New Tab Redirect is a simple extension for Chrome that lets you specify a URL, whether it be a web page like previously mentioned Fav4.org, about:blank, or even a file on your computer.

Chrome's current new-tab interface, which also shows by default when the browser is first launched, displays a three-by-three array of thumbnails of the most commonly visited Web sites.

Chrome: If your browser new tab page is still "about:blank," OneFeed can transform it into something a bit more useful: a good-looking dashboard full of stories from your favorite websites, email ...

If Google Chrome's new tab button is opening the Ya.ru page or search requests are being redirected to Yandex.ru, then you may have the SafeWeb Google Chrome extension installed.

The new “New Tab” page used to be easy enough to avoid: A setting in Chrome’s about://flags section let you toggle back to the original “New Tab” setup with a flip of a switch.

In removing, Google has fundamentally elevated the New Tab Page (NTP) — ironically — out of being a tab. If you imagine the tab switcher/grid view as Chrome’s underlying structure, then all ...

By default, the new tab page in Internet Explorer 9 should open a page containing thumbnails for sites you most frequently visit. However, it may have been reset to display a blank or homepage.

Finally, the New Tab page features Google+, Gmail and Images links at the top right alongside your Google+ notifications. And in another odd duplication, an Apps Tab is present here, as well.