Global Scrutiny of Google Widens and others

US Antitrust Move Has Google Fighting on Two Fronts
New York Times
SAN FRANCISCO — Google may soon be fighting antitrust battles on two fronts. The European Commission has been looking for two years into whether the search giant abused local competition laws, and it is expected soon to either file formal charges or ...
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Wall Street Journal
By JOHN LETZING Google Inc. formally disclosed a pair of inquiries under way in Argentina and South Korea this week, adding to global scrutiny of the Internet company's competitive behavior and personal data collection. Google said in a quarterly ...

U.S. Antitrust Move Has Google Fighting on Two Fronts

By DAVID STREITFELD and EDWARD WYATT 20 minutes ago

A potential case by the Federal Trade Commission, which hired a former prosecutor to lead its effort, could embolden European Union officials in their own antitrust investigation.

Global Scrutiny of Google Widens

Google formally disclosed a pair of inquiries under way in Argentina and South Korea this week, adding to global scrutiny of the Internet company. 

US Escalates Google Case by Hiring Noted Outside Lawyer New York Times Federal regulators escalated their antitrust investigation of Google on Thursday by hiring a prominent litigator, sending a strong signal that they are prepared to take the Internet giant to court. The Federal Trade Commission is examining Google's ... See all stories on this topic »

Former Sun CEO says Google's Android didn't need license for Java APIs CNET Jonathan Schwartz testifies that Java APIs were not considered proprietary or protected by Sun, as long as Google didn't use the Java name, countering Oracle's claims that Google infringed on its intellectual property. by Dan Farber April 26, ... See all stories on this topic »

Google: We do not claim intellectual-property rights on files stored to Google ... San Jose Mercury News By Michael Liedtke AP SAN FRANCISCO -- Google (GOOG) is facing suspicion and confusion as it tries to persuade people to entrust personal documents, photos and other content to the company's new online storage service. That became apparent shortly ... See all stories on this topic »

google street view CNET Google released information today that the US Justice Department investigation into the company's use of wireless networks while working on the Street View project closed as of last May. This information comes within a report that the Internet giant ... See all stories on this topic »

Google Tells U.S. Regulator It Cooperated on Privacy Probe Bloomberg Google Inc. (GOOG) said the US Justice Department closed an investigation last May into the company's use of specially equipped autos that collected wireless data for its Street View project. Google's disclosure about the inquiry was in a filing with ... See all stories on this topic » Bloomberg

FTC turns up heat on Google in antitrust probe Los Angeles Times By Jessica Guynn The Federal Trade Commission, which is investigating whether Google has abused its colossal share of the US search market and put competitors at a disadvantage, has unsheathed a new weapon in its year-old probe of the search giant: It ... See all stories on this topic »

5 Reasons Microsoft SkyDrive is Better Than Google Drive PCWorld (blog) By Ian Paul, PCWorld Apr 26, 2012 7:21 AM Amid the excitement over Google Drive, the search giant's new Dropbox competitor, Microsoft recently improved a similar online sync and storage service, SkyDrive. Microsoft added the ability to store files ... See all stories on this topic »

Google Needed License for Java, Sun's McNealy Testifies BusinessWeek By Karen Gullo on April 26, 2012 Former Sun Microsystems Inc. executives disagreed in court on whether Google Inc. needed a license when it used Sun's Java programming language to develop Android software for mobile phones. See all stories on this topic »

Your Google Drive Files Can End Up in Ads Wired News By Casey Johnston The combination of Google's new storage service, Google Drive, and the company's recently unified terms of service and privacy policy, have riled the Internet into demanding to know why Google seemed to be claiming ownership of their ... See all stories on this topic »

Cloud wars: How Google Drive's privacy policy stacks up against its rivals' Washington Post The Google Drive cloud storage service launched yesterday to much fanfare, but as with any new Google product, there are important questions about how the company will actually use personal data uploaded to the system. Google sells ads against your ... See all stories on this topic »