Opera 10.51 Released, Recommended Security & Stability Upgrade

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Opera 10.51 is released today and is a highly recommended update by the Opera team. This release addresses a couple of security issues, as well as various stability improvements and other bug fixes. According to the official change log, the two security vulnerabilities found in Opera 10.50 have been patched. Opera 10.51 fixes “an issue where the HTTP Content-Length header could be used to execute arbitrary code; an issue where XSLT could be used to retrieve random contents of unrelated documents”.

This update also improves the stability of the browser. A lot of Bugs are fixed in this update which spans across multiple components of the Opera web browser. This includes the user interface, mail, news and chat components, display and scripting, networking features. Numerous improvements have been done to the JavaScript engine “Carakan” which improves performance. However even after this long list of Bug fixes, Opera Software considers Opera 10.51 as an important security release only. [Read more...]

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The Fastest Browser, Opera 10.50 Final Released with Dramatic UI Redesign

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Opera team has released the final version of its much awaited web browser Opera 10.5010.50. Opera 10.50 brings a lot of new features to the table, most noticeable the speed improvements which leaves Firefox behind in the dust, at least for now. Opera 10.50 is currently only offered for the Windows operating system with the likelihood that versions for other operating systems follow suite later this month. [Read more...]

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Common Browser Keyboard Shortcuts (IE, Firefox, Opera, Chrome, Safari)

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I always use a number of browsers for surfing. The main reason is the features that I like in one but is not present in the other. One more reason is I test My Technology Guide by loading it into different browsers. This helps me to make My Technology Guide appear and work as flawlessly as possible in different browsers. Once before, I covered a nice small portable application called “Browser Chooser” which helps me dynamically assign default browser. Which is very handy for anyone who is having a number of browsers installed.

Today, I will share with you a few keyboard shortcuts that are common to all the common browsers, viz. Internet Explorer, Firefox, Opera, Google Chrome, Safari. Just remember these keyboard shortcuts and use them in any of your favorite mentioned browsers. After all using keyboard shortcuts is always faster than with the mouse! :) [Read more...]

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Opera 10.10 Final Version Released

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Opera today released Opera 10.10 with Opera Unite, a powerful technology for personal content sharing directly between all your devices. Opera 10.10 also offers new and improved features, plus security and stability enhancements. Opera Unite allows you to stream music or share files, photos and more, right from the browser. [Read more...]

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Opera 10.01 Released

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1253214767_OperaThe Opera developers have released an update version 10.01 of Opera web browser. This update of Opera is a security and stability upgrade with no other apparent changes. As this release is a security update it is highly recommended for all Opera 10 users to update Opera to protect themselves, the browser and the computer system from malicious attacks.

The security and stability update is available for all supported operating systems (Windows, Linux and Mac). Interested users can view the change logs for a complete release information. Opera 10.01 does not include Opera Unite which is still slated for a release in the final version of Opera 10.10. [Read more...]

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Get Opera 10 Portable for USB flash drive

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operaOpera 10 has been released recently, which brings with itself a lot of new features and more faster browsing experience. Opera 10 comes with Opera Turbo. Opera Turbo is a server-side optimization and compression technology that speeds up data transfer and reduces the amount of data that needs to be downloaded in order to view the page by up to 80%. Among other means, the compression is achieved by image down-sampling therefore some level of distortion in graphics may occur. This feature is helpful for users who are on a slow connection. Just activate Opera Turbo and surf the internet faster.

If you are yet not an Opera user and want to try out Opera 10 without installing it or if you are an Opera user and wants to carry your favorite browser with you then Opera 10 Portable is what you need. You can run it and test Opera 10 and if you like the new version, you can either keep continue using portable version or install the normal installable version.

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Opera 10 Final Released

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operaOpera 10 Final is released officially and is now available for download from the official site as well as from the Opera ftp site. The final version of Opera is apparently the same build as the Opera 10 Release Candidate 2 (except for a few minor changes to standard files and a few new folders) that was released last week.

The Opera browser is the first major web browser to hit a two-digit version and it is well deserved as it was source for a series of web browsing enhancements and improvements that were copied by other Internet browsers throughout its existence.

The changes since RC2 according to the official Opera Desktop Team blog is as follows:

  • Icon fix for Unix
  • Minor fixes default search engines and bookmarks

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