Google’s web browser attracted a lot of interest when it first launched. Although it had much to recommend it, the initial version was missing some key features, including a bookmarks manager. The first official release corrects this oversight and Google has added some other tweaks too, such as blocked pop-up notification, and updates to Gears and the V8 JavaScript engine. Add-on support is coming too.

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Opera has struggled for recognition behind Internet Explorer, Firefox and even Chrome, but it’s one of the best and most innovative browsers around. If you’re feeling adventurous you might want to take its new alpha version for a spin. This is built around the Presto 2.2 rendering engine and promises speed improvements of up to 30 per cent compared to previous versions. The alpha also includes an inline spell-checker and auto updates.

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This experimental add-on for Firefox lets you gain access to a number of different web services from any page using natural-language keyboard shortcuts. You can find and add a Google map to an email without leaving Google Mail, for example, or look up a topic on Wikipedia without having to load that site. You can even translate text directly on any foreign language page.

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Although it’s a tiny download, this BitTorrent client doesn’t skimp on features. It provides bandwidth prioritisation and RSS auto-downloading, which downloads items as soon as they become available, in a manner similar to subscribing to podcasts. It can also resume interrupted transfers in a jiffy.

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