The Finalists

The apps, ranging from online music stores to sites that will pick the name of a tune out of thin air, turn your Web browser or Web-enabled desktop into a full audio entertainment system.




Bitly
http://www.bit.ly

Makes big links smaller, and also lets you know who's clicking on them.




Bloglines
http://www.bloglines.com

A slick RSS reader that features a three-pane reading view akin to Outlook and other e-mail management programs.




BlogRovr
http://www.blogrovr.com/

A browsing helper that keeps track of what you're reading and recommends related stories.




BOLT mobile browser
http://www.boltbrowser.com

Brings desktop-style browsing to the phone, with zooming and scaling of full-size Web pages. Works on older handsets, not just smartphones.




Camino
http://caminobrowser.org/

An open-source Web browser for Mac users built off of the Gecko rendering engine.




Cooliris
http://www.cooliris.com

Changes the way you access rich media content on Web pages by pulling it into a browsing experience that's the same, regardless of what site you're on.




Delicious
http://del.icio.us/

A social -bookmarking tool from Yahoo. Lets you save, share, and discover bookmarks, then organize them with tags.




Diigo
http://diigo.com/

A highlighting tool that lets you clip bits of the Web for safe keeping. Works as a standalone product for personal bookmarking, or a collaborative research tool.




Ensembli
http://www.ensembli.com

You tell it what you're interested in and it goes out and rounds up stories for you to read. Like a personalized news page.




Firefox
http://www.firefox.com

An open-source browser built by Mozilla. It's currently the No. 2 browser in the world.




Flock
http://www.flock.com/

A social browser that's powered by Mozilla's browser technology. It includes tight integration with popular social networks to let you monitor and post content without having to visit those sites.




Google Chrome
http://chrome.google.com/

The search giant's homemade browser. It's designed for speed and to tightly integrate with Google's services and cutting-edge Web technology.




Google Reader
http://www.jamlegend.com/

The company's Web based RSS reading service. Lets you quickly and efficiently monitor RSS feeds, then share content you like with others.




iGoogle
http://google.com/ig/

Google's Web start page. You can pick which content widgets you want, along with the design, and it updates throughout the day.




Internet Explorer 8
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/Internet-explorer/beta/

Microsoft's latest browser. It's faster than the old version and has made strides in compatibility and security.




Lunascape
http://www.lunascape.tv/

Runs multiple rendering engines under the same hood, letting you run plug-ins for different browsers at the same time.




Maxthon
http://www.maxthon.com/

A browser built off of the same rendering engine that powers Internet Explorer, however it includes many more features like mouse gestures and ad-blocking.




My Yahoo
http://my.yahoo.com/

A customizable start page. You can pick which content widgets you want, along with the design, and it updates throughout the day.




Netvibes
http://netvibes.com/

A customizable start page. You can pick which content widgets you want, along with the design, and it updates throughout the day.




Opera
http://www.opera.com/

Opera is a free Web browser that works on your desktop computer and on most mobile and gaming devices. It's one of the most widely available browsers because it runs on almost every platform.




Pageflakes
http://www.pageflakes.com/

Pageflakes is a customizable start page. You can pick which content widgets you want, along with the design, and it updates throughout the day.




Popego
http://www.popego.com/

A filter for the stream of information produced by your friends. You tell it what you like and it funnels in only the information it thinks you'll enjoy.




Safari
http://www.apple.com/safari/

Apple's homemade Web browser. Built as a native alternative to Microsoft's Internet Explorer, it's currently on its fourth version and runs on Windows computers as well.




Skyfire
http://www.skyfire.com/

A browser for mobile phones that tries to emulate the experience users are accustomed to on their desktop. Pages are rendered for a big screen, and users can move around a zoomed portion of the screen.




TinyURL
http://tinyurl.com/

Takes long URLs and makes them much, much shorter. It's been integrated into a slew of other Web services, and has made sending links in SMS messages a more manageable affair.




Ubiquity
http://labs.mozilla.com/projects/ubiquity/

A plug-in for Firefox that adds things like contextual search, search shortcuts, and command-driven interaction.




WebKit
http://webkit.org/

The engine that powers some of today's fastest browsers such as Chrome and Safari. Over the past few years it's come into its own for improvements in JavaScript handling and flat out rendering speed.




Xmarks
http://www.xmarks.com/

Formerly FoxMarks, a service that synchronizes bookmarks across multiple browsers. It's also become a Web discovery tool based on the sites its users have saved.




Yahoo Mobile
http://mobile.yahoo.com/yahoo

Provides both search and widgets that are custom tailored to fit the small screens on mobile phones. It's a compilation of Yahoo's previous standalone services: oneSearch, onePlace, and oneConnect.




YourMinis
http://www.yourminis.com/

Once a start page for widgets, it's now a directory of developer-crafted widgets that can be used on other widget start page tools.





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