Because I use the FireFox plug-in for Google Search, I had not noticed this earlier but I am glad I did today. Seems like Google is going Bing way in more than one way. I was also lucky enough earlier to catch the PacMan doodle on Google.
Earlier Google updated the way Search results came up and though I am a fan of Google I was not so happy with the update. The new looked so much like Bing that it was hard to tell how much innovation has got in there. But now I am used to the new UI and find it pretty handy.
So now back to main agenda of this post. Custom backgrounds for Google Homepage. Yup its on now! Go to Google.com (duh!) and you will be getting the option in the lower left side of the browser window. I have tried this in Firefox but I think it should work for all browsers.