Twas the night before launch day, when all through Cali.
Not a creature was stirring, in the entire Valley.
The press releases were sent to the media with care,
In hopes that the punters and paparazzi would all be there;
Steve Jobs was nestled all snug in his bed.

With visions of acquisitions dancing in his head.
And Woz in the kitchen, and I in the sack,
Had just settled down for a pre-launch day nap.
It had a broad face, and neat rounded corners,
That shook when it rang like an executive at Time Warner.
It was sleek and …

Today I had an opportunity to sit down with Harvey Randolf, Senior Design Architect for the Google Universe project. Below is a brief transcript of the interview.
Techspoofs: So Harvey, first Google Earth brought satellite imagery into our homes, then “Street-View” brought us up close to the action. Tell me what Google Universe is, and how it will help improve our lives.
Harvey: Ahem, we like to call it Google Universe BETA over at the Googleplex.
Techspoofs: OK, right, so Google Universe BETA — what’s it all about?
Harvey: Well, it might be difficult …

We have all heard the rumors surrounding a possible Web 2.0 super coupling between everyone’s favorite high maintenance débutante — Microsoft and the lovable but somewhat slow Yahoo! Unfortunately, it looks like the dreams of little YahooSoft lemmings running around Seattle is little more than that, a dream.

Last week at at the Goldman Sach’s conference, Microsoft was seen in the arms of another company. Rumors have reached the farthest edge of The Valley that desperate to impress Yahoo, who has historically been ambivalent to Microsoft’s advances, the big M …