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Mozilla Whines About Apple Being First In Browser Ballot Screen
4:00AM Jesus Diaz | After getting cornered by the European Union, Microsoft offered a reasonable solution to the web browser monopoly dilemma: Let users choose whatever browser they want. Now, the developers of Firefox are whining about who’s first in the web setup screen. More »
Phones
Sprint Clubs The Instinct HD Over The Head With A $US250 Price
2:00AM John Herrman | The first rule of dumbphones: They shouldn’t cost more than smartphones. This shall not be broken. The second rule of dumbphones, or really all phones: An announcement should be accompanied by useful information about the product. So, Sprint—what the hell? More »
Software
Opera Mini 5 Beta Out Now: Tabbed Browsing, Speed Dial Bookmarks
5:30PM Danny Allen | Unlike Opera Mobile, Opera Mini crunches pages a server for viewing on your Java phone or BlackBerry. The new beta has a snappier interface geared for touch or keypad control, and adds tabbed browsing, speed dial and a password manager. More »
Software
7:20AM John Herrman | People go to such great lengths to extend laptop battery life—going blind staring at dimmed screens, developing repetitive stress injuries by ditching mice—that they miss the obvious. Like browsers, which apparently have a huge impact on battery life. More »
Is Your Browser Stealing Precious Battery Life?
7:20AM John Herrman | People go to such great lengths to extend laptop battery life—going blind staring at dimmed screens, developing repetitive stress injuries by ditching mice—that they miss the obvious. Like browsers, which apparently have a huge impact on battery life. More »
Online
Nintendo Stops Charging For The Wii’s Browser, Emulates Apology
3:20AM John Herrman | You know what was dumb, until just now? That you had to pay, at least in Wii Points, to download the console’s Opera browser, which isn’t very good. Today, Nintendo would like to let you know that they’re (somewhat) sorry! More »
Software
Opera 10 Gets Faster (And Final)
10:48PM Matt Buchanan | The final version of Opera 10, with a new interface and Turbo compression (like the trick it pulls on phones) and other features, is up for download. [Opera via Lifehacker]
Software
Opera Mobile For Android Means Flash, Glorious Flash On Every Android Phone
1:00AM Matt Buchanan | “But Opera’s already on Android,” you protest. That’s Opera Mini, the Opera browser that serves up pages pre-crunched for crappy phones by Opera’s servers. Opera Mobile is their full-fledged, feature-packed browser that promises Flash and Google Gears support. More »
Software
Opera Unite: Your Browser Is Now A Full-Featured Server
7:04PM John Herrman | A marginal player in the desktop browser field, Opera has done something pretty wild with the next version of their software: they’ve turn it into a zero-config server for files, music, photos and websites. More »
Software
Opera Mobile 9.7 Beta Now Live for Windows Mobile Phones
8:59PM John Herrman | Whoa, hey, Opera has just posted download links for the beta release of Opera Mobile 9.7, the server-side accelerated, Flash-friendly update to their flagship mobile browser. Let’s see how it is, shall we? More »
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