Google on the hunt for Vulcan programmers

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Google’s biggest challenge, it would seem, is hoarding engineers and other techies. The company has taken some pretty extreme approaches to finding them, including putting up billboards in Silicon Valley daring them to solve complex mathematical equations. Now, it’s decided to fish where the fish are: It’s going to the Star Trek convention starting today in Vegas in search of nerds. There’s even a Web site encouraging Trekkies to use Google developer tools to create

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