Chrome

Introducing Google's new browser Chrome via a comic book approach is, I hate to say it, a stroke of genius because Google's strip explains, in clear concise fashion, what's needed for browsers to take full advantage of the net. Will Chrome succeed? Only time will tell but Google's first foray into the browser wars looks pretty good to me.

Addendum: Bets are on that the emergent tech in Chrome will eventually wind up in Firefox as Google is the main financier for Mozilla and both companies reupped their relationship extending through 2011.

Addendum II: Chrome doesn't look hot but this bad boy is very fast thanks to the optimized J Script running inside the app.