European Commission probes Intel.(Brief Article)

The European Commission has launched a probe into Intel's licensing practices, the company said Friday. The EC said the investigation focuses on marketing tactics. "We have received a request from the European competition authorities for information on our policies in licensing our bus architecture for Intel processors," said an Intel representative. The EC said in a statement that it has asked Intel to respond to allegations that the hardware vendor, in its marketing practices, abused its dominant position in the microprocessor market for …