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Microhoo Approved by the D.O.J. and European Commission

Microhoo Approved by the D.O.J. and European Commission

After many months of finger-crossing, both the U.S. Department of Justice and the E.U.’s legislative European Commission have given the green light to the proposed search agreement between Microsoft and Yahoo. It’s been a rough ride between the second and third-place search engines, which even includes some tough words being thrown at each other in [...]

Google Book Search Antitrust Suit

Google Book Search Antitrust Suit

The U.S. Department of Justice is currently undergoing a review of the settlement between Google and the Association of American Publishers and the Authors Guild. These two entities had filed a class action suit against the search monolith back in 2005, but have only recently settled. Unfortunately for Google, the terms of settlement are now [...]