Google's bold move to acquire Motorola Mobility is being put on hold for a while longer as anti-trust government regulators have issued a "second request" to Google, asking for more information in reviewing the proposed acquisition.
What this means is that Google will have to wait a while longer before it can... |
29 September 2011
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Google Chairman Eric Schmidt survived a three-hour senate hearing questioning whether Google is a monopoly and whether it abuses its position.
Overall, Schmidt handled the hearing quite well, but, then again, this is his natural habitat and it's what he's focusing on in his new position as Executive Chai... |
22 September 2011
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Google has confirmed that the US Federal Trade Commission has started an investigation of its business. It has also responded to the investigation, though it doesn't know exactly what the FTC will be focusing on. Google's response is more of a general statement than anything else, and it's not somethin... |
25 June 2011
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Google is about to get its most intense scrutiny yet, the US Federal Trade Commission is about to send it subpoenas as part of a broad investigation into Google's core business that will start momentarily. Nothing is confirmed yet, but the Wall Street Journal and other reports are indicating that the FTC is warp... |
24 June 2011
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The EU has launched a probe into Google's search business, both organic and paid searches, over earlier complaints of Google favoring its own products over competitors, unfair practices and meddling with its auction ad system. The European Commission will now be investigating the allegations. The investigation c... |
30 November 2010
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As it was bound to happen eventually, Google is now under anti-trust investigation in Europe after three separate companies have filed a complaint alleging that Google's size is hurting their businesses and that the search giant was abusing its position and competing unfairly. The three companies going against G... |
24 February 2010
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As much as it tries not to see it, Google is getting increasingly involved in politics. And whether it likes it or not, its size means it can't ignore the world around it and just go about doing whatever it thinks is best. Not that it's not trying to, Google Books is a perfect example as the company just s... |
1 February 2010
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It's lonely at the top, something that is becoming clearer and clearer for Google. It's being attacked from all sides, government regulators and private companies alike, sometimes over real issues, but most of the time over what amounts to jealousy of Google's increasingly successful ventures. In the l... |
18 January 2010
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Oracle is moving ahead with its acquisition of IT company Sun Microsystems but it may hit a few snags along the way. Rumors have popped up that the EU is concerned about anti-trust issues concerning the merger and is investigating if the deal could drive up prices in the market and limit competition. The Wall Stree... |
8 August 2009
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The computer processor market had been dominated, for the past decade or so, by two big names, Intel and AMD, with the latter almost constantly occupying the underdog position. As you might have heard from quite a lot of our previous articles on this subject, the big "Chipzilla", as Intel is also known as, has been s... |
24 June 2008
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Just like in the past, Google encounters difficulties when trying to make a major move on the market because 16 organizations based in the United States asked regulators to analyze the Google-Yahoo deal, on the grounds that it could destroy the competition. A month ago, Google and Yahoo announced a deal that would al... |
12 May 2008
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The US District Court for the District of Columbia judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly has declared that for the time being she wants an agreement between the plaintiffs and Microsoft in the case concerning the anti-trust desktop search lawsuit and that she will not address the complaint made by Google on this subject."The ... |
27 June 2007
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The European "vista" of Microsoft's latest operating system offers a gloomy sight. While Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates has applauded the licensing of approximately 40 million copies of Windows Vista worldwide, in the platform's first 100 days on the market, the European versions of the operating system are ... |
22 May 2007
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