I am convinced the bubble is back..

to prove it, there is a mad rush by companies to control the start page of your browser again - similar to the portals in the late 90's. Google has released theirs (along with MSN, Yahoo, etc.), and there is Groowy (a very cool flash based start page) and then Netvibes which is by far the fastest and most "open" (even allows access to your gmail account).

Read more at www.netvibes.com/