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The Google Chrome Team has announced that the Google Chrome for Mac browser has been promoted out of beta to the stable channel. Some of the most-requested features by Mac users have been included, such as full-screen mode and improved bookmark management and synchronization. Check it out.

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.

Firefox Preferences has a convenient option that forces all new windows to open in a new tab instead. Safari has a similar option but requires holding down the Command key. This Terminal tweak enables Safari to work like Firefox by automatically opening all new windows in a new tab with a plain click.

Do you surf the Web on an iPhone, iPod touch or Android touch mobile device? Mactoids.com is now more mobilicious than ever on your iPhone – thanks to the very promising WPtouch Mobile Plugin and Theme from BraveNewCode.