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[News] [Rival] Google Attacks Microsoft's Dirty Tricks, Gets Attacked Too

Google Complaint Targets Vista Search

http://www.microsoft-watch.com/content/corporate/google_complaint_targets_vista_search.html?kc=MWRSS02129TX1K0000535

Watchdog Group Slams Google on Privacy

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| In a report released Saturday, London-based Privacy International 
| assigned Google its lowest possible grade. The category is reserved 
| for companies with "comprehensive consumer surveillance and 
| entrenched hostility to privacy."
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http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/070609/google_privacy.html?.v=3


Related:

Microsoft Befriends Google's Foes

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| After a government- and monopoly-inspired period in which Microsoft had
| to pretend to be a gentle force for global good, the company is being
| forced to return to its ruthless roots. Ironically, it is doing this
| in part by decrying the unfair practices of a competitor and
| shamelessly sucking up to the Establishment.
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http://www.forbes.com/2007/03/06/microsoft-google-blodget-tech-cx_hb_0306blodget.html?partner=yahootix

Watch what Microsoft does the Google over a $3 billion acquisition where
Microsoft was willing to pay *much* more:

ValueClick Under FTC Investigation

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| Online advertising company ValueClick Inc. is under investigation
| by the Federal Trade Commission concerning its lead-generating
| practices, the company said in a Securities and Exchange
| Commission filing Friday.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/070518/valueclick_ftc_investigation.html?.v=1

And then it buys a company for double that price and expects to spend more in
the future.

Bubble Wrap: How Will Microsoft-aQuantive Be Remembered?

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| Microsoft shows no signs of fear. On a conference call today to discuss 
| the $6 billion deal, struck at a price well more than double the
| online ad company?s stock value at the beginning of the year,
| Microsoft executives reiterated that
| even bigger acquisitions could be on the horizon.
|      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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http://blogs.wsj.com/deals/2007/05/18/bubble-wrap-how-will-microsoft-aquantive-be-remembered/?mod=yahoo_hs

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