Google creates new internet browser called 'Chrome'

Internet search engine giant google has announced through its blog that it is entering the market for internet browsers.

The new application is called 'Chrome' and will now no doubt challenge the biggies of Internet Explorer and Firefox.

Google claims that it will run applications, games and so on much better.

A key improvement is said to be that each tab will effectively run as a separate entity, preventing the whole application crashing if it decides it doesn't like a website, which is a current problem with IE and Firefox.

In fact this is one of the key improvements being touted for Internet Explorer 8, so I suppose google is stealing a march on Microsoft.

Google says it is making all the code open source and promises the emphasis will be on simplicity and speed.

We'll see how it turns out - but another player in this area can only be a good thing for surfers.

Below: first screenshots of Google Chrome (so not entirely dissimilar, at least visually, from what's out there, then).