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dhellman: "The European Commission earlier this year said it was investigating the governments of France, Germany and others for favoring Intel chips in public tenders."

I don't think "investigating" is the right word. It ordered those countries to comply with existing EU law by removing references to Intel and clock speed from the criteria for government procurement. The other country so ordered was Italy.

The article appears to confuse this process with the investigation of Intel for engaging in unfair business practices. That investigation has been ongoing for some three years and is not yet complete. In fact, it was the investigation of Intel that caused the Commision to realise that Intel had been given illegal advantage by some governments.

In a previous post I suggested that the Commission's edict to the three countries would encourage other whistle-blowers to emerge with allegations of Intel's unfair business practices. This is what appears to have happened.

It is also possible that the investigation of Intel in Japan has revived the European investigation.