One of the main features that almost all the latest browser like IE 8 , Chrome etc have in common is the “Private” browsing mode or the “Porn” mode. However, Firefox 3 was missing this feature and Firefox 3.1 beta 2 which will be released for the general public soon will have this feature.

Google is adding a lot of new features to Gmail like Gadgets, Emoticons, Canned responses, Mail Googles etc. Google is rolling out a new feature for Gmail which allows you to send SMS from your chat window in the left hand pane. The feature is available through the Gmail Labs and you will have to enable it from the settings page.

One of the features that many Adsense publishers were looking for is here. I am talking about the integration of Adsense with Google Analytics. The new facility has already started rolling out and will be available to all the Adsense publishes gradually.

Google is ready to extend there Adsense programs to include video games. It will soon be launching “Adsense in Games”, a technology which has been designed to show advertisements in web based video games. This way, advertisers can get a new way to reach there customers.

Adobe has released the beta version of there Adobe AIR for Linux. AIR is a cross platform runtime using which developers can create rich Internet applications which just sit on your desktop.

The highly versatile and open source VLC media player has launched the 0.9.2 version. The new version features a brand new interface. Many new codecs, protocols have been added for video playback and it now supports more formats.

IE 8 beta 2 came out with there “Porn InPrivate”, Chrome had “Incognito” mode, and even Safari has a stealth feature and now Firefox will also be coming out with there Privacy mode with Firefox 3.1. Even though there are add-ons for Firefox that does the job but none are worthwhile.

WinZip is one of the first and most popular archiving utilities available though now many have started using WinRar or 7-Zip. The new version 12 of the popular comes with some new compression features and enhancements. It now lets you compress JPEG images which were difficult to compress before as they are already compressed.

Microsoft is going to add a new Privacy Mode to its next release of Internet Explorer 8. With it, just by clicking a button, users will be able to limit how much information is recorded where they go online and what they do. This made will also clear the browser cache at the end of the session.

uTorrent is one of the most feature rich BitTorrent client. It is small in size, consumes less memory and CPU and offers all the features which you want. After a gap of more than 6 months, a stable uTorrent 1.8 is out which contains some significant improvements and updates.