Microsoft on the Google-Yahoo! Deal: The Future of Internet Advertising, Consumer Choice and Competition Oct. 1, 2008 Microsoft General Counsel Brad Smith testified before Congress about the company’s concerns with the proposed Google-Yahoo Internet search deal as it relates to consumer choice and privacy, as well as pricing for online advertisers and content creators. Recent News • Updated: Timeline of Events – Oct. 1, 2008 • Updated: Experts Question Potential Google/Yahoo! Deal as Anticompetitive (.pdf file, 560 kb) – Sept. 30, 2008 • Press Release: Microsoft Voices Concerns about Google-Yahoo Deal’s Implications For Competition, Internet Innovation, Consumer Choice and Privacy – July 15, 2008 • Video and Written Transcript: Oral Testimony by Brad Smith before the Senate Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights – July 15, 2008 • Microsoft Testimony on Google/Yahoo! Agreement and the Future of Internet Advertising (Senate) – July 15, 2008 • Microsoft Testimony on Google/Yahoo! Agreement and the Future of Internet Advertising (House) – July 15, 2008

Press Releases

• Microsoft Voices Concerns about Google-Yahoo Deal’s Implications For Competition, Internet Innovation, Consumer Choice and Privacy (July 15, 2008)

Testimony

• Oral Testimony by Brad Smith before the Senate Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights Written Transcript | On-Demand Video (.wmv, 5 min 57 sec, July 15, 2008)
• Microsoft Testimony on Google/Yahoo! Agreement and the Future of Internet Advertising (Senate) (July 15, 2008)
• Microsoft Testimony on Google/Yahoo! Agreement and the Future of Internet Advertising (House) (July 15, 2008)

Fact Sheets

• Timeline of Events (Oct. 1, 2008)
• Experts Question Potential Google/Yahoo! Deal as Anticompetitive (Sept. 30, 2008, .pdf file, 560 kb)
• The Google/Yahoo! Deal by the Numbers (July 15, 2008)

Biographies

• Brad Smith, Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary, Legal & Corporate Affairs