News Bites: Microsoft charges Google with antitrust breach

Microsoft is filing a complaint against Google, alleging to the European Commission that the company violated antitrust laws. Here's a blog post from Microsoft.  

South Korea's SK telecom might buy the ailing movie-rental company Blockbuster, which filed for bankruptcy last year, according to the Wall Street Journal. It's not clear why, says the article. But the telecom company has been trying to broaden its business profile. 

The New York Times reports on a February study that says cellphone use can alter brain activity. Other studies linked cellphone use to male infertility and low bone density. FCC spokesman Rob Kenny told the Times: "As always, we will continue to study this issue and coordinate with our federal partners."

The Associated Press reports on social media innovation in Japan amid the disaster there. "Quakebook," for instance, is an online collection of reflections on the events. "1000 messages for Japan" contains hopeful messages from afar. Video streaming provider Ustream saw its visitors double after the public broadcaster NHK began featuring live coverage there. 

"Privacy makes for hot dates in Congress," Tech Daily Dose reports. "In the Senate, Communications Subcommittee Chairman John Kerry, D-Mass., is meeting this week with Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., in hopes of finally bringing him on board as the lead GOP co-sponsor of the Massachusetts Democrat's draft privacy bill."