What is iGoogle.

iGoogle is an application that focuses on implementing Google`s technology – and search technology in general – into different mediums, one being your desktop. It has 4 features
Google Search, Google Mail, Desktop Search and News Search, it will charge you $25 for a full version.

You are kidding, this iGoogle is published by YazaaWeb Inc. Not by Google.

Come to the real story, Google launched its personalised homepage today, calling YouGoogle might be a better name. Nowadays, there are too many names starting with "i", but less with "You".

The trend is personalised web will be replacing windows application or Lotus workspace (which is handled by IBM websphere), it is the platform of the future (possibly not future anymore, platform of now). What is behind it, XML, webservices, and AJAX.

One thing I am not satisfied is it browser compatibility, I played Google Bubbles (don't know what it is), but this is message I got, "Technically, this gadget does work with Internet Explorer but the animations are much smoother and faster in the Firefox browser. If you are still using IE this would be a good time to switch.". Well, possibly iGoogle should consider using Adobe's Flex more.