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  • FTC chairman develops privacy agenda

    Timothy Muris jumps on board the FTC train as new chairman, striving to make sense of the privacy and antitrust issues that have been occupying the commission.

  • Microsoft: Same as the old boss

    Microsoft wins big in appeals, shrugs off the antitrust police, and rides toward a new, stronger monopoly. Will Bill Gates lead the charge to victory, or straight back into the courts?

  • AOL, MS: You've got conflict

    As Microsoft did on the PC desktop, AOL battled fiercely in the early days of the Internet--beating stiff competition to reach the top. Now Microsoft is launching an all-out attack in AOL territory, add one of the largest antitrust cases in US history, and you've got a conflict.

  • EU extends review of Google/DoubleClick merger

    European Commission's decision to take a deeper look at the proposed merger potentially puts the deal at risk.

  • Google the next Microsoft in antitrust firing line?

    Google's planned acquisiton of DoubleClick has led to US government antitrust committees and liberal consumer groups watching the search giant's moves, just like they did Microsoft's not too long ago.

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  • Cyberlaw: Future's pretty fuzzy

    The state of Internet law was in flux in 2001. Lawyer Doug Isenberg says that if any lesson has emerged, it's that the same thing will probably remain true for 2002.

  • When e-mail comes back to haunt you

    Executives and employees alike are continuing to send inappropriate or revealing information via e-mail, despite high-profile cases highlighting the potential dangers.

  • Microsoft's balancing act

    Buffeted by criticism of the way it handles privacy and security matters, Microsoft is trying to batten down the hatches on both fronts in simultaneous efforts.

  • Google: Gunning for desktop space

    In moving beyond Web search to the desktop, the company faces a slew of challenges: controversy over privacy, technical hurdles and the rivalry of Microsoft among them.

  • Google's desktop bet

    Google faces a difficult task if it tries to transplant its successful Web search business to the desktop.

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