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Are you experiencing slow Internet? It could be due to slow DNS servers. Try the free namebench utility to seek out the best performing public DNS server for your Mac. Namebench runs on Mac OS X, Unix and Windows and the benchmark results are nicely displayed using the Google Chart API.

The new beta of Google Chrome for Mac provides several features previously available only to developers. Users may now choose from over 2,200 browser extensions from the well-stocked Extension Gallery and synchronize browser bookmarks between mixed platforms, including Chrome for Mac, Linux and Windows.

Google offers free Spotlight importers for indexing source files for AppleScript, Interface Builder and Xcode projects. If you work (or play!) with AppleScript, Interface Builder or Xcode – then check out the Google Toolbox For Mac Spotlight Importers.

Page Speed is a Firebug-integrated Firefox extension recently open-sourced by Google. Page Speed is designed to analyze website performance and offer suggestions on how to improve page load times.

The Dictionary included with the Mac OS X operating system is outstanding. Nevertheless, when working on a writing project, there are times when only a Web search will do. Here’s a method to quickly search Google in Safari – even if Safari is not running.