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Microsoft criticizes FTC’s Google decision as ‘weak’ and a ‘missed opportunity’

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Microsoft this evening criticized the U.S. Federal Trade Commission‘s newly announced antitrust agreements with Google — calling the outcome of the 19-month investigation into the search giant “weak,” “unusual,” and “a missed opportunity” to truly reform the way the search giant does business. The agreements, announced earlier today, included commitments by Google to license its… Read More…

Bill Gates slated to testify in Windows 95 antitrust case

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They say the wheels of justice turn slowly, but this is getting a little crazy. Microsoft has listed Bill Gates as a potential witness in a new trial over antitrust allegations against the Redmond company dating back to the Windows 95 era. This is the long-running Novell case, which alleges that Microsoft acted anti-competitively against… Read More…

Does Google have monopoly power? Watch Eric Schmidt dance around this one

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The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee’s hearing yesterday on Google was closely watched for parallels to Microsoft’s antitrust quagmire of the 1990s. At a similar hearing in March 1998, Bill Gates insisted to some of the same senators that the company didn’t have monopoly power. Two months later, the government filed its landmark antitrust case against… Read More…

Excerpt: Google to cite Bing’s growth in antitrust defense

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It will be a very interesting day for the technology industry in Washington, D.C., as the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee holds a hearing called, “The Power of Google: Serving Consumers or Threatening Competition?” — digging into the antitrust issues being explored by the FTC in its investigation of the search company. Eric Schmidt, Google’s executive… Read More…

Google confirms FTC subpoena, says concerns are unclear

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It’s official: Google just filed a public notice acknowledging that its business practices are under investigation by the Federal Trade Commission. “On June 23, 2011, Google Inc. received a subpoena and a notice of civil investigative demand from the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) relating to a review by the FTC of Google’s business practices, including… Read More…

Report: FTC moving ahead with Google antitrust probe

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A report from the Wall Street Journal this morning is the latest indication that U.S. antitrust regulators are gearing up for a possible antitrust battle with Google, focusing on whether the search giant has unfairly used its dominance in the Internet search business to favor its own products over those from its rivals. The Federal… Read More…

DOJ: Microsoft antitrust deal worked, just look at the company now

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As we noted a couple weeks ago, Microsoft’s landmark U.S. antitrust settlement expires today. Much has changed in the decade since the settlement was reached and there’s no question that the Redmond company isn’t in the same position it was. The rise of Google and Facebook, the resurgence of Apple, and Microsoft’s mobile struggles are… Read More…

So this is how it ends: Microsoft antitrust pact winding down, quietly

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It might be hard to remember just how big Microsoft’s U.S. antitrust case was in its day, in part because that day was more than a decade ago. But take our word for it, it was huge. In fact, “landmark” was the preferred word to put into perspective a legal battle that at one point… Read More…

Microsoft filing antitrust complaint vs. Google in Europe

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Microsoft is back in the middle of an antitrust case in Europe, but this time it’s the one with the complaint. The Redmond company says it’s filing an antitrust complaint against Google with the European Commission — alleging that the search giant has unfairly kept Microsoft Bing and Windows Phone from working properly with YouTube;… Read More…