Some may remember the Internet browser wars from the 90’s between Netscape and Microsoft. Google fired a shot in the battle this afternoon with the release of Google Chrome. It is Google attempt to build a better browser. Google indicates that it each tab with in the browser will be a separate “sandbox” so that an application crash in one tab will not bring down the whole browser.
Some of speculated that Google wants to have more control with your access to their services. Control including cookie retention, tracking, etc.
You can learn more and download Chrome for Windows right now at http://www.google.com/chrome. Linux and Mac versions are promised later in the beta.