Opera has announced a new technology called Opera Unite, so what is that? The short answer is: Opera Unite is a way to turn your computer into a Web Server.
Product analyst Lawrence Eng says, "With Opera Unite, everyday non-technical users can serve and share content and services directly from their own computers in the form of intuitive applications."
A media application has come with Opera Unite as a demostration. Using this Jukebox tool, all "united" friends will select their favorite songs, and combine together to form a virture online radio.
And Lawrence Eng believes that "That’s just the tiniest tip of the iceberg—the potential for what can be done is much larger. The key to Opera Unite is that it enables a whole new class of social software on the Web, applications that benefit from two or more people being online at the same time. And, with Opera Unite, these people can all connect directly without needing middlemen who control third-party servers."
Couldn’t wait? Download your install pack here:
Opera Unite builds for Mac: Standard dmg installer | Intel installer
Opera Unite builds for Linux/Unix: Unix build | Ubuntu 32-bit | Ubuntu 64-bit
Opera Unite builds for Windows: Classic installer | Standard MSI installer
You may also check this articles to get started with Opera Unite: An introduction to Opera Unite. If you are interested in contributing to Opera community, check this Opera Unite developer’s primer.
Here is one the screenshot provided on Opera site, click to enlarge:
