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In a clash of two Silicon Valley titans, Oracle said Thursday that it has filed a federal copyright lawsuit alleging that Google's popular Android operating system was built on Oracle's Java software without permission.

As the Oracle-Sun combo heats up hardware competition, IBM's Power7 servers aim to dominate.

One of the creators of a technology that underpins millions of websites is asking people to protest against Oracle's attempted takeover Silicon Valley rival Sun Microsystems.

Finnish entrepreneur Michael Widenius - known as Monty - says that the European Commission must block the $7bn deal as a way to protect the future of MySQL, the database company he helped found in 1995.

Sun Microsystems, Inc. and Oracle Corporation announced today they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Oracle will acquire Sun common stock for $9.50 per share in cash.

The merger, if completed, would mark a big consolidation step in the market for server computers used in corporate data centers, one that could prompt an antitrust challenge.

Negativity about the prospects for Sun increases among analysts, after Goldman Sachs added the server and software developer to its “Americas conviction sell” list on the grounds that Sun is facing too much competition and is too dependent on customers that aren’t in the market for high-end computer equipment.