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Intel, FTC prepare to square off
News The complaint -- filed by the FTC in June 1998 -- claims that Intel withheld critical information regarding its processors from three customers -- Intergraph Corp. Intel calls the actions fair -- if harsh -- business, while the FTC has coloured the...
[March 8, 1999, 11:35]
FTC will back online privacy groups
News An FTC representative at Internet World in New York said complaints sent by organisations that dole out privacy seals -- including TRUSTe and BBBOnLine -- would be sent immediately to investigators rather that going through the general complaint...
[October 8, 1999, 9:32]
US Report: FTC's top litigator said to recommend Intel suit
News Tuesday's edition of The Washington Post, citing sources close to the case, reports that the recommendation by William Baer, director of the FTC's bureau of competition, "virtually ensures" that the agency will sue Intel in an antitrust case.
[June 3, 1998, 9:07]
US Report: FTC takes action against Intel, alleges abuse
News The FTC's action means both halves of the so-called Wintel duopoly now face government discipline for alleged anti-competitive behaviour. The FTC, which has been investigating Intel's business practices since September of 1997, said in a release...
[June 9, 1998, 9:34]
FTC limits size of Rambus royalties
News The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in a decision announced on Monday substantially limited the size of royalties that memory chipmaker Rambus can charge for its DRAM technology. In 2002, the FTC charged Rambus with violating federal antitrust laws.
[February 6, 2007, 12:52]
A Year Ago: FTC will back online privacy groups
News An FTC representative at Internet World in New York said complaints sent by organisations that dole out privacy seals -- including TRUSTe and BBBOnLine -- would be sent immediately to investigators rather that going through the general complaint...
[October 9, 2000, 7:02]
FTC head sceptical about Net neutrality laws
News On Monday, the head of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) expressed sharp scepticism towards proposed laws that would levy extensive Net neutrality regulations on broadband providers. Deborah Platt Majoras, the FTC's Republican chairman, said...
[August 22, 2006, 9:40]
Analysis: FTC action against Intel will set precedents
News Since FTC rules allow for a more exhaustive investigation than ordinary civil suits, "what you get is a very robust development of the law," she said. Though they don't explicitly refer to the case in the complaint, FTC lawyers evidently rely on...
[June 10, 1998, 9:14]
US Report: FTC gives OK to Digital/Intel chip deal
News The FTC had expressed concern that the agreement between Digital and Intel was "likely to create uncertainty regarding the future competitive viability of Alpha", given Intel's dominance of the processor market.
[April 24, 1998, 9:59]
FTC finally realises that spammers lie
News The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) study, False Claims in Spam, which analysed 1,000 pieces of unsolicited commercial email gleaned from FTC databases and government officials' in-boxes, found that 66 percent of spam contains some type of...
[April 30, 2003, 10:48]
FTC cracks international Web porn ring
News These operators hijacked Web sites, 'kidnapped' consumers and held them captive," said Jodie Bernstein, director of the FTC's Bureau of Consumer Protection. In its complaint, the FTC alleged that the group "page-jacked" 25 million legitimate Web...
[September 23, 1999, 9:29]
FTC quizzes chip makers in Rambus case
News Micron also said that the FTC had subpoenaed records in the case. The FTC is believed to have been investigating Rambus since at least the beginning of this year. Rambus has denied any knowledge of an FTC investigation, and is appealing the fraud...
[September 3, 2001, 17:04]
US Report: FTC study takes Web to woodshed over privacy
News According to a four-page executive summary of the report the FTC is scheduled to release later today federal officials found that for every 100 commercial Internet sites online, 85 collect personal information about their visitors, usually without...
[June 4, 1998, 9:15]
US Report: FTC moving closer to action against Intel
News FTC staffers are today expected to recommend a two-pronged suit against the world's leading microprocessor maker according to sources close to the investigation and published reports. After FTC investigators decide to bring a complaint, the staff...
[May 29, 1998, 10:37]
FTC plans formal investigation of Intel
News An FTC representative declined to comment on the investigation, citing its policy of neither confirming nor denying the existence of any ongoing investigations. On 4 June, the US FTC served a subpoena related to Intel's business practices with...
[June 9, 2008, 14:56]
FTC finds against Rambus in monopoly case
News FTC commissioners, in a unanimous decision announced on Wednesday, found Rambus monopolised the markets for four computer memory technologies, which eventually made their way into industry standards for dynamic random access memory (DRAM) chips.
[August 3, 2006, 9:35]
FTC approves AOL, Time Warner merger
News Last night, AOL formally offered the FTC additional terms on access and other issues in a bid to win approval, according to reports. The companies had expected to close the merger in the fall, but the FTC continued to delay its vote until AOL and...
[December 14, 2000, 16:51]
FTC backs better facts for domains
News Howard Beales, director of the FTC's bureau of consumer protection, told the House Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet and Intellectual Property on Wednesday. In all of our investigations against Internet companies, one of...
[May 23, 2002, 15:59]
A Year Ago: FTC witness list released in Intel case
News Starting on March 9 in Washington, the FTC will call 24 witnesses, including past and present Intel executives; officials from Compaq Computer, Advanced Micro Devices and Intergraph; as well as a number of college professors.
[February 22, 1999, 5:37]
FTC case against Intel 'weak' - analyst
News Klauer believes the FTC's antitrust suit against Intel stood on shaky ground because, unlike the Microsoft trial, the key issue is driven by Intel's customers not its competitors. Intel is saying `we put time and money into this technology and have...
[March 9, 1999, 14:44]
