1.0 link 66556 <![CDATA[Google Is Double-Edged Sword For Mountain View Residents]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2007/10/01/google-is-doubleedged-swo_n_66556.html Bracing for an invasion of Google Inc. employees in February after the Internet search giant bought up its office complex, start-up Beyond.com erected a makeshift sign: "I for one welcome our Google overlords."

The one-liner, lifted from an episode of "The Simpsons," captured the ambivalence felt by Mountain View inhabitants over how rapidly Google is taking over their sleepy Silicon Valley community (population 73,000). The same company that blankets the city with free wireless Internet access and funds Mountain View's high-tech...

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