In an ominous moment designed as a harbinger for the coming "search engine wars", Google has bought a fighter jet. NYTimes reports the company has acquired a Dassault/Dornier Alpha Jet, a light attack and trainer jet used by air forces around the world. What, besides destroying the three remaining Altavista compounds, is Google going to be doing with this fighter jet?

Helping NASA conduct experiments of course! They already loan out some of their other planes to NASA on occasion, being as how they share an airstrip. The jet was acquired to carry scientific instruments that could not be rigged up to the Boeing 757/767s and Gulfstream jets the company already own. Word on the street, is the jet could be used to help with the day-to-day functionality of the ESA Jules Verne satellite. Aw, those Googlers. So sweet.

In related news, Jeeves of Askjeeves.com recently bought a Supersoaker 2000. Go get ’em Jeeves!

Disclaimer: NerdGrind does not encourage anyone to use the information provided in this video for any illegal or illicit purposes. The video show ways to ways to use Google, and its search engine, to perform tasks like control web cams, and a lot more. This video is for information purposes only. The video doesn’t show security holes created by Google’s search engine, but rather security holes in web sites that are found by the Google spider because they are … security holes that should be closed by the web site owner. In a way Google’s search engine helps site owners check to make sure their sites are secure. Perhaps after watching this video you might suddenly get a cold chill down your spine as you realize your web site is vulnerable to one of these hacks. Hopefully, you also take the time to fix your security hole, and get a good night’s sleep tonight.

wow. In a crazy turn of events the founder of Wikipedia is going up against the Internet search giant Google, in an all out 12 round match for Internet supremacy. This is awesome, and it’s all over the geek news tubes so I don’t want to sound redundant.

I love competition for my attention.