Rumors are flying fast and furious that Google is jumping into the instant messaging and VOIP game. Beginning with a carefully couched piece in Sunday's New York Times by John Markoff, the fever pitch of speculation that Google plans to follow the release of Google Desktop 2 with an instant messaging/VOIP client has been building literally by the hour. Today the LA Times, eWEEK, C|Net, PC Magazine, and others are all reporting that the new service will be launched as early as tomorrow.