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FAQ: Yahoo-Google ad deal's antitrust scrutiny
Nobody, least of all Yahoo and Google, doubted that the two companies' search-advertising deal would escape any antitrust scrutiny. Read more »
Yahoo tests Google AdSense, Microsoft worried
Yahoo will test Google AdSense in a significant departure from Yahoo's present ad strategy; Microsoft, which is hoping to acquire Yahoo, is worried the move may stifle competition. Read more »
Novell CEO: We made Microsoft open up
Speaking to the Novell boss at his company's annual BrainShare user conference in Salt Lake City, Utah, ZDNet.com.au's sister site, ZDNet.co.uk asked whether the Microsoft deal could actually be damaging in the long run and what effect a financial downturn could have on Novell's recent recovery. Read more »
EU extends review of Google/DoubleClick merger
European Commission's decision to take a deeper look at the proposed merger potentially puts the deal at risk. Read more »
Microsoft deploys anti-Google lobbyists
It's official: Microsoft is deploying lobbyists to oppose Google's proposed purchase of DoubleClick, which it claims raise "serious competitive issues" in the online-ad space. Read more »
Microsoft answers Google's call on desktop search
Microsoft will make modifications to Windows Vista's search feature in service pack one to appease competition concerns from Google, as well as head off further antitrust battles with US regulators. Read more »
Google a rock in face of Yahoo deal frenzy
As Microsoft, AOL, News Corp dance to the smell of Yahoo's blood, Google's competitive threat has remained constant and if anything, looks stronger and more stable an option than before. Read more »
Siebel and Ellison: Software's odd couple
Few people in the high-tech industry have feuded as openly as Oracle's flamboyant CEO Lawrence Ellison and Thomas Siebel, the co-founder and chairman of rival enterprise software maker Siebel Systems. Read more »
Sun reluctant to make Java open source
The company's top software executive calls IBM's proposal to make Java open source "weird" and says it would encourage incompatible standards. Read more »
Ballmer Q&A: Feeling the heat at Microsoft
For a man who just got fined more than a billion dollars for antitrust violations, Steve Ballmer is feeling plenty of competitive heat. Read more »
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Space pr0n, patent karma and Yang out -- Club Builder
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