OSLO, Norway--Opera Software took the hardware acceleration plunge today with the release of its first alpha version of Opera 12, code-named Wahoo. Hardware acceleration offers a range of benefits to ...

Google's mobile operating system is a match made in heaven for the Norwegian browser company. Also coming: hardware acceleration for mobile, desktop. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 ...

For fans looking to glimpse the future, Opera this morning released Opera Next, a stand-alone installation of the Opera 11.50 alpha, codenamed Swordfish. Among other things, the update brings hardware ...

Opera Software has released a hardware accelerated preview of the coming Opera 11.5 web browser. For now the hardware acceleration is only available for Windows systems with OpenGL 2.x compatible ...

WebGL graphics is a highlight of the new alpha build of Opera, but the browser also can accelerate 2D graphics, text, and CSS effects--often on Windows XP. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 ...

The latest version of the Opera browser launched this week, featuring support for “Aura,” a way to accelerate the entire browser experience using your PC’s graphics card. In fact, since Opera and ...

Opera Software on Tuesday released Opera 11.6, an interim build to tide over users while the company continues to work on Version 12 and its hardware acceleration. Opera 11.6 features a new HTML ...

The latest edition of the Opera browser, Opera 21, is now available for Windows and Mac. Chief among the many changes, tweaks, and updates is hardware acceleration via Aura technology. Aura “allows us ...

Our team tests, rates, and reviews more than 1,500 products each year to help you make better buying decisions and get more from technology. What the Opera browser lacks in market domination on the ...

Opera has today announced that their new Opera 12 browser, when launched, will bring with it a major graphics-hardware boost. The new hardware acceleration will specifically affect the rendering of ...

Opera Mobile is finally coming to Android. I’ve been waiting for this for quite a while now, for one reason alone: the UI. I believe Opera Mini has the best UI and the most polished one by far. It’s ...