UPDATED 15:58 PM EST, January 2, 2013
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Microsoft is making a last-ditch effort to convince government regulators that they need to crack down on Google to preserve competition on the Internet and in smartphone markets.
Microsoft laid out its arguments in a blog post Wednesday by Dave Heiner, the software maker's deputy general counsel.
Heiner mostly rehashed familiar ground while depicting Google Inc. as a company that has abused its dominance of Internet search and leadership in online video to thwart its rivals to the detriment of consumers.
