Social networking fans should head right over to the Flock website and download the new Flock 2 Beta 2. Built on a solid foundation of Firefox 3, the new update has all of the security and speed improvements that one is looking for in a modern browser. Flock users are still unable to log in to multiple networking accounts at once, but this is just a minor issue. The Flock beta is available now.

If you would like the advantage of having a social web browser but only use MySpace, then BuddyWave is for you. You can edit your profile, post messages and more, all directly from the web browser. Easy to learn and fun to use, Bubby might just make visiting MySpace a thing of the past. BuddyWave is currently only available for Windows.

Despite what you might have heard, social networking isn’t just for browser-based applications and sites. eMusic, the online music company that pioneered the “MP3 album” concept, is taking steps to insert itself into the social networking structure. Subscribers now have the ability to embed sound clips and album art into no less than thirteen networking sites, including Digg and Facebook. Subscribers will find that many of the album pages are now linked to appropriate YouTube sites.

Innovation is really nothing new to eMusic. On July 19th, indie rock pioneers They Might Be Giants released the first full-length MP3 album, “Long Tall Weekend,” through the service. eMusic also garnered praise for its use of DRM-free MP3 files and its extensive collection of vintage jazz recordings.

Of course, not everything on the Internet is associated with social browsing. Take Sleipner, for instance. This star of the Japanese computing scene a lot of the same functionality as Netscape Navigator 6, including the ability to allow users to choose how to “properly” view a website. Sleipner also has option of running in both Gecko (Firefox) and Trident (Internet Explorer) modes, similar to the “IE Tab” Firefox plugin. Sleipner’s developers, the Osaka-based Fenrir Inc, has promised that English, French, and Spanish versions will be released shortly.

And finally, if you love Firefox, but hate downloading all those plugins just to get it working exactly they way you want it, try downloading the Orca browser. The appeal of browsers like Orca and its Internet Explorer counterpart Avant are that many of most downloaded extensions, including ad blockers and tab editors, are built into the browser. It’s blazingly fast and ultra customizable , allowing you to change the color scheme and toolbars on the fly. Like the previously mentioned BuddyWave, Orca is a Windows-only application.