When we agreed to open the SFist Tech Labs to the public with this column, we had visions of writing about new cell phones and PDAs and MP3 players, web applications, and all the greatest technology Silicon Valley has to offer.

But all anyone wants to talk about is Google. Google, Google, Google! It's enough to give us a complex (or as the hip young active company likes to describe it, a googleplex). Not enough for us to make up an imaginary name for our prom date using items we see around the room, but possibly enough to make us wear a big black afro to said prom. Just so we'd stand out.

Google Wi-Fi
First off, we have to embrace the scientific method and acknowledge that our initial hypothesis about Google's plans for Wi-Fi San Francisco was shown to be incorrect by available data (read: we were talking out of our ass).

Apparently it's no rumor; the company has indeed submitted a proposal for free wireless internet access in San Francisco. It's worth noting that Google is just one of many companies that have submitted proposals, including the usual suspects Motorola, Ericsson, Cisco, and others, companies with a more obvious stake in Wi-Fi coverage.

SFist Chuck, contributing