Forget the sex, the hot new book about Google is an important reminder of what Sergey and Larry are really after

An upcoming book is getting some media attention for including an unflattering characterization of Google co-founder Sergey Brin. Some original Google employees remember Brin as a "playboy" during the company's early days, as well as a manager who thought nothing of having intimate relationships with female employees, according to Valley of Genius: The Uncensored History of Silicon Valley (as Told by the Hackers, Founders, and Freaks Who Made It Boom) by Adam Fisher. In addition to the salacious info, excerpts of the book published by Vanity Fair this week include a sobering reminder about what Brin and the company's other founder Larry Page, always considered their primary goal. In Fisher's book, Kevin Kelly, Wired's founding editor, told him: "When I met Page, I said, 'Larry, I don't get it. I don't see where you're going with this.