[AP] Microsoft began the new year harping on a favorite theme: The software maker is arguing that government regulators need to crack down on Google to preserve fair competition in the Internet and smartphone markets.The latest refrain came Wednesday in a blog post by Dave Heiner, Microsoft’s deputy general counsel. His attack amounted to a last-ditch appeal to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission and the European Commission as they wrap up wide-ranging investigations into Google’s business practices. Resolutions to those probes are expected early this year, perhaps within the next week at the FTC.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/microsoft-argues-google-is-still-stifling-competition-as-government-regulators-wrap-up-probes/2013/01/02/0301a084-5511-11e2-89de-76c1c54b1418_story.html
news.theage.com.au/breaking-news-technology/microsoft-renews-plea-for-crackdown-on-google-20130103-2c63w.html
news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-technology/microsoft-renews-plea-for-crackdown-on-google-20130103-2c63w.htmlAlso see:Microsoft criticizes Google’s proposed settlement with FTC
For two years, Microsoft Corp. has urged antitrust regulators to crack down on arch rival Google Inc.Now that the Federal Trade Commission is poised to allow Google to emerge from the antitrust probe without having to make major changes, Microsoft is crying foul.Google is set to resolve a 20-month antitrust probe with a voluntary agreement and a consent decree on the company’s use of patents, Bloomberg News reported Wednesday.
www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-tn-microsoft-urges-antitrust-regulators-to-crack-down-on-google-20130102,0,1985951.story
Microsoft argues Google is still stifling competition as government regulators wrap up probes
Microsoft began the new year harping on a favorite theme: The software maker is arguing that government regulators need to crack down on Google to preserve fair competition in the Internet and smartphone markets.