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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.

CNET – In Germany it’s apparently OK to have non-employees roam the offices, while in Brazil corporate secrets are commonly shared with family members, and even with total strangers. These are some of the results of a survey (PDF) commissioned by Cisco Systems and released Tuesday.

AP – Hollywood’s six major movie studios plan to sue RealNetworks Inc. to prevent it from distributing DVD copying software, The Associated Press has learned.

AP – Nokia Corp., the world’s largest cell phone maker, said Tuesday it will buy mobile messaging company Oz Communications of Canada to give consumers access to instant messaging services and e-mails through their mobile devices.

Reuters – Microsoft plans to continue charging licensing fees from handset makers for using its mobile operating system and not follow the free offerings of Google and Nokia, Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said on Tuesday.

NewsFactor – California lawmakers are speaking out in defense of the controversial deal between Google and Yahoo, which would allow Yahoo to use Google search ads.

PC Magazine – Hosted storage, like many other enterprise technologies and Web services from large data centers, is trickling down to small businesses. Western Digital has capitalized on the trend by offering ShareSpace, a four-terabyte storage system for small businesses.

Macworld.com – Toolsfactory software on Tuesday announced the release of rubiTrack 1.0, a new activity tracking software app for the Mac. It costs $39.60.

Reuters – TSMC (2330.TW) , the world’s biggest contract chip maker, said on Tuesday it would start using advanced 28-nanometer technology in early 2010 to produce chips used in new, higher-performance tech gadgets.

Reuters – Zvents, a local online search engine and advertising network, said on Tuesday that it had raised $24 million from several investors, including Nokia’s venture capital unit, AT&T Inc and digital map data company Navteq.