Opera Software reports over 12 million downloads of Opera 10.10 in the first week of the browser's launch, which is a new record for the Norwegian software firm.

"With such remarkable download numbers, I am confident that we truly appealed to the needs of the Web-using public. Opera 10.10 is visually more compelling, and technologically speaking, it goes where no browser has gone before," said Jon von Tetzchner, CEO of Opera, in a statement. "We believe that, over time, Opera Unite has the power to erase preconceptions of how we access and share information on the Web."

Source: eWEEK