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...Like a fox. Opera Software is not only surviving but thriving. For the past five years the company has been producing a small but fast and nimble browser to rival Microsoft's Internet Explorer and Netscape's Navigator. Opera's eponymous product has received rave reviews, and the Norwegians haven't spent a dollar on marketing.?"Opera's awesome stability and speed make it a worthwhile download," wrote the computer and technology website cnet. The latest version, Opera 5.0 was downloaded 2 million times in the first month after its release in December. Not bad for a young Norwegian...
...fierce, Opera has been forced to rethink its strategy. For the first four years in business, the company charged $39 for its product. A lot of users discovered ways to employ the software without paying the fee, however, so last year Opera decided to try a different model. The browser was released in two versions: an ad-free one for the usual $39 and a fee-free one that contained advertisements. "We recognized we would never be able to get the number of users we hoped for without giving it away," says chief financial officer Christian Jebsen. "The market price...
...company also knows that to survive it has to broaden its appeal to platforms beyond desktop computers, especially in the rapidly growing market for handheld devices like mobile phones and personal digital assistants. Because Opera is so compact the firm is touting it as the browser of choice for small Internet-enabled gadgets. Opera is now installed in handheld personal assistants made by Britain's Psion and in Ericsson's cordless Webscreen H610. Since the browser comes as part of the core software on these devices, the company gets paid by the manufacturer, not the user...
Barth's software, which must be downloaded to a PC's Internet Explorer browser, searches airline, car and hotel websites to find exclusive low fares. (Mac and Netscape versions are in the works.) An Internet plug-in allows bargain hunters to view Sidestep's search results and competitors' side by side...
...once that this would be a very, very bad game. You can find it yourself at popcap.com a four-month-old site that offers a raft of free games, no questions asked. The games aren't downloaded to you but streamed as tiny Java applets to your Web browser. They go away when you close your browser. But why would you want...