Images: Mystery tech HQs identified

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Images: Mystery tech HQs identified

By Bill Detwiler January 19, 2006, 7:55 PM PST billdetwiler

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So how did you do?

rnHere are the answers to our challenge, in which we asked readers to identify the tech company headquarters in 10 satellite pictures from Google Earth.rn

Here’s the first: The company seen here is Microsoft, which is listed at One Microsoft Way, #Bldg 8, North Office 2211, Redmond, WA 98052.

Google Earth

The company in this clutch of towers is Amazon.com, based at 1200 12TH Ave S, Suite 1200,rnSeattle, WA 98144.

The business with this nice, regular layout is Intel, headquartered at 2200 Mission College Blvd., Santa Clara, CA 95052.

Organic outline, fan-shape building layout–it’s got to be Oracle, based at 500 Oracle Pkwy, Redwood City, CA 94065.

Sun Microsystems has this campus ringed by traffic circles, at 4150 Network Circle, Santa Clara, CA 95054.

Lots of parking for the employees of Cisco Systems, at 170 West Tasman Dr., San Jose, CA 95134-1706.

Yahoo’s campus has well-watered greens crisscrossed by paths. It’s at 701 First Ave., Sunnyvale, CA 94089.

Here, covered walkways let Google’s workers go from building to building at 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043.

Lots and lots and lots of parking for workers at Dell’s plant and offices, at One Dell Way, Round Rock, TX 78682.

Apple Computer’s layout includes huge curved windows and circular lawns. It’s at 1 Infinite Loop, Cupertino, CA 95014.

By Bill Detwiler

Bill Detwiler is the Editor for Technical Content and Ecosystem at Celonis. He is the former Editor in Chief of TechRepublic and previous host of TechRepublic's Dynamic Developer podcast and Cracking Open, CNET and TechRepublic's popular online show.

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