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Google gets antitrust scrutiny in Congress (roundup)

Eric Schmidt and Google rivals go before Senate Judiciary Committee's antitrust subcommittee as that panel looks to determine whether Google abuses its power in online search.

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Eric Schmidt and Google rivals go before Senate Judiciary Committee's antitrust subcommittee as that panel looks to determine whether Google abuses its power in online search.

Eric Schmidt at Senate hearing, Sept. 21, 2011.
Eric Schmidt at Senate hearing, Sept. 21, 2011.

Mimes aren't silent in Capitol Hill attack on Google

Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt testifies to a Senate subcommittee on antitrust that the search giant learned the lessons from the software giant's tangle with trustbusters a decade ago.
• Photos: Mimes spy to protest Google
(Posted in Media Maverick by Greg Sandoval)
September 21, 2011 12:53 p.m. PT

Schmidt's rope-a-dope: One for the record books

You had to know going into this that Eric Schmidt was too smart and too practiced an operator to let himself get cornered.
(Posted in CBSNews.com by Charles Cooper)
September 21, 2011 12:50 p.m. PT

Schmidt to senators: Google is no Microsoft

Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt testifies to a senate subcommittee on antitrust that the search giant learned the lessons from the software giant's tangle with trustbusters a decade ago.
(Posted in Digital Media by Jay Greene)
September 21, 2011 12:18 p.m. PT

Google 'rigs' search results, rivals tell senators

Google competitors such as Yelp and Nextag testify to the U.S. Senate antitrust subcommittee looking into the search giant's market power that the company doesn't play fair.
(Posted in Digital Media by Jay Greene)
September 21, 2011 1:42 p.m. PT

ZDNet: Schmidt, senators bicker over whether links were 'cooked'

A senator charges that Google is cooking links to favor its own properties. Google's Eric Schmidt said "I can assure you we haven't cooked anything."
(Posted in Between the Lines by Larry Dignan)
September 21, 2011 11:51 a.m. PT

Eric Schmidt's written testimony to Congress

Read a copy of Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt's written testimony to the Senate subcommittee on antitrust, competition policy, and consumer rights.
• Eric Schmidt's oral testimony before Congress
(Posted in Digital Media by Jay Greene)
September 21, 2011 11:36 a.m. PT

Watch this: Google's Schmidt spars with senators