Ghosts in the ROM

Wed, 22 Aug 2012 13:03:48 +0000

(…) we noticed that there was a large amount of non-code, non-audio data. Adam Mayer tested different stride widths and found that at 67 bytes (536 pixels across) there appeared to be some sort of image data that clearly was a picture of people.

If Xerox PARC Invented the PC, Google Invented the Internet

Thu, 09 Aug 2012 08:28:30 +0000

Google did a great job of slurping up some of the most talented researchers in the world at a time when places like Bell Labs and Xerox PARC were dying. It managed to grab not just their researchers, but their lifeblood.

Great story about some of the most under-appreciated engineers behind Google.

Engineer on Bruno Pedro

Ghosts in the ROM

If Xerox PARC Invented the PC, Google Invented the Internet