Technology company Hewlett-Packard (HP) has filed an antitrust lawsuit against rival Oracle, accusing the company of allegedly forcing customers to switch from HP hardware to Oracle's own servers.

Oracle, the world’s third-largest software company, is suing microchip maker Micron Technology, alleging that the company fixed the price of its dynamic random access memory (DRAM) chips.

A bipartisan coalition of 59 US senators has asked the European Commission to end its investigation of the Oracle/Sun Microsystems merger as soon as possible.

Oracle has been granted more time to respond to European Commission concerns about its takeover of Sun Microsystems.

In the wake of the European Commission’s decision to oppose Oracle’s purchase of rival Sun Microsystems, the US Department of Justice has created a list of current US investigations to help it identify antitrust agencies in other jurisdictions that may review the same deals and behaviour. Ron Knox at the Fall Forum in Washington, DC

Software company Oracle has withdrawn its application with Russia’s Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) for competition clearance of its $7.4 billion acquisition of Sun Microsystems.

Sun Microsystems yesterday blamed the European Commission for the company's decision to cut 3,000 jobs over the next year.