Accessible via YQL, Yahoo's SQL-like query language, the Firehose will gather data from status updates, user ratings and reviews, comment threads, Google Buzz, Flickr, Delicious, Twitter, YouTube, Last.fm and a range of other sites and apps, as well. The Firehose is part of Yahoo's family of Social APIs, a suite that includes APIs for contacts/directories as well as update/status data. This announ