Google forced to change...

[NickStone]

...its business practices.

[Shimapan]

That's by far not the first time that Google has been (rightfully) sued for its nasty business practices, and it most likely won't be the last time either.
The result is a bit underwhelming, I hope the ongoing EU court case gets better results.

[tek_heretik]

A few posts I made at ZDNet...

Microsoft and Google join forces
Become Mooglesoft, destroy internet and wireless tech as we know it (MS already destroyed the PC), unleash holographic Godzillas in major cities to terrorize children and old people.

and...

But seriously...
I am very sick of the direction Google is going, I don't use their search anymore or their 'free' services like Google+, etc. Stopped using Facebook long ago for the same reasons. Huge corporations sniffing my digital underwear makes me want to puke.

[oshunluvr]

Huge corporations sniffing my digital underwear

Now THAT's a visual!

[SteveRiley]

...its business practices.

From the article:

Standard essential patents are ones that are critical to industry standards, for example, the technology that allows devices such as smartphones and tablets to connect to the internet over wi-fi.

Google has a patent on that?

Huge corporations sniffing my digital underwear makes me want to puke.

Dude, c'mon... Smart underwear is all the rage!