Thursday, September 08, 2005

Google hires 'Father of the Internet' Vint Cerf

A Reuters newswire article, via Yahoo! News, reports that:

Google Inc. on Thursday said it hired Internet pioneer Vinton Cerf to become the company's "chief evangelist."

Cerf, 62, whose official title will be Chief Internet Evangelist, was hired away from telecommunications company MCI Inc. and charged with exploring new Internet applications for the Web search company. MCI is in the process of merging into Verizon Communications Inc.

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