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Opera the Browser may not be a household name in the United States, but around the world it's wildly popular and on the company's 15th birthday things are moving in directions the founders may never have expected. The company marked its big day with an awesome throw-back version of its home page and a press release reminding everyone just how far it's come. Sponsor Opera is used by 40 million people, the company reports. That may be a relatively small community as browsers go, but it's a very, very loyal group and the company reports that it is growing fast. Mobile use just saw ... Read Full Story

Opera Software will showcase its products and participate with some of the best minds in Web technology at the Web 2.0 Expo in New York City, November 16 through November 19, 2009. As silver sponsors, Opera will have a big presence at the show including the latest product demos of Opera’s desktop browser, along with Web server technology Opera Unite, as well as Opera Mini and Opera Mobile, at booth number 1227 (on November 18 and 19). Read Full Story

Opera announced that the next version of their browser, Opera 9.1, will include improved anti-phishing and anti-fraud features. Opera 9.1 will search Opera-owned servers for information on any site visited. Those that Opera has identifies as fraudulent will be automatically blocked by the browser. Read Full Story

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