Browsers joust for position
As European consumers are reminded of their choices, speed and add-ons are becoming the focus of attention to win market share, writes Paul Taylor
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Google faces potential AdMob antitrust test
Google’s $750m acquisition of mobile advertising company AdMob faces a potential challenge by regulators concerned about the search company’s expanding reach
Microsoft in spotlight over Google case
The software giant, which itself lodged one of the three EU antitrust complaints against the search company, also supports and funds the lobby group that assisted another complainant
Microsoft-Yahoo alliance is approved
US and European antitrust regulators approved an internet search alliance between Microsoft and Yahoo in a decision that backed the view of many big advertisers that the combination would give Google more competition
Microsoft rivals gain after Europe browser warning
Internet Explorer market share on Continent lower than its global average
Brussels accepts Microsoft’s browser offer
EU regulators have accepted the US software group’s offer to allow users in Europe to choose rival internet browsers
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Google’s books drive needs a wider debate
This New York court case is a very unsatisfactory way of deciding an important issue. The principal potential beneficiaries from the rapid extension of digital access – the reading public and authors struggling to get their work published – are not parties to the case, writes John Kay
Murdoch attempts to weaken Google
Rupert Murdoch’s initiative – stopping Google linking to stories in his newspapers – has an intriguing logic for other media groups facing the market power of the search engine
Google on a cloud
Google’s decision to develop its Chrome browser into a Linux-based operating system is no surprise, but it could be the beginning of the end of the Windows monopoly
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Google on Wednesday released a comic book introducing Chrome, its new internet browser designed to compete with Microsoft’s Internet Explorer
Man in the News: Eric Schmidt
Google’s answer to Gates: a technologist on a very different path has finally collided with Microsoft
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