Google's search started as a government project, but now its CEO won't testify before Congress

Do you remember when Al Gore bragged on the campaign circuit that he invented the Internets? Well, there is a kernel of truth in that bombast, as the World Wide Web started as a government project within the military, called the Advanced Research Projects Agency, or the renowned ARPANet.

You may be surprised to hear this but a similar thing has happened with Google Search. Yes, the garage story of Larry Page and Sergey Brin actually has some origins within the intelligence community's Massive Digital Data Systems (MDDS) project. While it was not ...