Sun's Business in Shambles Thanks to "Uncertainty Associated With the Proposed Acquisition by Oracle" - at AllThingsD - Fri 6:51 pm ET
âEuro�The decrease in ____ revenue was primarily due to _____ âEuro�and uncertainty associated with the proposed acquisition by Oracle and increased competition.âEuro� That refrain is repeated over and over again in SunâEuro�s latest grim earnings report which was filed without much in the way of announcement Friday afternoon.

Droid Has Landed Alright -- On Google's Homepage - at AllThingsD - Fri 4:09 pm ET
Well, this is a first, I think. Google is promoting a consumer electronics device on its front page. Surf over to Google.com right now and youâEuro�ll find this pitch plugging Droid, MotorolaâEuro�s new Android phone: âEuro�The Droid is on sale now.

All Is Forgiven: "It's a Clean Slate," Says Andreessen About Lawsuit-Mad Skype Co-Founders - at AllThingsD - Fri 2:28 pm ET
Silicon Valley legend and now VC Marc Andreessen was making the interview rounds this morning, after the settlement between the litigation-addled co-founders of Skype and all the various people they were suing was announced this morning.

Skype Soap Opera Finally Cancelled - at AllThingsD - Fri 10:22 am ET
The fight for Skype has ended. After weeks of nasty legal sparring, the Internet telephony serviceâEuro�s founders agreed to join the investor group purchasing it from EBay , and dropped the lawsuit that had threatened to bollocks the deal. âEuro�Skype will be well positioned to move forward under new owners with ownership and [...]

"V" Is Very, Very, Very V-abulous, But Not Online - at AllThingsD - Fri 8:34 am ET
ABC certainly has been taking its sweet time in releasing the first episode of "V," a sci-fi television series that debuted earlier this week on the Web in any substantial way. The premiere of a redo of a 1980s miniseries about an lizardy alien invasion disguised as a peace mission by outerspace hotties turned out to be a big broadcast hit, but it is hard to watch online.

RealDepressing: RealNetworks' Latest Layoff Memo - at AllThingsD - Thu Nov 5
Earlier today, Kara Swisher reported in BoomTown that RealNetworks would sack 4 percent of its workforce âEuro� 70 employees out of its 1,700-person staff. After the jump, the official internal memo from RealNetworks founder, chairman and CEO, Rob Glaser breaking the news.

Verizon on AT&T Suit: ThereâEuro�s a Word for That. "Junk." - at AllThingsD - Thu Nov 5
If AT&TâEuro�s lawsuit over VerizonâEuro�s allegedly misleading "thereâEuro�s a map for that" ad wasnâEuro�t a public relations mistake to begin with, it will be by the time Verizon gets through with it.