Breakfast briefing: Google accused, Intel abused and Apple confused

• Google tried to take the initiative last night by announcing that it was being investigated by the European Commission over allegations of anti-competitive behaviour . The claimants include UK company Foundem, whose criticisms we detailed last summer . What does it mean? I think it could stir up all kinds of trouble for the company but it's too early to predict which way the commission is going to go with this one. • After the hacking attacks on a range of American companies, it's emerged that Intel has also been hit by a series of online strikes . In financial filings, the company said that a sophisticated strike had attempted (and failed) to access its systems last month - but a spokesman told the New York Times that "the only connection between what we saw in January and the attacks on Google is timing". • And Apple has continued to confuse pretty much everybody with its bizarre, skew-whiff stance on 'adult' iPhone apps . After plenty of criticism over its policies, it seems that the company has reinstated the swimwear catalogue application that caused the latest kerfuffle . Looks like this one's going to come back again and again until Apple fixes the process. You can follow our links and commentary each day through Twitter ( @guardiantech , or our personal accounts ) or by watching our Delicious feed .