shoddy research from Farrell as usual

"We guess that means he will also talk about web browsers and how Safari should use something Java-based like Google's browser Chrome. Oh wait, it already does."

I didn't know Safari used Java, but anyway it's licenced from Sun Microsystems, not Google.

"Maybe he talks about how YouTube's video site will start to earn money by using a formula which may or may not be like Itunes."

You mean selling videos to download? Doubt it - YouTube is a streaming site. And even if YouTube started selling video's to download, that wouldn't be an example of colluding with Apple when:

a) It would compete with iTunes
and
b) There are other video download sites out there already

Don't forget, the point of an anti-trust enquiry is to see if the companies being investigated use their monopoly to gain an unfair advantatge over other competitors.

Google and Apple would only buddy-up and abuse their dominant positions if both parties would profit from it. So far, Google have released both a mobile phone OS and a web browser which compete with Apple's technology.

Some might point out that the iPhone has a built-in YouTube browser which drives extra traffic to Google's video service. That's true, but anyone can write software for streaming videos from YouTube, so it's not like Google is locking anyone else out. There's nothing 'special' about the way YouTube serves up video to the iPhone, it's just a plain old mp4 video file.

Google Maps? All Apple did here was write an interface wrapper around Google's map service. It's an interface, nothing more. Again, anyone could write software that taps up Google's map website.

I think you're perhaps missing the point Nick; you've not quite figured out *why* Google and Apple are being investigated, and your suggestions make little sence.

you mean webkit-based.

There is a big difference between what google does and what microsoft and intel did to be jugded about monopoly, it doesn't black mail systems integrators saying that if they use the competitors product, they will stop selling to them completely.