Oracle Corp. is seeking as much as $6.1 billion in damages in a patent- and copyright-infringement lawsuit against Google Inc. that claims the search-engine company’s Android software uses technology related to the Java programming language, according to court papers.

Apple Inc. has joined the bidders for a trove of patents from Nortel Networks Corp., the bankrupt maker of phone equipment, two people familiar with knowledge of the matter said.

Billionaire Philip Falcone’s LightSquared Inc. reached a 15-year deal with Sprint Nextel Corp. to share network expansion costs and equipment, and to provide high-speed wireless service to the phone company.

Billionaire Stephen Jarislowsky, one of Research In Motion Ltd.’s largest shareholders, added his name to the call for the BlackBerry smartphone maker to split the roles of chairman and chief executive officer.

Research in Motion stock fell as much as 17 percent in late trading after the Blackberry smartphone maker said quarterly revenue may drop and jobs will be cut

Hewlett-Packard Co., the world’s largest maker of personal computers, said it will shift some production of laptops to Japan from Shanghai this year to shorten delivery times to customers in the country.

Toshiba Corp., Sharp Corp. and at least 13 other makers of liquid-crystal displays were sued by retailer P.C. Richard & Son Inc. over claims they conspired to fix prices.

Research In Motion Ltd., its BlackBerry phones losing sales to Apple Inc.’s iPhone, said quarterly revenue may drop for the first time in nine years and unveiled plans to reduce jobs as competition intensifies.

Synthetic drugs that use legal compounds but mimic the highs of everything from marijuana to cocaine are proliferating among do-it-yourself pharma labs across the country. Bad trips—and fatal side effects—are increasing, too

FireEye, a mild-mannered Silicon Valley security firm by day, joins with tech giants after-hours to smash cybercrime syndicates

Only ExxonMobil is bigger in the U.S. than Apple. While it might add 1,000 points to the Dow if it were on board, its high stock price would distort the index

The Atmehs, a chemistry-minded family of Jordanian entrepreneurs, have a cheap, green way to keep cars clean in a water-deprived region

Successful tech IPOs are making young Silicon Valley workers rich, and keeping home prices high in towns such as Cupertino and Palo Alto

The untraceable new virtual currency is exploding in usage, notoriety, and value

Hewlett-Packard claims that in a period of eight months Oracle went from partner to "bitter antagonist" and has breached its contract

Hewlett-Packard Co. sued Oracle Corp. over claims that in a period of eight months Oracle has moved from partner to “bitter antagonist.”

A surge in wealth from technology stock sales and initial public offerings is spilling into the Silicon Valley real estate market as newly rich workers bid up home values in suburban cities south of San Francisco.

Pandora Media gains on its first day of trading as investors embrace the biggest surge in Internet share sales since the dot-com boom

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. has approached at least four candidates to succeed ousted Chief Executive Officer Dirk Meyer and been rebuffed, slowing the chipmaker’s effort at a turnaround.

Providence Equity Partners is in the lead to buy the maker of online educational courseware, a person with knowledge of the situation said