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Peter Kaplan (reuters@telecom-digest.org) Fri, 12 May 2006 18:37:12 -0500
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By Peter Kaplan
U.S. antitrust authorities on Friday rejected concerns that a search
The Justice Department said it had investigated and found no basis for
The department said the new Internet search box in Microsoft's browser
The comments by the Justice Department were part of a report filed
Google, the world's most popular Web search provider, had expressed
The article quoted a Google vice president saying the search box was
Internet Explorer is the dominant browser on the Internet. Google
In the antitrust case, Microsoft was accused of using its Windows
Representatives of Google were not immediately available for comment
Similar concerns have been expressed by the European Commission, which
In its filing, the Justice Department said it concluded the new search
It based that conclusion on the fact that the default could be easily
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