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Quick Hits: AdBlock Blocks Fewer Ads, Amazon Aces a Test of the Cloud
ADOTAS – AdBlock Plus developer Wladimir Palant announced last week the popular ad-blocking plugin is going to begin blocking fewer ads — at least in its default settings. AdBlock Plus 2.0 allows for “non-intrusive” ads — that is, ads that are static (preferably text-only) and, as such, have no audio or [...] more...
More Rumors of a Google Antitrust Investigation by FTC
ADOTAS – I imagine Microsoft sitting in a corner, sighing to itself, “I remember the days when the Federal Trade Commission was always bothering us…” The company then forms a wry smile before returning to weeping over the performance of its online services division last quarter. In the latest gossip about [...] more...
EU Antitrust Regulators Jump on Google’s Back
ADOTAS – After a getting a load of European privacy complaints courtesy of its Street View service, Google’s digital colonization of the old country continues to run into trouble with the natives. Following complaints from three vertical search engines, European Union antitrust regulators are scrutinizing whether Google purposefully lowered rival [...] more...
Yahoo!-Microsoft Union Gets Regulatory Thumbs Up
ADOTAS – After so many months of planning and worrying and fingernails chewed to the nub, the moment has finally come: the U.S. Department of Justice and the European Commission approved the Microsoft-Yahoo! search deal. Let’s uncork the champagne! Microsoft and Yahoo! can now implement the search deal, which makes Bing the [...] more...
Google hit with antitrust lawsuit, bigger problem looms
ADOTAS – Google has another lawsuit to fight. TradeComet.com filed an antitrust suit against the search giant, accusing it of unfairly manipulating its advertising system to harm a potential competitor. The small web site operates a site called SourceTool.com, a vertical search engine for those seeking business products and services. The company [...] more...
EU Watching Microsoft Again
The European Commission makes another headline today by opening a new antitrust investigation against Microsoft on whether the company has unjustly attached its web browser to the Windows operating system which makes the system harder to work with for other software makers, reports Reuters. The new probe comes after the decision [...] more...
Microsoft Gets Accused Of Abuse
Oslo-based Opera Software ASA, a web-browser maker has accused Microsoft of abusing its dominant position in online browsers. This is the first major new antitrust complaint against the company since the EU case in September. The complaint detailed that Microsoft hurts other makers of browsers because its protocols used in Internet [...] more...
EU Enters Phase 2 Of Google/DoubleClick Review
The EU will perform an in-depth investigation into the potential Google acquisition of DoubleClick Inc. The EU is reportedly going into a “second phase” merger review according to Euro2day.com. This “phase” has an allowance of 90 working days before it has to confirm a ruling, extending the current deadline of [...] more...
Google Volunteers For Investigation By EU
Today, Google Inc. announced that it has filed for European Union permission to go through with the takeover of DoubleClick. The deal, worth $3.1 billion has been the center of controversy since the announcement of the initial steps of the acquisition. Google’s antitrust counsel Julia Holtz said in a statement to [...] more...
Microsoft Suffers A Blow And Pays A Big Price
Today, Microsoft reportedly lost an antitrust case after the European Union court agreed with a prior ruling that the software giant abused its position in the market to squash any potential rivals. The court upheld the decision that was made in 2004 against the company and will fine them $689.9 million. [...] more...
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