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A contender to Chrome and Firefox

A couple years back, the Opera Web browser switched its engine to the same one used by Google Chrome. So Opera’s challenge is to be Chrome, but better, which ain’t easy. But Opera recently added two points in its favor: a power saving option to get more time out of a laptop battery charge, and the ability to pop YouTube videos out to a floating window. We’ve reviewed the Opera browser to see if it’s worth replacing Chrome. Read more »

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