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Meet Mr. Internet: Vint Cerf

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The two had been exchanging ideas in person and via email and reviewing the work of others who were trying to solve similar issues. Once the dust had settled, Cerf sent an email to his old friend Eric Schmidt, who had been hired as CEO of Google in 2001. “Hi It is rare for someone to be as capable as he is and as wonderful a person.

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EV Briefs, and Black Rock City & EVs

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The founders of Google have made personal investments in Tesla as befits dotcom billionaires, and they're converting Priuses to plug-in hybrids for the company fleet with battery maker A123. Google founder Sergey Brin drove one of the 2001 Th!nk nk it Over Recently I posted about how Google.org gets it. I believe Google would find Th!

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