Internet search veterans go to colleges to stay hip

BERKELEY, United States (AFP) - Aging Internet pioneers are searching for fountains of youth on college campuses in a bid to stay hip and innovative in the fierce technology marketplace.ADVERTISEMENTIn a competitive tactic that marries marketplace rules of engagement with boundless student creativity, technology titans are setting up research centers at universities.When Yahoo opened a lab at the University of California, Berkeley campus in July 2005 it was the second of its kind there.The San Jose, California-based computer chip maker Intel had already set up shop.Yahoo went on to establish similar ties with Universidad Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona, Spain, and at University of Chile in Santiago.

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