A New Zealander is behind a re-design of Google.

Craig Nevill-Manning, who helped build and improve the omniscient search engine for 11 years, is forming a team that will usher in the next generation internet search engine.

The man behind Google maps is building a "Star Trek style" computer that will deliver a personalised answer gleaned from information stored all over the internet.

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