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Federal Trade Commission closes Google antitrust probe  US
regulators have closed a Google antitrust probe, citing not
enough evidence to prove the Internet giant manipulated its
search results to harm its competitors. However, Google has
promised to end certain practices.  The Federal Trade Commission
(FTC) on Thursday said it lacked a legal basis to bring a case
against Google for allegedly abusing its dominance in Internet
searches. The commission did however win promises from the
search giant over several controversial practices.  The FTC
voted 5 to 0 to close the investigation into Google's search
practices and voted 4 to 1 to settle the patent investigation
into Google's injunction requests.  "Even though people would
like us to bring a big search bias case, the facts aren't
there," FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz said at a press conference.
Despite the end of the probe Google has promised to end