First, I ran the benchmarks with an old copy of Chrome 4, which I installed just for these tests, and then with Chrome 5.0.375.29, the latest beta.

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The first beta of Chrome, Google’s long-in-development Internet browser, https: ... 5. It gives you more control over tabs. Chrome gives the idea of tabbed browsing new power.