Google Is Different Than Microsoft, Says Chairman

Eric Schmidt, executive Chairman of Google Inc., says that the open internet is the ultimate level playing field and Google is not bound to end up like Microsoft. (0:30)

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Microsoft Executive Argues Against Overhaul Of Online Safety Law

An executive from Microsoft argued against expanding Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) of 1998 during an appearance before a Senate panel Thursday.

“COPPA has enabled parents to take a more active and informed role deciding how their children can take advantage of the internet’s many benefits…therefore, we do not believe that a legislative amendment is necessary at this time,” Microsoft Associate General Counsel Michael Hintze said. (0:19)
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Microsoft Senior Project Manager Says They Are Preparing Students For The Workforce

Jim Jin, Microsoft senior project manager, said the new online office space in an extension of current Microsoft products. So when students leave school to enter the work force, they will be fully prepared (0:31).
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Bad news will follow the Yahoo!-Google deal says Microsoft rep

At a House Judiciary Committee Task Force on Competition Policy and Antitrust Laws meeting on internet competition, Brad Smith, Senior Vice President, General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary for Microsoft Corporation lists four ways in which the potential Yahoo!-Google deal would be detrimental to the market. He says that the agreement will concentrate the power over search advertising, decrease choices for advertisers, increase prices, and threaten online privacy. (1:46)
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Microsoft says Yahoo! a Google satellite

General Counsel at Microsoft Brad Smith says Yahoo!’s CEO told Microsoft that an agreement with Google would join Yahoo! and Google into a single entity and that Microsoft would no longer be strong enough to remain a player in the market afterward. (0:50)
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Google critiques Microsoft’s claims

David Drummond, chief legal officer at Google, says the most energetic critic of an agreement between Google and Yahoo! is Microsoft, a major competitor. Drummond tells the subcommittee that Microsoft’s CEO said he was going to “kill Google” and that Microsoft’s share of the desktop market is capable of harming the next phase of the Internet. He encourages the subcommittee to disregard Microsoft’s claims. (1:02)
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Yahoo! says its going nowhere

Michael Callahan, general counsel for Yahoo!, says Yahoo! is neither exiting search based advertising nor ceding advertisement space to Google, adding that Yahoo! will continue to grow its share of the online search market through its agreement with Google. (0:29)
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