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Opera Dumps Yahoo Search From Mobile Browsers

Users of the Opera Mini or Opera Mobile web browsers will see Google take Yahoo's place as the default search on March 1st.

Mobilizing: Microsoft, AOL, Opera In Mobile News

The GSMA Mobile World Congress in Barcelona spurred a few mobile-related items of interest, including Microsoft acquisition news that does not involve Yahoo.

Opera Files Antitrust Complaint Against Microsoft

Oslo-based software maker Opera has formally complained to the European Union about Microsoft's business practices.

AOL Brightens Up Its Desktop

A new version of AOL Desktop bundles tabbed browsing, multiple email account management, and an "App Map" of all open application windows within the environment.

Mozilla Arriving Late To The Mobile Party

The Mozilla Foundation has big plans for mobile devices, but they will have to leapfrog Opera to make an impact.

Firefox Still Gaining On IE

Firefox, the popular alternative to Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser is picking up steam worldwide, gaining one percent in market share in the past six months.

Opera CEO Turns Aside Overthrow Try

Even though Opera has been working more closely with Yahoo on some deals, Opera CEO Jon von Tetzchner wasn't about to suffer the same sort of ousting his Yahoo counterpart endured this week.

Google Gears Grind Out Web Apps

Google announced an open source browser extension that enables web applications to run offline.

Google Adds Cross-Language Search To Translate

Google latest tweak to its Translate service may prove to be one of the more useful offerings the company has put out for a while, especially for those traveling abroad.

Silverlight for Opera

Completely missed in all the talk at Mix about Silverlight, Microsoft’s amazing development platform for rich applications, is the news that Silverlight is coming to the excellent Opera browser.