The Times – EU launches antitrust inquiry into Google ‘dominance’
The European Commission has launched a preliminary antitrust inquiry into Google after three companies complained that the US giant’s dominant search engine penalises potential competitors and keeps advertising prices artificially high.

IT PRO – Did Google hackers target Intel too?

Intel has confirmed that it was the target of a “sophisticated” hack attack at the beginning of the year around the same time as Google’s episode, but it suggests there is no clear link between the two.

The Register – Adobe Photoshop celebrates big 2-0

Exactly 20 years ago today – Wednesday, February 24 – the first stable version of Adobe Photoshop was released into the wild. At 728 kilobytes, it fit on a single floppy disk.

Computerworld UK – YouTube cuts off support for older Internet Explorer

Google’s YouTube will drop support for Microsoft’s nearly nine year old Internet Explorer 6 in just over two weeks, the popular video site has announced.

Computerworld UK – Twitter churns out millions of tweets

New numbers from the folks at Twitter show that people are tweeting furiously.

Computerworld UK – Apple Macs becoming popular business tool, says survey

Two out of three IT administrators at large organisations with Macs and PCs said they expect to see an increase in the number of Macs this year, according to a newly released survey by the Enterprise Desktop Alliance.

The Daily Telegraph – Human behaviour ’93 per cent predictable’

Location data from mobile phones has indicated that 93 per cent of human movement is predictable. A study published by peer-reviewed journal Science examined anonymised data culled from mobile phone service providers and found that it was possible to accurately predict movement and location up to 97 per cent of the time for the majority of people, and 93 per cent of the time for the entire set of data.

The Daily Telegraph – Apple close to selling 10 billion iTunes songs

Apple is expected to sell its 10 billionth track from the iTunes music store by the end of the week. The company is giving away a $10,000 iTunes gift voucher to whoever downloads the billionth song. A counter on the Apple website is tracking progress towards the landmark, with the magic number expected to be reached by Friday.

The Guardian – Scribd to launch mobile service

Document sharing website Scribd is making a more direct challenge to Amazon and Apple by launching a mobile service that it hopes will make it easier for millions of people to read on the go.