Google has hired internet "founding father" and pioneer Vint Cerf to be the company's first "chief internet evangelist." His job seems to be to help build Google leadership within the internet community, plus it's said that Cerf will help Google "build network infrastructure, architectures, systems, and standards for the next generation of Internet applications." You can expect that to further fuel the idea that Google is constructing what Om Malik has termed a GoogleNet of univesal internet access. More details on the appointment from Google here....

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