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Android users now have a new choice when it comes to browsers. Opera Software announced that Opera Mobile 10.1 beta is available in the Android Market for free, providing the many millions of Android users better browser performance and an improved user experience.

Android users are known to appreciate speed and functionality. They are also known for their demands for new and improved software for their handsets, as well as an almost emotional relationship to their phones. Now, they have the opportunity to run Opera Mobile, made by a company that shares their passion for a better browser.

Opera also launched an open developer API for the Opera Link browser synchronization service. Using this API developers can integrate Opera Link data with other services online and build applications with libraries made available for Java and Python.

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Because this is an alpha version, it is not feature complete—there are still many more features to come. Use it with caution, ensuring that your current Opera installation and any other important data are backed up before installing this version.

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Opera eleased the first alpha of Opera 11, the next version of the company’s award-winning desktop web browser. Opera 11 is the first Opera browser to include extensions, browser add-ons made using Opera application programming interfaces (APIs) and web standards like HTML5 and JavaScript. Opera was already the most powerful browser out-of-the-box; now, it adds a new level of customization. Opera 11 alpha is available from http://www.opera.com/browser/next/.

Opera releasing a new beta version of Opera 10.60, now more than 50% faster than its predecessor on selected JavaScript tests. In addition to unmatched speed, Opera 10.60 beta incorporates new web-standard features, such as Geolocation and WebM support for HTML5 video, as well as a polished and easy-to-use user interface. Opera 10.60 beta is available on all platforms at http://www.opera.com/next. Download page is shown below.

Apple® released Safari® 5, the latest version of the world’s fastest and most innovative web browser, featuring the new Safari Reader for reading articles on the web without distraction, a 30 percent performance increase over Safari 4,* and the ability to choose Google, Yahoo! or Bing as the search service powering Safari’s search field. Available for both Mac® and Windows, Safari 5 includes improved developer tools and supports more than a dozen new HTML5 technologies that allow web developers to create rich, dynamic websites. With Safari 5, developers can now create secure Safari Extensions to customize and enhance the browsing experience.

Opera Software today brings the browser wars to new astronautical heights by publicly inaugurating its Future Opera Operations in Lunar Surroundings program. The ambitious project will culminate in the release of Opera Space Edition, the first Web browser in space.

ASUS has once again reinvented modern computing with its recently launched Eee Top PC, all-in-one touchscreen computer. Seeking a browser that could adapt seamlessly to its unique touch capabilities, ASUS chose Opera for smooth and easy touch navigation — requiring neither mouse nor keyboard.

Pre-installed on the Eee Top PC 1602, Opera is customized to enable touchscreen Internet browsing. Opera brings drag-and-drop functionality, onscreen panning and an automatic virtual keyboard to the Eee Top PC.

Opera Software and Yahoo!® today announced their partnership to bring the Opera Mini mobile Web browser and the full Internet to more mobile phone users around the world. Yahoo! is expected to begin distributing Opera Mini via Yahoo! Mobile and also as a standalone download from Yahoo!’s mobile Web sites in the near future. The Opera Mini client will be available free of charge. *

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Opera today made Yandex the default search engine on Opera’s mobile Web browsers for customers in Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). Effective immediately, anyone using Opera Mini in Russia and the CIS can access Russia’s most popular Internet search service directly from the start page of the browser. Opera Mini is freely available from www.operamini.com.

Opera Mobile service will be available shortly. Opera Mini and Opera Mobile users in Russia and the CIS will be able to effortlessly find the information they want wherever they are.