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Opera 7.50 Released, Everything You Need Online

Oslo, Norway - May 12, 2004

Opera Software today released 7.50 for Windows, Mac, Linux, FreeBSD and Solaris. Opera 7.50 offers users hungry for a better Internet experience the latest advancements in Internet technologies, with the same engineering excellence and inventiveness that made its browser rendering so famous, now also offers a top-notch e-mailer, newsreader, IRC-compatible chat client, contact database, support for RSS newsfeeds and much, much more. Still, with all the features, Opera remains the fastest, best coded, small browsing application in the world, weighing in at 3.5 MB.

Opera's whole user interface has been revamped for 7.50. Along with fast, customizable browsing, users get complete integration of all their favorite Internet activities easily accessible from a new panel selector. Apart from Opera's unique browsing experience, users can enjoy Opera Mail, the built-in e-mail client, offering intelligent e-mailing with support for fast content search, a contact database, a newsreader, automatic filtering, and now features a spellchecker and RSS newsfeeds. Opera's debuting chat client is IRC- compatible and supports both private and group chats.

"Most Internet users are browsing slowly and conducting other Internet activities with applications that should have been retired years ago. Internet Explorer is an aged application that Microsoft has not given a major update in years, and according to press reports they are not planning to upgrade it in the near future. At the same time, most people's e-mail applications still function like it's 1994," says Jon S. von Tetzchner, CEO, Opera Software. "Internet users who are looking for something faster, packed with fun features and innovations that will also make them more efficient when online, will find Opera a thrilling experience."

For more information, please refer to the changelog.

Availability

The browser is available free of charge thanks to a sponsored advertising in the user interface. Users that choose to register their version can remove the advertising, access premium support and receive 6 months free use of Opera Web Mail Premium for USD 39. Various discounts apply.

About Opera Software ASA

Opera Software ASA has redefined Web browsing for PCs, mobile phones and other networked devices. Opera's cross-platform Web browser technology is renowned for its performance, standards compliance and small size, while giving users a faster, safer and more dynamic online experience. Opera Software is headquartered in Oslo, Norway, with offices around the world. The company is listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol OPERA. Learn more about Opera at http://www.opera.com.

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