Posted June 23, 2011, 8:35 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in The Web, Industry News
The US Federal Trade Commission is reportedly preparing to launch a sweeping antitrust investigation against Google, according to the Wall Street Journal. Citing people familiar with the matter, the WSJ reports that the FTC plans to serve subpoenas in the…
Posted June 20, 2011, 10:29 AM by Emil Protalinski | Filed in Software, Microsoft
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has approved Microsoft's planned acquisition of Skype, according to Reuters. The news means the software giant has won US antitrust approval for the deal, thought it remains to be seen if Microsoft will get the…
Posted December 21, 2010, 3:26 PM by Emil Protalinski | Filed in Hardware, Software
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has cleared Intel's proposed acquisition of McAfee for $7.68 billion, according to The Wall Street Journal. While US antitrust regulators have given the green light to the transaction, regulators in Europe are still examining the acquisition.
Posted October 28, 2010, 7:30 AM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in The Web, IT Security
The US Federal Trade Commission has officially closed its investigation (PDF) into Google for collecting data from unsecured wireless networks. The search company announced in May that its Street View vehicles inadvertently collected information from unencrypted Wi-Fi connections, including passwords…
Intel and the Federal Trade Commission have settled an antitrust suit today after the chip giant agreed on a number of provisions that could have big implications for rivals like AMD, Nvidia, and Via Technologies. Among other things, the settlement…
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