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If you're a fan of the speedy Google Chrome browser you'll be interested to know that Google's added a clever bookmark syncing tool to the browser which operates just like Xmarks (Foxmarks). If you download the beta of Google Chrome 4, either as a version upgrade from Chrome or a new install, you'll get an option in your "wrench" menu to synchronize bookmarks, enabled through your Google account.

Open-source browser Firefox is expected to pass the billion download mark in the next 24 hours - will it be you who downloads the latest 3.5 release?

The milestone includes downloads of all versions of the web software since its first release in 2004. Last year, the Mozilla Foundation set a new Guinness world record for the most software downloaded in 24 hours when the third version of Firefox was downloaded more than eight million times. The latest figures suggest that Firefox now has nearly one third of the browser market worldwide, at 31 per cent, although stats vary wildy between countries. ... read more »

The increasingly popular browser Google Chrome is to get extensions by May according to news reports. It's taken months to get this far whilst Firefox and IE push on with fantastic third-party extensions, but Chrome's are bound to be good following its successful start to life. These plugins enhance and personalise your browser to how you want it. If you haven't tried Chrome yet do you think extensions will win you over?