Archive for February 17th, 2009

(AFX UK Focus) 2009-02-17 23:16 Sourcetool says Google violated U.S. antitrust laws (Interactive Investor)

WASHINGTON, Feb 17 (Reuters) - TradeComet.com, which owns the search engine SourceTool.com, filed an antitrust lawsuit against Google Inc on Tuesday, accusing it of engaging in illegal predatory conduct to drive them out of business. "TradeComet was forced to file the lawsuit when Google refused to stop engaging in predatory conduct to block search traffic by imposing massive, unjustified price ...

Tuesday, February 17th, 2009

Sourcetool says Google violated U.S. antitrust laws (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)

TradeComet.com, which owns the search engine SourceTool.com, filed an antitrust lawsuit against Google Inc on Tuesday, accusing it of engaging in illegal predatory conduct to drive them out of business.

Tuesday, February 17th, 2009

Vodafone secures exclusive deal to sell Google’s new G2 phone (Daily Telegraph)

Vodafone has secured an exclusive deal to sell the next generation Google phone dubbed the G2 in Europe.

Tuesday, February 17th, 2009

Vodafone Shows Off Latest “Google Phone” (Cellular-News.com)

Vodafone has shown off its first smartphone based on the Google backed Android operating system. The phone, being built by HTC (who also make T-Mobile's G1 handset) is exclusive to Vodafone in the UK, Spain, Germany and France (SFR) and available on a non-exclusive basis in Italy.

Tuesday, February 17th, 2009

Second ‘Google phone’ to rival iPhone unveiled (Independent)

The second in what industry commentators believe will be a long series of phone's based on the Google-backed Android mobile phone operating system has been announced by Vodafone at the Mobile World Congress.

Tuesday, February 17th, 2009