Google Jobs Post Leads To GoogleNet Rumors

Google has stated before it has no interest in becoming a provider of network services, but a job posting on its site solicits applications for Strategic Negotiators with "negotiation of dark fiber contracts" listed as part of the desired candidates' experience. There have been lengthy stories by telecom industry site Light Reading, thoughtful posts by writer Om Malik, and tales crafted by the notable pundit Robert X. Cringely about mobile datacenters and little hi-tech cubes to handle traffic from a Google network. When Google noted it would have a speaker, Larry Page, at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, many thought the Google Cubes or a related PC project was part of Page's notes. Instead, the debut of Google Video and the software collection Google Pack emerged instead, to the collective yawns of the press. No Google network, cubes, or anything hardware-related. The Times Online UK has here.") Drag this to your Bookmarks. Add to document.write("Del.icio.us") | Yahoo My Web David Utter is a staff writer for Murdok covering technology and business.