Google Personalized Homepage added comments, ratings and recommendations for gadgets, but also themes.Picasa Web Albums has community search, an API and upgraded the free accounts to 1GB.Google Notebook has a new design and is no longer in beta.Google Talk Gadget can be added to any site, including Google’s Personalized Homepage.There’s a new version of Google Desktop that adds instant preview, malware warnings and an updated sidebar.Google Pack

After an alarming number of security problems (Gmail contacts exposure, flaw in Blogger Custom Domains plus last month’s problems), things got back to normal. Google removed the self-promoting tips, started to show stats for Google Reader and for custom search engines. January 2007 brought a lot of updates for Google web search: new or updated OneBoxes (blog search, local, maps), related searches