Posting this just in case others have the same problem:
For about a week now, when opening a new tab and selecting a bookmark, Chrome takes ages to "Resolve the Host".
I did the obvious things like clearing the cache and other basic stuff then found this:
http://www.deepjiveinterests.com/2008/09/17/chromes-resolving-host-problem-solved/
Disabling DNS pre-fetching and then re-boot worked for me.
For about a week now, when opening a new tab and selecting a bookmark, Chrome takes ages to "Resolve the Host".
I did the obvious things like clearing the cache and other basic stuff then found this:
http://www.deepjiveinterests.com/2008/09/17/chromes-resolving-host-problem-solved/
Disabling DNS pre-fetching and then re-boot worked for me.