Category: Opera Software

Opera Software Renews Search Agreement With Google, Signs New Mobile Search Deal

By | November 20, 2009 | 7 Comments

Oslo, Norway, November 20, 2009. Opera Software ASA and Google Inc. have entered into a new agreement to integrate Google as the default search partner for the Opera mobile browsers (Opera Mobile & Opera Mini). This agreement replaces the agreement entered into on 27.02.2008 and is effective through October 30, 2011 and may be extended by Opera through October 30, 2012.

Oslo, Norway, November 20, 2009 – Opera Software ASA and Google Inc.
have renewed their current agreement to integrate Google as the default search partner for the Opera desktop and mobile browser. The agreement is effective through March 31, 2012 and Opera will continue to include Google search as a part of its user interface.

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Weekly Browsers Recap, November 16th

By | November 16, 2009 | 0 Comments

Weekly Browsers Recap, November 16th

Thanks to Nox for links.

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Opera Software Q3 2009 Financial Results

By | November 16, 2009 | 12 Comments

Opera Software Q3 2009 Financial Results

Today, Opera Software has revealed their Q3 2009 financial results.

Mobile OEMs:
Decline in revenue
• Total revenue down vs 3Q08 due to lower shipments and NRE

Device OEMs:
More than 75% of revenue from licenses
• 10 new customers since 3Q08

Opera Desktop: Continue Reading

Opera Software Blocking Some Countries (Fixed)?

By | November 3, 2009 | 2 Comments

Here’s what I have received, after clicking on a link from RSS feed.

Opera Foreign COuntries

As you can see, some countries are being blocked from accessing certain pages OR could be just a temporary issue/bug.

EDIT: Upon closer investigation, it appears that instead of regular link, it lead to a Chinese Opera site, which caused this issue.

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Pwning Opera Unite with Inferno’s Eleven

By | October 29, 2009 | 8 Comments

Pwning Opera Unite with Inferno's ElevenGuys from SecureThoughts.com decided to do a research on Opera Unite security and share some insights.

1. Enumerating Service Owner Usernames
Use: site:operaunite.com search query in search engine to build a list.

2. Enumerating Computer names for a particular Service Owner
“If you visit the service homepage with any non-existent computer name, then Opera Unite happily discloses all computer names used by that person.” Continue Reading

New Opera Software Logo

By | October 26, 2009 | 10 Comments

New
Opera Software

Old
Opera Software Logo

One of the changes in Opera 10 was a new logo. Well, Opera Software has recently received a new one as well.

For different formats and sizes, head over to the official resources page.

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Developers, Want to Win Some Gift Certificates from Opera?

By | October 23, 2009 | 16 Comments

Developers, Want to Win Some Gift Certificates from Opera?
Opera will be giving away gift certificates every week (with the value of a Nintendo Wii or mobile phone) for the best Opera Unite application developer.

Prizes will be given away every Monday and deadline is Friday morning, 10 AM CET.

Want to learn more? Check out developers guide and visit the following page for more contest details.

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Opera Turbo, 3 Million Users and Counting

By | October 22, 2009 | 0 Comments

Opera Turbo, 3 Million Users and CountingAccording to Opera Software press release, Opera Turbo was already turned on at least once by approximately 3 million users, who’ve viewed almost 668 million compressed Web pages.

“The numbers tell us that Opera Turbo solves critical bandwidth issues. People everywhere experience either slow, congested networks or must pay as they go for Web access. It is an issue that affects everyone, from the business traveler to the Internet café user. Opera Turbo has become universally useful,” said Opera’s CEO, Jon von Tetzchner.

Download Opera 10 with Opera Turbo.

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Weekly Browsers Recap, October 19th

By | October 19, 2009 | 2 Comments

Weekly Browsers Recap, October 19th

Thanks to Andrew, Daniel Hendrycks, Gabana and Nox for links!

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Weekly Browsers Recap, October 12th

By | October 12, 2009 | 1 Comment

Weekly Browsers Recap, October 12th

Thanks to mabdul for links.

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