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Euro regulators give Google-Doubleclick buy thumbs up

Anonymous Coward

made me smile 

Joke

"The Commission found that the merged entity would not have the ability to engage in strategies aimed at marginalising Google's competitors"

Since they are already marginalised?

Anonymous Coward

I thought for a moment... 

...that Google had developed a workaround for Amazon's one-click patent.

Sceptical Bastard

Could be worse 

I would rather see Google buy than Phorm

M. Burns

Double-Click cookies 

Unhappy

So does this mean Ad-Aware, which Google gives away for free bundled in Google Pack, will stop labeling Double-Click cookies as adware/spyware tracking junk to be removed?