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Comment Re:L&H at fault, not GS (Score 1) 606

by RobotSympathizer on Monday July 16, 2012 @12:15AM (#40660325) Attached to: How the Inventors of Dragon Speech Recognition Technology Lost Everything

Executive privilege protects members of the executive branch from certain actions from members of the legislative and judicial branches. Please explain how it is applicable to a civil trial in which no government agents are involved.

And at the risk of going off-topic, you might want to read this article. TLDR: turns out Darrell Issa outright lied about the most important details of Fast and Furious.

Submission + - US Senators Want the FTC To Look At Google (theinquirer.net)

Submitted by SharkLaser on Tuesday December 20, 2011 @04:29PM

SharkLaser writes: US Senators have written to the US Federal Trade Commissions about their concerns on Google's internet monopoly. Google executives did themselves no favours when the Senators looked at Google's business practices in September. When asked if Google has monopoly in online search, Google chairman Eric Schmidt is quoted as saying "I would agree, Senator, that we are in that area". Another worrying quote is from Marissa Meyer, Google's VP of location services, who said that it was "only fair" that Google put its own sites on higher placements than competitors. The Senators are also warning that Google is only facing one real competitor, Microsoft's Bing. Almost all other metasearch engines use either Google or Bing technology to deliver search results, including DuckDuckGo which uses Bing. In Europe Google is currently under investigation of monopoly abuse and the EU has also delayed Google's purchase of Motorola Mobility.

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