The Opera team has been working intensely on version 9.5, and we’ll hopefully be seeing weekly builds of those coming shortly. In the meantime they have whipped up Opera 9.22 which has significant improvements to the BitTorrent downloader.

Google has already been testing print-ads in a handful of newspapers, but now they’re ready to expand the program further so that 225 different newspapers in the United States will have them. Major newspapers are involved including the Chicago Tribune, San Jose Mercury News, The New York Times, and the Washington Post.

I think the Opera development team should be proud of their Speed Dial idea because it is now available for most major browsers, and even as a standalone website. Firefox was the second browser to get it via an extension, and now with the Beta version of IE7Pro you can get it in Internet Explorer 7!

Usually you hear of the eBay auctions gone awry when the buyer receives something that they didn’t expect like an empty box, or the item in terrible condition.  I think this is one of the only times where I’ve heard of someone being satisfied with what came in the box, even though it wasn’t exactly what they purchased.

When I think of YouTube, I certainly don’t picture it in the corporate scene, however, that’s where it’s heading. Google is transforming YouTube into a new “corporate” version that will be available to the thousands of businesses currently using Google Apps.

Mozilla released an important update to the Firefox web browser today. The new Firefox 2.0.0.5 fixes a critical flaw that enables a hacker to control a user’s computer. Ironically, this was done by letting the hacker launch Firefox through Internet Explorer, and then Firefox would run malicious instructions that could compromise their system.

Just when we thought AllofMP3.com had its last breath, they were resuscitated.  A Russian Court has told VISA that they must process payments for AllofMP3.com because the site is legal according to Russian law.  This now gives life back to the popular download site that was nearly gone.

I came across an extension the other day that I think is going to become very popular, extremely fast. It’s called Interclue and it is a cross between Snap Shots, Cooliris, Link Alert, and iReader...and it may very well be one of the best Firefox add-ons that I have seen.