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CONGRESS EXAMINES YAHOO-GOOGLE ALLIANCE
COLLABORATION THREATENS COMPETITION AND INNOVATION
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In this issue of the FINFlash Update...
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LEAD STORY: CONGRESS CASTS A CRITICAL EYE ON YAHOO-GOOGLE ALLIANCE
On July 15, members of the U.S. House and Senate held hearings on the Yahoo-Google alliance, which will provide Google with an even greater super-majority market share in search advertising. In a dramatic moment at the hearing, Microsoft General Counsel Brad Smith said, “If one company -- Google -- controls up to 90 percent of online search advertising it will have a complete picture of your online activities. If that happens, Congress won’t need to enact a federal privacy policy, we will already have a national privacy policy -- Google’s privacy policy.” Several lawmakers, including Rep. Bobby Rush (D-IL), Sen. Herb Kohl (D-WI), Rep. Dave Reichert (R-WA), Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX), and others, have voiced strong concerns that the Yahoo-Google deal will hurt competition on the Internet. The U.S. Department of Justice and the offices of several states attorneys general are also reviewing the deal to see if it violates antitrust law.
Read more
www.forbes.com/technology/2008/07/15/google-yahoo-advertising-tech-enter-cx_ag_0715goog.html
MICROSOFT NEWS: BILL GATES RETIRES FROM DAY JOB AT MICROSOFT
It is one of the most notable semi-retirements in U.S. business history. At the end of June, Microsoft co-founder and CEO Bill Gates gave up his day job at Microsoft. He will now spend one-day each week at Microsoft and dedicate the rest of his working hours to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and other projects. Gates will continue to bring his energy and vision to Microsoft, but will also focus on global health and education issues as the co-chair of the world’s largest philanthropic foundation.
Read more...
http://news.cnet.com/For-Bill-Gates%2C-the-next-phase-begins/2009-1014_3-6242476.html
TECH NEWS: ONE BILLION PCS NOW IN USE WORLDWIDE
According to research firm Gartner, worldwide use of PCs has now surpassed the 1 billion mark. With strong PC sales expected in emerging markets in the coming years, Gartner predicts 2 billion PCs will be in use by 2014.
Read More
www.electricnews.net/article/10124549.html
TECH TIP: COLLABORATE WITH FREE ONLINE TOOLS AT OFFICE LIVE WORKSPACE
Do your children have group projects at school or with friends? Need to share documents before a meeting? Looking for input from others as you plan a church, school, or soccer club fundraiser? All of these projects -- and thousands of others -- require collaboration. You can now use Office Live Workspace, a free online Microsoft service, to create virtual workspaces where you and others can share photos, schedules, to-do lists, documents, presentations and more. Learn more and sign up at:
http://officeliveoffers.com/Workspace/Homepage/default_home.htm.
TAKE THE NEW TECH TRIVIA CHALLENGE
Test your knowledge -- or your online searching ability -- by taking our Tech Trivia Challenge. (Try Windows Live Search at www.live.com/.)
In more than 40 countries, at least half the population uses the Internet. Which country has the greatest usage per capita?
- The Netherlands
- Japan
- Norway
- South Korea
- U.S.A.
To submit your answer and view the answer to the previous question, visit
www.freetoinnovate.com/ssl/techTrivia.asp
THE FIN PULSE
The FIN Pulse is an informal online poll that lets FIN members see how others use technology and think about policy issues.
Search has been called the gateway to the Internet. This month, we ask, “How often do you use a search engine such as Live Search, Yahoo, or Google?”
Go to www.freetoinnovate.com to participate in the FIN Pulse.
Do you have a great tech trivia question that will stump FIN members? Send it to us (together with a verifiable answer by emailing msfin@microsoft.com.
For Top Stories and Tech Headlines, updated weekly, visit the FIN Web site:
www.microsoft.com/freedomtoinnovate/
And remember, it’s never too late to write your legislators to let them know what issues are important to you. To identify and email your legislators, visit: www.freetoinnovate.com
Need help writing your legislator? You can find tips for communicating with legislators, along with news, tech policy information and more, at the Freedom to Innovate Network Web site: http://www.microsoft.com/freedomtoinnovate/
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