Yes, there was an update 1 Jan 2010 I've create this twitter page, it will be linked to the main website to tweet every update. http://twitter.com/GooglePRU
Why do you keep saying the update was jan 1st. It started and stopped Dec 30th - Dec 31st ended this thread is late and was posted dec 31st http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=1633448 other threads started 15+ hours earlier
Did Google write when it started and stopped???? If not, then its senseless to sit and argue minutes of time. There was a PR update somewhere near the 1st of the year depending on where you live and the data centers involves. Nuff said!!!!!!
PR has been refreshed a couple of days ago, beyond doubt. Regarding the tool, I find it useful. Many thanks