Google Chrome is a browser that combines a minimal design with sophisticated technology to make the web faster, safer, and easier. It is now available in beta version to download. This is almost at the same time as Microsoft released its Internet Explorer 8 in beta for download. A lot of new features are introduced:

• One box for everything. Web search. Web history. Address bar. Suggestions as you type. One unified box serves all your browsing needs
• New Tab page. Every time you open a new tab, you’ll see a visual sampling of your most visited sites, most used search engines, and recently bookmarked pages and closed tabs.
• Application Shortcuts. Use web apps without opening your browser. Application shortcuts can directly load your favorite online apps.
• Dynamic Tabs. You can drag tabs out of the browser to create new windows, gather multiple tabs into one window or arrange your tabs however you wish — quickly and easily.
• Crash Control. Every tab you’re using is run independently in the browser, so if one app crashes it won’t take anything else down.
• Incognito mode. Don’t want pages you visit to show up in your web history? Choose incognito mode for private browsing.
• Safe browsing. Google Chrome warns you if you’re about to visit a suspected phishing, malware or otherwise unsafe website.
• Instant bookmark. Want to bookmark a web page? Just click the star icon at the left edge of the address bar and you’re done.
• Importing setting. When you switch to Google Chrome, you can pick up where you left off with all the bookmarks and passwords from your existing browser.
• Simpler download. No intrusive download manager; you see your download’s status at the bottom of your current window.

Get and try the beta copy of Google Chrome.

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