I’ve always been criticised about my Google world domination comments, but I will continue to support the notion that if ever a company takes over the world, Google should be it! I simply couldn’t help but smile when Google actively got involved in Obama’s campaign, when Google launched a blog dedicated to Public Policy and when Eric Schmidt spoke about his Energy Security Strategy!

A few months ago, the Big-G, surprised us all by launching a web browser that that they have built without a whisper of it ever happening. Taking us all by surprise, Chrome was launched and distribution was super successful. Its worth is still up for debate: I’m leaning towards Firefox on this one!

Google Desktop was also another reason to get all ansy about the search giant moving towards a full blown OS, but the biggest indication of such trends came when Google launched their mobile OS, Android. Rumours have consistently surfaced about an OS from Google, but no credible evidence has emerged.

However, the guys at Net Applications, a market research company, has discovered that about a third of all Google staff are using a deliberately masked indentification string. It seems that the OS version used by Googles staff is currently being labelled as “Withheld”. Is this the biggest sign yet that Googles world domination will kick off by taking on the PC OS market next?

What about the launch of a cloud computing powered OS designed to further drive the semantic web into a whole new domain? Your guess is as good as mine here, but you can betcha your bottom dollar that I’m excited!