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Google targets Microsoft with an antitrust complaint

Search engine giant Google has finally targeted Microsoft directly with a complaint filed with the antitrust authorities.

Google has claimed that Microsoft is not complying with the rules with their recently released Vista operating system.

They have sent a 50-page white paper to the US Justice Department and state attorneys general claiming that the software giant is violating their antitrust settlement with the government.

Google is claiming that the Vista operating system makes it tough for the end user to switch to rival desktop search services.

Microsoft is shipping the Vista OS with their own Search application and Google claims that the user finds it tough to switch to rival applications like the one provided by Google (Google Desktop).

Brad Smith, Microsoft’s general counsel responded to this latest charge against the company: “We don’t believe that this feature is covered by the consent decree or that it raises any antitrust issues.”