Google has set aside half a billion dollars to settle a US investigation of its advertising practises

US Department of Justice rules that Microsoft will acquire licences for Novell patents rather than ownership

A new legal action has been filed by Oracle against Micron, charging the company with price fixing over a span of about five years

Google is angling to acquire ITA Software, w hich provides data to Microsoft Bing Travel, Orbitz and others

Google said on 27 Aug. that the Department of Justice filed a second request for information about the search engine's $700 million (£451m) bid to buy ITA Software

HP, Sun and Accenture were named in a suit joined by the DOJ in 2007 alleging kickbacks for favourable treatment in government contracts

The US Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit against Oracle for allegedly failing to disclose discounts and overcharging the federal government

The Electronic Frontier Foundation has obtained documents on federal law enforcement approaches to gathering data on Facebook and other social networks

Microsoft told the US Department of Justice and the European Commission how Google's business practices may be harming publishers, advertisers and competition in search and online advertising