• With its $7.4bn purchase of Sun Microsystem tied up amid objections from the European Union, Oracle is taking the offensive to Brussels. In a closed hearing, the company is suggesting that the claims that the buyout is anti-competitive are false. The FT says Oracle thinks regulators "cherry-picked" their evidence, while the Wall Street Journal says that two customers whose responses were used as evidence to block the deal actually support it.
• Plenty of publishers have jumped on the iPhone bandwagon, but the latest is Playboy - a surprise, given that a ban on nudity seems to be about the only rule that Apple seems to enforce consistently. That means the Hugh Hefner is having to make do without the naked women for the iPhone edition of his monthly magazine. Spokesperson Theresa Hennessey told Krapps.com that "the pictures are all non-nude or cropped".
• And don't miss our gaming special today - an attempt to explain to the world what's so good about games, featuring commentaries from Charlie Brooker, the lovely Naomi Alderman, notably quiffed film critic Mark Kermode and many more.
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