The first taste of the next iteration of the Opera browser is just around the corner. Opera Software is currently cooking a preview version of Opera 10.5 and is gearing up to make available for download a pre-alpha build of the browser next week, a few days ahead of Christmas. Details are scarce at this point in time, but from the little information that was shared with the public it appears that the next generation of Opera will apparently be designed to offer as much horsepower to end users as possible. “While everyone is off for Christmas vacation, the desktop team is working hard on preparing a nice holiday gift for Opera users. On December 22nd we will release a 10.5 pre-alpha. We'll keep it a surprise for now, but the keyword is: speed,” revealed Opera’s Huib Kleinhout.
Opera Software first mentioned that it was shifting resources onto the project building Opera 10.5 at the end of October 2009. In this regard, the Norway-based browser maker has moved extremely fast, if approximately two months later it is just ready to offer the first development milestone of Opera 10.o's successor. And while Opera has never been accused of lagging rival browsers in terms of speed, with version 10.5, the browser maker takes on Google Chrome and Firefox, just like Internet Explorer 9. Microsoft demonstrated a preview version of IE9 the past month at PD... (read more)
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With Valentine's Day just around the corner, Microsoft is helping Windows 7 customers celebrate love right on their desktops. In this regard, the Redmond company has made available for download a new desktop theme designed to integrate seamlessly into the desktop of their Windows 7-power computers. The Lacy Hearts is, as the software giant has put i... (
The latest development milestone of Office 2010 has made it into the wild, even though Microsoft never intended to have the general public get their hands on the release. Earlier this week, the Redmond company revealed that the next iteration of the Office System reached a key milestone in the evolution to RTM, namely the Rel... (
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