chrome
Depending on which web browser you use, which operating system you run, and which video card your computer uses, font rendering may either be totally awesome, q
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Opera Max compression app now open to users from Western Europe
Opera Software introduced Opera Turbo as a new feature in Opera 10 back in 2009.
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Opera 19 Stable is out: find out what is new
Opera Software has released Opera 19 Stable today, or more precisely, Opera 19.
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The Otter browser project aims to recreate the classic Opera web browser
When Opera Software announced that it would switch from the company's own -- developed and controlled -- Presto engine to Webkit / Blink, many Opera users felt
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Just like Mozilla and Google, Opera Software introduces network installers
Back in the good old days of computing, installers always came with all the files that needed to be installed.
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Latest Opera 19 Dev update introduces data synchronization
There is still a lot that is not working right in the new version of the Opera web browser, especially if you compare it to what Opera 12 has to offer.
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Opera 19 Developer update: how to enable Opera's Power User Mode
To find out how to enable the power user mode, scroll down.
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My Opera will be shut down on March 1, 2014
Norwegian company Opera Software made a bold -- some critics might say foolish -- move when it decided to switch from the company's own Presto engine to Chromiu
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How to disable the opera_crashreporter.exe process in Windows
If you are running Opera 15 or newer you are running the Chromium-based version of the web browser as opposed to the Presto version that Opera Software used pre
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Opera 18 Dev update brings theme support
I'm monitoring the development of the new Opera browser closely, not only because I'm interested in its progress but also because of nostalgic reasons.
