As is not uncommon, we all wake up to a slightly improved Google today. They have added a "universal search" right where the regular search has always been. It transparently goes through all the different Googles: news, scholar, etc. and provides the search results as easily digestible as possible, at their recomendation, try Steve Jobs. Indeed, Google simply takes a small step ahead.
While most users will simply say "Gee, it's about time all that was linked together," this Google Blog Post does a great job of discussing just how large a challenge this sort of stuff is. When they mention "frying a few server farms" I doubt they are joking. The other interesting note is to hear how Google continues to attempt to find ways to keep the company thinking like a innovating start up and not get carried away into slower to react, "big corporation."
With all this said, my iGoogle home page title bar (that has my login id, and my various Google services) is in white over my "beach theme." Before this improvement it blended into the background, which I preferred. Wonder how long it will take to see that "reintegrated."
