Google Chrome is attractive, fast and has some impressive new features. But more importantly, Google Chrome will help strengthen the Web as the biggest application platform in the world - think of it as Google operating system. As pretty much everything Google touches turns to gold, Chrome is destined for greatness. It's not there yet - no browser is ever complete upon initial launch - bit stick with it and it'll only get better. At the moment it's not reliable enough to totally replace your favourite browser, but give it a whirl and you'll soon find that you are using it more frequently than you expected - especially as the first time you run it, it imports your bookmarks, passwords, and settings from Firefox or Internet Explorer. It even can grab username and password data. Scary! The biggest disappointment is that when Google crashes, it takes everything with it. In contrast, Mozilla Firefox and Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 automatically restore your previous session in the event of a crash.