Of course, search giant Google hopes to put a dent into Microsoft’s dominance of browsing software with its introduction of the Chrome browser Tuesday. And it wants more control over the access to search from desktop computers.

But to hear from the Google’s own mouth, the strategy has a third arm. Here is an entry on Google’s own Official Blog by Sundar Pichai, vice president of product management, and Linus Upson, engineering director

“Because we spend so much time online, we began seriously thinking about what kind of browser could exist if we started from scratch and built on the best elements out there. We realized that the web had evolved from mainly simple text pages to rich, interactive applications and that we needed to completely rethink the browser.”

Think video and multimedia.

“Under the hood, we were able to build the foundation of a browser that runs today's complex web applications much better. By keeping each tab in an isolated "sandbox", we were able to prevent one tab from crashing another and provide improved protection from rogue sites. We improved speed and responsiveness across the board. We also built a more powerful JavaScript engine, V8, to power the next generation of web applications that aren't even possible in today's browsers,” according to the blog.

Welcome to the browser wars 2.0. The battle for the control of the Internet is flaring up again.

By Mark Boslet, Editor at Large.