Norway's Opera Software, intends to build on the market niche it has carved for its increasingly popular Web browser by setting up an office in the heart of Silicon Valley. Opera's new Mountain View office puts the company in close proximity to some the most important global Web players, including Google and Yahoo.

Although Opera has had only limited success in the desktop and notebook computing space, with an estimated modest 1% market share, its speed and compact code have made it popular among players in the portable browser space, such as Nintendo, Samsung and Motorola.

Oslo-based Opera scored a big win when it was chosen as the browser for Nintendo's trail blazing new gaming console the Wii, which has sold 12 million consoles worldwide since it was released 11 months ago.

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