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Opera Mini 5 Beta Released for Android PhonesFriday, March 12, 2010 @ 12:26PMDo you want to try a different browser on your Android phone? The folks at Opera Software announced a beta version of the Opera Mini 5 browser that provides a PC-like browsing experience on smartphones and other handheld devices that run on the Android platform.

Battlestar Galactica Online AnnouncedTuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 9:27PMNBC Universal and Bigpoint announced that a new game based on the Battlestar Galactica world is now in the works. The teaser site is already up for Battlestar Galactica Online so keep reading! Comment | View Article

How to save and share ridiculously large filesTuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 9:17PMThere are a handful of free and paid services that make it easy to host enormous files such as HD video recordings and send them to a friend, family member or business associate.

Cisco To Unveil News that Will 'Forever Change the Internet'Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 6:33PMCisco Systems says it will make a major announcement on Tuesday, news that the technology giant says "will forever change the Internet". Shares of Cisco gained 3.65% to close at $26.13 Monday, hitting a new 52-week high of $26.36 intraday, as some analysts speculated that the tech giant is rolling out new gear to help wireless phone companies cope with rising video Web traffic. Cisco had sent ...

W3C Pulls Former Novell CTO for CEO SpotMonday, March 8, 2010 @ 5:31PM"Filling a position left open since 2008, former Novell CTO Jeffrey Jaffe has taken on the role of chief executive officer for the W3C. Jaffe will work alongside Web inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee, who will remain the organization's director. While Berners-Lee will concentrate primarily on the direction of the W3C's standards, Jaffe will look to streamline the W3C process of working with members."

Pre-GDC: Stonetrip Launches Java-Compatible ShiVa 3D Web PlayerMonday, March 8, 2010 @ 4:18PM3D development tools maker Stonetrip revealed a new version of its ShiVa 3D web player, which the company says is immediately compatible with more than 80 percent of computers worldwide and requires minimal fuss to run. Stonetrip points out that the plug-in installation process has made it difficult for end users to view 3D web-based applications without having to deal with a number of obstacles ...

Rivals Report Boost from Microsoft's Browser BallotMonday, March 8, 2010 @ 4:05PMMozilla and Opera Software say they are seeing an uptick in demand for their browsers in the wake of Microsoft's launch of a choice ballot in Europe. Mozilla CEO John Lilly told The New York Times over the weekend that more than 50,000 Firefox downloads have already occurred via direct links from the new choice screen that the European Commission mandated last year as part of its antitrust ...

'Highly critical' flaw found in Opera browserMonday, March 8, 2010 @ 2:28PMSecurity researchers are sounding the alarm for an unpatched, remote code execution flaw in the Opera Web browser. by Ryan Naraine

Tech Weekly: Opera on the browser ballot, and open source officesSaturday, March 6, 2010 @ 6:54AMAleks Krotoski, Bobbie Johnson and Charles Arthur dig into this week's top stories across the web, including the optimism that Opera co-founder Jon von Tetzchner has about the new web browser ballot that Microsoft is offering its users, the latest on the Italian scandal that's got Google's top brass in the dock and Twitter's nascent advertising-based business model that's starting to rise to the ...