Opera unleashes Unite, a self-contained client-server platform designed to enable messaging and collaboration via Web services. Unite, which could give Google, Mozilla and Microsoft a run for their Web services money, doesn't rely on third-party servers, storing all data directly within the Opera Web browser. Opera hints at business scenarios for Unite, but large enterprises will be loath to embrace it because of potential security risks. -
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Challenging Mozilla, Google, and Microsoft in the nascent
Web services arena, Opera June 16 unveiled Opera
Unite, a Web service platform which computers create Web sites, chat and
share files without letting user data grace third-party servers during the data
exchange.
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