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Study claims IE10 blocks nearly all malware on Windows 8

John Callaham — Tue, 14 May 2013 15:08:03 +0100

A new study from NSS Labs claims that Microsoft's Internet Explorer 10 web browser had a 99.96 percent malware block rate while running Windows 8, putting it at the top of the browser list. Read more...

Opera Web Browser 12.15 Build 1748

Razvan Mihai Asmanow Serea — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 12:32:14 +0100

A full-featured Internet browser, Opera includes pop-up blocking, tabbed browsing, integrated searches, and advanced functions like Opera's groundbreaking E-mail program, RSS Newsfeeds and IRC chat. Read more...

Google and Opera reportedly behind Microsoft's browser ballot fine

Brad Sams — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 16:04:30 +0000

A new rumor is stating that Google and Opera were the ones who tipped off the EU about the absence of the browser ballot screen after the rollout of SP1 to Windows 7 users in the EU. Read more...

Internet Explorer market share up again, Chrome slips

Tim Schiesser — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 08:54:24 +0000

Internet Explorer has once again gained market share in February 2013, rising to 55.82% of the market, while Chrome has slipped a considerable amount to its lowest market share since September 2011 Read more...

Opera now has 300 million users; moving to WebKit engine

John Callaham — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 19:45:48 +0000

The various versions of the Opera web browser have now collected a total of 300 million users, according to the company today, who also announced a move to use WebKit for future versions. Read more...

Internet Explorer passes 55% market share in January

Tim Schiesser — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 12:33:29 +0000

Internet Explorer market share has risen 0.37% for the month of January to 55.14%, while Firefox and Opera also saw gains at the expense of Chrome's market share, which dropped by 0.56% Read more...

Opera Web Browser 12.13 Build 1734 Final

Razvan Mihai Asmanow Serea — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 18:00:31 +0000

Opera 12.13 RC2

Razvan Mihai Asmanow Serea — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 21:11:08 +0000

Opera 12.13 RC1

Razvan Mihai Asmanow Serea — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 21:18:45 +0000

IE10 still well behind most major web browsers in December

John Callaham — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 15:31:52 +0000

Data from Net Applications shows that Internet Explorer 10 was only being used by 0.89 percent in December, while IE8 remains on top in the world of browsers with 23.44 percent. Read more...

Opera 12.12 Build 1707 Final

Razvan Mihai Asmanow Serea — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 19:49:05 +0000

Opera 12.11 Build 1661

Razvan Mihai Asmanow Serea — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 20:42:35 +0000

SkyDrive issue causing Opera to become unstable

Anthony Tosie — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 15:36:43 +0000

Opera users are currently having issues accessing Microsoft's SkyDrive cloud storage service. The service is sending Opera users more than 2 million NULL characters, making the browser unstable. Read more...

Opera 12.10 Final released

Razvan Mihai Asmanow Serea — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 18:17:52 +0000

Opera 12.10 RC1

Razvan Mihai Asmanow Serea — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 21:34:13 +0000

Opera wants to bring Opera Mini & Mobile to Windows Phone 8

Tim Schiesser — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 13:34:05 +0100

A recent interview with an Opera employee reveals that the company wishes to bring their Opera Mini and Opera Mobile browsers to Windows Phone 8, if the SDK supports all the native code required Read more...

Opera 12.02

Razvan Mihai Asmanow Serea — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 12:49:46 +0100

Google and Opera extend search provider deal

Andrew Stevenson — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 11:35:25 +0100

Google and Opera have come to an agreement which will allow Opera to integrate Google into their browser, making it the default search partner for both the mobile and desktop versions. Read more...

"Go Dark For IE" effort launched for better web browser use

John Callaham — Sat, 18 Aug 2012 21:28:52 +0100

A new website has launched, Go Dark For IE, that is leading a movement to have sites shut down on October 26th for people who use browsers below IE9 to get them to update their browsers. Read more...

Opera 12.01

Razvan Mihai Asmanow Serea — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 16:30:21 +0100