In these times, we can be sure of two things – iPhone rumors and AT&T lawsuits. Cellular South, a regional wireless carrier based out of Mississippi, has filed an antitrust lawsuit against AT&T in an effort to block its merger with T-Mobile. Cellular South shares the same vision of a grim AT&T and Verizon-dominated future. It believes the merger will “result in consumers facing higher prices, less innovation, fewer choices and reduced competition.”

Back in 2005 it is said that Walmart and Netflix teamed up to fight agains then rival Blockbuster. According to the details, Walmart agreed to stop renting DVD’s and Netflix agreed to never sell DVD’s. But regardless, it turns out that may have been a violation of antitrust laws and Walmart is preparing to write more »

For the most part recently it seems that Intel can do no wrong by many people. It keeps churning out new processors like the i7 that greatly improve on everything else on the market. There’s also all its other random side projects that could improve any number of technologies. None of these things get passed more »

More than a year or so ago many people might be hard pressed to see too many areas in which Apple and Google compete. Sure, they both had photo editing and hosting services in Picasa and iPhoto/MobileMe, but that’s about it. Now their increasing number of competing markets is getting the Federal Trade Commission involved. more »

And the boys continue to fight over who’s is bigger. I wonder if they all drive red cars? This latest round in the Google/Microsoft bru-haha features Google wanting to hop in bed with those battling Microsoft in an effort to prove antitrust charges having to do with the software giant’s ruling of the Web browser market.

Google’s VP of product management gave the following reason for jumping into the proceedings on their company blog:

Google believes that the browser market is still largely uncompetitive, which holds back innovation for users. This is because Internet Explorer is tied to Microsoft’s dominant computer operating system, giving it an unfair advantage over other browsers. Compare this to the mobile market, where Microsoft cannot tie Internet Explorer to a dominant operating system, and its browser therefore has a much lower usage. The value of competition for users (even in the limited form we see today) is clear: tabbed browsing, faster downloads, private browsing features, and more.

I’m sure Google also likes that as party to the case going-ons, they are entitled to access to confidential documents in the case, and have the right to voice objections.

Microsoft is facing yet another antitrust investigation, this time from Taiwan. Their Fair Trade Commission is investigating whether Microsoft is monopolizing the island’s software market, and is also investigating whether the software giant is abusing that position. The agency launched its investigation after receiving numerous complaints about unfair pricing and the company’s decision to discontinue more »