Spain launches antitrust investigation into Microsoft

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It seems like it wasn’t too long ago that Microsoft was under the microscope for alleged antitrust practices with their browser Internet Explorer, but now it looks like the whole antitrust issue might be brought up again, and this time it looks like Spain will be the one launching the antitrust investigation.

The complaints were brought up by a company called Elegant Business SC, who complained to the National Competition Commission that Microsoft allegedly prevented/unreasonably restricted the resale of software licenses. The information collected by the National Competition Commission was enough for them to launch an antitrust investigation that covers not just Spain, but in Ireland as well, which is where Microsoft’s European operations center is based.

The investigation has been given a deadline of 18 months, and with the heavy fines that Microsoft ended up paying in the past, it will be interesting to see if they will end up paying a fine again.

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Google branded SIM card spotted in Spain

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Google started out as a search engine, but over the years they have managed to expand their list of services to include e-mail (Gmail), a smartphone platform which has quickly dominated the marketshare in terms of platforms (Android) and recently even attempted to launch their very own social network (Google+). With Google Voice being an alternative to your typical cellular calls, would it be a stretch of the imagination to think that Google may one day launch their own carrier service? Apparently not as these recently surfaced photos seem to suggest.

As you can see in the photo above, it looks like a SIM card with the Google brand on it. According to the rumors, these SIM cards are being tested out on the Nexus S. The images apparently come from Spain and it seems that when inserted into the Nexus S device, the carrier branding changes to “Google_Es”. We’re not sure what to make of this as these photos could easily be doctored, although they do appear to be rather real. Could Google be looking to become a carrier of their own in Spain (with the help of Spain’s telcos Pepephone or Simyo) or is this just a really good photoshop job?

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