Evernote's Google Chrome extension got a major upgrade today with improved functionality and usability, plus a great new interface. Among the improvements: easier ways to clip blog posts, notes browsing within the extension, and more search engines integration.

Chrome: Life-organising web app Springpad updated today with offline syncing, so you can view and edit all your notes, lists and other items even when you don't have an internet connection.

There are several tools we've previously mentioned that let you mark up and save web pages, but Scrible has many annotation and research organisation features you might not find elsewhere.

Mac only: We like Simplenote for its simplicity, and the head honcho here considers it the Holy Grail of text capture. But not everyone loves the desktop options, or the website design. Split the difference with a single-site Fluid app for Simplenote and a deliciously cleaned-up style.