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Google accuses Microsoft of limiting search choice
Google has accused Microsoft of limiting consumer choice with its Vista desktop search functions.The search giant sent a white paper to the US Justice Department saying that Windows Vista "makes it hard for users to use rival search applications provided by Google and others," the Wall Street Journal reports.
A spokesman told the newspaper: "Microsoft's current approach with Vista desktop search violates the consent decree and limits consumer choice."
However, Microsoft counsel Brad Smith said that the search feature does not raise any antitrust issues.
Meanwhile, Google has ranked lower than any other internet company in terms of protecting the privacy of its users, in a report released by Privacy International.
The report's authors pointed to the large amount of data that Google collects about its users and relative lack of privacy controls. Microsoft and Yahoo did slightly better in this regard.
Separately, Yahoo criticised the Chinese government for punishing people who express their political views on the internet.
The internet company was accused by the mother of a journalist of helping officials to imprison her son, but Yahoo said it was "dismayed" that Chinese citizens were imprisoned for posting views on the web.
Google News posted on 11 June 2007
