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Google, Opera Partner on Mobile Search

By BetaNews Staff, BetaNews

December 29, 2005, 11:22 AM

Google has been selected as the default search for Opera Mobile and Opera Mini, the browser's developer said Thursday. The search giant and Opera Software have entered into a one-year agreement, which would make Google a "major part of the browsers home screen," Opera said in a statement.

The Norwegian company has so far failed to create significant buzz surrounding its now-free Opera Web Browser, although it has kept a consistent and loyal following. Recent browser share surveys place Opera around a half-percent, far behind market leaders Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox. But Opera has been making inroads in the mobile space, establishing itself as the de-facto browser on cell phones and portable devices.

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By rijp

posted Dec 29, 2005 - 11:33 AM

Google and Opera searching in a tree..
F-I-N-D-I-N-G . . .
first came Sony, then comes Lawsuit . . .

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By PC_Tool

edited Dec 29, 2005 - 3:30 PM

Nice one, It's nice to see a major organization going out of their way to support non MSIE browsers though...and making press about it.

[OT]Is it just me, or am I getting along with you today?

Must be something in the air. I thought I smelled something odd when I got in to work today...I just thought someone blew up another Cornon Bleu in the Mic again...

Mm...burnt cheese.

[OT./...WAY OT]

Google Homepage IRC Chat module:

http://www.aimx.com/ig/irc/chat3.0.xml

For "Location", just type in Betanews. :P

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By wincement

edited Dec 30, 2005 - 10:19 PM

Dangit. I tried adding the module, but it didn't work.

Anyone know how to get the JRE to work in Portable Firefox? =(

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By shailensukul

posted Dec 31, 2005 - 1:56 AM

just an interesting observation that this could be construed as anti-competetive behaviour, considering that Microsoft were targeted for bundling a default media player with windows.

but hey, as long as it is not MS, it is alright isn't it ??

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