Google has launched its "Personalised Homepage in English," so you can now have a start page where you can search, watch incoming Gmail, have weather info and consolidate web feeds (RSS etc). Sources include "BBC News, Reuters Business, Telegraph Sport and Hello Magazine," says Google. As with Microsoft's similar Start.com and Live.com pages, you can use drag'n'drop to position sections.
Comment: I've set up a Google home page with feeds from my Gmail inbox, this blog, Engadget, TechDirt etc, plus London weather and quotes of the day. I'm still doing the same with Microsoft's Live beta -- but the mail points to an empty (except for the Welcome message) Hotmail box I set up yesterday.
It is, of course, unfair to compare Microsoft's first (probably premature) beta with Google's finished version, but I'll do it anyway. In this little head-to-head, Google was quicker and easier to set up, and to my eye, the final result looks better. Bottom line: Google wins by a mile.
