Google’s unified privacy policy ignites another round of investigations from EU regulators

Google is about to get hit with another round of investigations from European regulators -- a day after its privacy director announced she was stepping down.

Microsoft fined $731M in EU for forcing people to use Internet Explorer

Microsoft has been fined $731 million (561 million euros) by the European Union for failing to offer consumers a choice of which browser to use and making Internet Explorer the default.

Microsoft newsdump includes tablets, translation, and $2.1B in fines

Microsoft had six pieces of news come out today, including the Surface worldwide expansion, Yammer's new translation service, and getting slapped with regulatory fines from the EU.

EU’s digital chief leads the way to 5G with $65M investment

What comes after LTE? Europe's digital chief, Neelie Kroes, is determined to find out.

EU to issue “statement of objections” regarding Samsung patent suits

The European Commission promises to soon release a "statement of objections" regarding Samsung's patent lawsuits across the EU.

Google to promise it’ll change and be good, may end FTC antitrust investigations

After all, Santa knows who's naughty and who's nice.

Google makes $10 billion in revenues in Bermuda? Well, kinda …

Google's not just smart about search, mobile operating systems, and online advertising. The company is also very smart about keeping the money it earns via clever tax avoidance schemes.

Europe fines Philips, LG, and Samsung $1.9 billion in antitrust sting on … CRT TVs

And we thought it was just big U.S. window-manufacturing corporations that the European Union targeted in antitrust-like investigations.

Say it ain’t so, Microsoft: secret APIs in new mobile Windows?

You’d think we’d be finished with all the nasty antitrust legal issues surrounding computer operating systems by now. Windows is still powerful, but it’s a shadow of its former monopolistic self, and Mac OS X, iOS, Android, and Linux are …

Microsoft: ‘technical error’ delays giving EU customers browser choice

Software giant Microsoft told EU regulators today a “technical error” prevented a mandated browser-choice option being part of its just-updated Windows 7 operating system.  The company apologized to the European Commission and said it would offer the browser choice option …

Google forges a deal to resolve EU’s anti-competitive search claims

In an effort to avoid hefty fines from the European Union, Google has issued a proposal today to satisfy accusations that the search giant’s business practices are anti-competitive.

The EU first opened up an investigation on Google’s business practices in …

Microsoft takes a reduced antitrust fine in Europe, still over $1B

Europe’s second-highest court has upheld a massive antitrust fine against Microsoft for hindering competition, but it lowered the fine slightly by €39 million to €860 million ($1.1 billion), according to the Associated Press.

“The General Court essentially upholds the Commission’s …

EU giving Google one last chance to settle antitrust search case

The European Union’s antitrust chief has given Google a final chance to settle matter related to anti-competitiveness with its main search engine, according to a Reuters report.

The EU first opened up an investigation in November 2010 after rival companies …

ACTA reeks of death: European Parliament urged to reject the anti-piracy treaty

The European air is rife with the stench of death, which means two things: first, that the highly controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) is unlikely to gain approval from the 27 members of the European Parliament. And second, the members …

Google faces more antitrust claims in EU, this time for travel search

Expedia and TripAdvisor have just filed complaints about Google’s travel search features as part of a larger antitrust probe the search giant is facing in the European Union.

Altogether the European Commission has received 13 formal complaints, including the new …

EU to investigate Motorola for unfairly leveraging patents against Apple, Microsoft

The European Union’s antitrust Commission has opened up two new investigations that will explore whether Motorola Mobility is unfairly licensing some of its patents, the organization announced today.

The investigations follow complaints from two of the biggest technology companies in …

EU to release findings on Google search antitrust investigation soon

The European Union competition commission is expected to release its finding on whether Google violated antitrust regulations in the next few days, according to a new letter from consumer rights group the European Consumer Organisation (BEUC).

Back in November 2010, …

Uh oh: Google’s new privacy policy might be illegal in the EU

Google’s controversial new privacy policy went into effect today, but resistance to the sweeping changes still appears strong, with a judge in the EU saying it violates EU law.

In late January, Google announced it would change its privacy policy …