There is a better way to perform a search query on Google via a mobile phone than tapping a lengthy string of numbers, and that would be by speaking normally to the search engine.

It’s a great place, the blogosphere. Anyone with an opinion about anything can articulate it. And anyone does precisely that, including me.

ZDNet’s “Googling Google” blogger Garett Rogers found a Javascript trick that unveils the occasionally glimpsed new look of Google’s search results to Firefox users.

Opera has done a minor release, going from 8.51 to 8.52. They fixed some minor security and performance issues, and one thing that was near and dear to me: Bloglines.

Another instance of the green phone icon appearing for some AdWords listings in Google search results has been reported online.

RSS feeds and email updates from the US government’s communications website deliver its latest official news and information.

So, I just posted on Kamambe, Jason Schramm’s site that lets you customize Google’s tabs in Firefox.

Oslo-based Opera Software today announced that it has teamed with BitTorrent Inc. to include the BitTorrent(TM) protocol in the upcoming version of the Opera Web browser.

The Opera 9 Technology Preview 2 will integrate support for the BitTorrent protocol and should be available soon for testing.

Another beta version of Google’s Toolbar arrived on the company’s servers, just waiting for download and testing by its user base.

The Opera Mini browser, complete with integrated Google search, has been released globally and will work on virtually any mobile phone capable of downloading it.

The New Year has ushered in a number of high-profile partnerships in the mobile search space, confirming our prediction last summer that as go the major search engines, so goes mobile search.

Both Internet players have new products ready to roll for mobile devices, with Google making another mobile-centric deal while Yahoo debuts its Go service.

Google is the default search option in the Opera web browser for PCs, and the two firms have extended their agreement to place Google on Opera browsers made for smaller devices.

First a story about Google picking up the Oslo-based browser software company surfaced, then one placing Microsoft in the acquirer role; one humorous article that followed said Opera was buying itself!

The Oslo-based maker of the Opera web browser may have been acquired by Microsoft, which may have beaten Google in bidding for the company. Maybe.

One Firefox user visiting Yahoo’s home page was surprised to see Yahoo invite him to switch his default search option from Google to Yahoo in three easy steps.

Mobile phone users can now access Gmail on their preferred handset’s browser, and Google has included a few features to enhance the mobile version too.

When it comes to market capitalization, Google is definitely a prima donna of substantial girth; the next aria it sings could be a swan song for the Norwegian-made Opera browser.

A meeting in Toronto featured representatives and developers for several web browsers, as they discussed methods of revealing phishing sites to users.

Creators of Asynchronous Javascript and XML applications can obtain a beta release of the Opera Platform software development kit to use in building web applications for mobile phones.