Last week I started using Flock as my everyday browser and it may be tough to pull me away from it now. Some features, like the integrated News Reader, are amazing and do not compare to any other browser. The best part is that Flock is based on the Firefox code and even more importantly it identifies itself as Firefox. Any site that is compatible with Firefox should work perfectly in Flock.

Are you getting sick of using Outlook Express? Well, then go ahead and download the new Windows Live Mail Desktop Beta. The software has a lot of nice features like the built-in RSS reader but the advertisement on the right-side of the screen gets a little annoying. They never put the advertisement in Outlook Express so I don't know why they felt the need to put it in there.

There is a new Firefox extension in town and this one will encrypt your emails. The extension, called Freenigma, will encrypt your emails that you are sending using GMail, Yahoo Mail, or Hotmail. Right now the service is in a testing phase and you have to be invited to join, but you can sign up and maybe you will receive an invitation.

With the popularity of the iPod always on the rise you never know what they will come up with next. Peter Burns designed the iPod Watch above which would give iPod users the extreme portability that they always want. This concept has a 10GB memory capacity and Bluetooth enabled headphones.

The new Yahoo! Messenger (with voice) in beta is designed to let users apply plugins. There were some available when the beta was first released, and now more have been added. They can be found in the Yahoo Application Gallery. Here's a quick run down of the new plugins:

Adobe has released Adobe Lightroom Beta 3 to Windows and Mac users alike. The goal of Lightroom is to give professional photographers a way to easily manage and edit their photos.

AOL is not going to try and take the corporate world by storm with the release of AIM Pro. This new instant messenger tries to make it easy for people to communicate with each other by providing WebEx integration.

Netscape has decided to really lay it out on the table now! To help promote their recently launched Digg-like site they are offering $1,000 per month for the top Digg, Reddit, Flickr, and Newsvine users. They want the people to be in the top 20 and they are willing to pay about a dozen people.

The ever popular StumbleUpon which helps you discover and share websites is now Internet Explorer Friendly. It has always been popular among Firefox users with the StumbleUpon extension made just for Firefox. They have created a toolbar that makes it just as easy for Internet Explorers to use.

--Introduction--Web browsers have been downloaded millions of times and come in a variety of flavors. There is Mozilla Firefox, Avant Browser, Opera, Internet Explorer, Flock, Maxthon, and the list goes on and on.