Why is the former Soviet republic a shining ruby of web browsing rarity? Socialism! First, some history. Opera is the second-oldest active browser in the world; when it was released by Norwegian ...

OSLO, NORWAY: Fifteen years ago, two computer scientists sat at their desks in a research lab in what is today Telenor, Norway's telecommunications incumbent, itching to begin a new project. They ...

I thought this was an interesting little finding. Which country is Opera the leading browser in? The answer being Belarus. The reason why is interesting too: By contrast, all the Norwegian company ...

StatCounter, which uses data on browser usage across some 3 million websites, identifies Belarus as the only country in the world where Opera -- which elsewhere is something of a niche product ...