We love us some rumors – and no one stirs them up better than Charlie at the Inquirer.  Today’s big story: Google buying Valve.  At first glance that might sound pretty odd, until you consider that Valve’s Steam product is the most successful and profitable digital gaming distribution system in the world.  Google would LOVE to be able to control the future of gaming, put some AdWords on those many pages you see before your game launches and control just ONE MORE aspect of your computing life. 

Enjoy!

WELL PLACED SOURCES tell us that Google is going to be buying Valve any second now. If you have to stop and think about why, you probably are not aware of Steam, Valve’s amazing content distribution platform.

Google Portal may be a nice idea, but that is irrelevant. Google Content Distribution (Beta) however should make just about every other competitor lose several years of sleep, most of their remaining hair, and large gobs of stock price.