Wednesday, May 17, 2006

Google news - Aussie internship program: ZDNet Australia: News: Software

ZDNet reports that Google has a new program to recruit Australian university students work in projects in Google's Sydney office. Lars Rasmussen, Google's local head of engineering said 5-10 technical and non-technical positions would be on offer. The report also states that Gmail is now available in Australia

Google plans Aussie internship program: ZDNet Australia: News: Software: "Search giant Google will this summer launch a student internship program that will see Australian university students work on projects in its new Sydney headquarters...

as....part of Google's ongoing plans to operate a fully fledged research and development centre in Sydney. The spacious new office next to Google's old quarters in Sydney's Darling Harbour will give those plans a boost...
The local developments will also see well-known Google software engineer Rob Pike split his time between Australia and the United States in an effort to help build Google's Australian engineering offices.

Pike is known for his work on the original Unix, Plan 9 and Inferno operating systems at Bell Labs.


Google also revealed today that it had given Australians the option of signing up to use Google's popular "GMail" Web e-mail service."

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