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AP – Five Hollywood studios have agreed to help pay for an expanded rollout of digital technology in movie theaters, a precursor to more 3-D screens.

AP – Congress has cleared the way for a potential agreement intended to save the emerging Internet radio market from a crippling hike in copyright royalty rates.

InfoWorld – Microsoft on Wednesday is revealing an updated platform strategy to support composite applications in Windows Server and the .Net Framework programming model.

Reuters – A Norway consumer agency said it aims to take computer group Apple to court over what it calls unfair barriers to playing music from the iTunes music store on devices other than Apple’s iPod.

InfoWorld – SpringSource, maker of the popular Spring Framework for Java application development, this week began offering its SpringSource dm Server, an OSGi-based application server to run enterprise Java and Spring applications.

Reuters – Video-game retailer GameStop on Wednesday said it will acquire French video-game retailer Micromania from private equity fund L Capital for $700 million, including debt, to gain a presence in France.

AP – British band Oasis is joining the music rush to the Internet.

InfoWorld – Facing uncertain economic times, enterprises may be more likely to turn to cloud computing services — such as SaaS (software as a service), Amazon-style utility computing, and managed service providers — for the lower up-front costs, the faster time to market, and the ability to add capabilities quickly without investing in new hardware.??

Reuters – Social network software maker, Slide Inc has signed a deal with major media companies to distribute video content on Facebook, capitalizing on the success of social networking.

CNET – Microsoft’s latest effort to get people to use its search service is something called SearchPerks, which gives people points for using the search engine that can later be redeemed for prizes.