Technologizer

Opera: Re-Unite(d)

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Norwegian browser stalwart Opera released the first beta today of Unite, its technology which puts a Web server inside the browser, letting Opera run apps that serve content up to the Web as well as download it. (You need to run Opera to use Unite, but the information the apps deliver–such as access to your [...]

Browser-Based Wii Fun

Thursday, October 8, 2009

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Cloud-based services are changing everything about computing–and they’re having an impact in some pretty unexpected places. Such as the Nintendo Wii, where some clever folks are utilizing the console’s Opera browser to deliver nifty little free games that even take advantage of the Wii Remote and provide online play. Jared Newman has rounded up ten [...]

10 Awesome Free Wii Browser Games

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

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Nintendo recently made the Wii’s Opera Web browser free to all, perhaps realizing that only a fool would pay $5 for it. But even with the Internet at the command of your Wii Remote, it’s not clear what to do, especially with no support for Hulu and premium content withheld from YouTube. Why not play some [...]

European Commission Market-Tests Microsoft Browser Remedy

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

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When the European Commission (EC) mandated that Microsoft ship Windows XP sans Windows Media Player, the final product proved unpopular with consumers. For Windows 7, the issue is Internet Explorer, and a more diligent EC announced today that it is market-testing its remedy for effectiveness. After repeatedly wrangling with Microsoft over whether the company would be [...]

Opera 10: It’s Final. And Worth Trying

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

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Opera 10, the newest version of the browser that’s arguably the most venerable one going, is now available in its final version. It’s very much the product I reviewed in beta version back in June. The most striking new feature is Turbo mode, which uses the same technology as the company’s Opera Mini phone browser [...]

5Words for Friday, July 17th 2009

Friday, July 17, 2009

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Opera hates European Windows 7. Wikipedia’s video player format complication. Little carriers: Verizon phones sooner. Google doesn’t like app stores. Chrome 3’s XP netbook optimization. iPod, Zune targeted by lawsuit. Mozilla’s tabbed-browser design contest. Windows Home Server gets update. Palm Pre: not for games. TechCrunch/Twitter kerfuffle is lame.

Firefox 3.5: The Technologizer Review

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

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Was it really fewer than five years ago that Firefox 1.0 debuted? Its arrival ended the dismal period in which only one browser–Microsoft’s mediocre Internet Explorer–seemed to be viable. With Firefox, Mozilla proved that millions of people were itching to adopt a better browser. And today, we find ourselves with multiple better browsers: Not just [...]

Six Questions About Opera Unite

Tuesday, June 16, 2009

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Boy, Opera sure has turned the hype knob to 11 for its Unite technology, which puts a Web server inside Opera 11. It’s not just that it keeps talking about how Unite will reinvent the Web. I just watched a Webcast in which Opera CEO Jon von Tetzchner said that Unite is an example not [...]

Opera’s Web-Changer: Unite, a Web Server Inside Your Browser

Tuesday, June 16, 2009

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In Oslo, the Tuesday workday is well underway, and that means that Opera Software has unveiled the revolutionary technology breakthrough it started touting last week. The would-be breakthrough turns out to be called Opera Unite, and a downloadable version of Opera 10 that incorporates it is available now. As blogger Kas Thomas somehow managed to [...]

Heads Up: Internet to be Reinvented Next Week

Friday, June 12, 2009

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As TechCrunch’s Robin Wauters is reporting, browser company Opera has scheduled a product announcement next Tuesday for something it says will reinvent the Web. Sounds ambitious! I got an invitation to a Webcast that’s more specific. But only slightly so: With 15 years of continuous innovation, Opera will introduce a technology that will forever change the fundamental [...]

Opera 10 Hits Beta, Adds Turbocharged Dial-Up Mode

Wednesday, June 3, 2009

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Boy, is it ever a great time to be a browser fan. Not only are there multiple viable, worthwhile browsers to choose from, but every one of them is improving with time. The latest example: venerable contender Opera, which is out today in the first beta release of Opera 10, the next version. An alpha [...]

Google Makes Chrome Speed Boost Boast. Who’s Next?

Thursday, May 21, 2009

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Google is boasting that an update to Chrome’s V8 JavaScript engine and Webkit browsing component has yielded a significant improvement in performance. Yippee. Now, who’s next? The renewed browser war resembles more of a game of leapfrog than the big-bang releases of the 1990’s when one version of Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator could change the [...]

Opera Turns 15, Claims Title of World’s Oldest Web Browser

Tuesday, April 28, 2009

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The folks at Opera are celebrating the fifteeth anniversary of their Web browser today. They’ve got some fun celebratory items up, including memories from cofounder and CEO Jon von Tetzchner, a secret origin in comic-strip form, some predictions for the future, and a list of fifteen reasons to use Opera. The company’s saying that Opera is [...]

One Windows. Multiple Browsers. Bundled. I Like It!

Wednesday, February 25, 2009

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Once again, those wacky Europeans are making life difficult for Microsoft. A site called EurActive is reporting that Microsoft’s ongoing antitrust tussle with the European Commission will result in the company being forced to help European Windows users opt for a browser that isn’t Internet Explorer. The details are yet to be worked out–the OS [...]

Opera on the iPhone? Maybe. Someday.

Wednesday, January 14, 2009

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Some of the reports today on Apple’s approval of new browser-related iPhone apps make it sound like the company has opened the floodgates for Safari rivals to make their way onto iPhones. Not true–the new apps all use Safari’s WebKit rendering engine and are therefore piggybacking on Safari rather than trying to replace it. But [...]

State of the Browser Betas: A Technologizer Cheat Sheet

Thursday, December 4, 2008

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I’m hesitant to make any bold predictions about what 2009 will hold for technology, but this one seems profoundly safe: a lot of Web browser upgrades will ship. That’s because new versions of the current big five–Chrome, Firefox, IE, Opera, and Safari–are all in various stages of progress. And prerelease versions all except Safari are [...]