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• Appeal filed in Phil Spector case (AP)

  AP - Lawyers for legendary music producer Phil Spector have asked an appellate court to throw out his second-degree murder conviction on grounds of judicial error and prosecutorial misconduct.

• Summary Box: OnLive game streaming to come in June (AP)

  AP - THE SERVICE: OnLive will let you "stream" popular high-end games over the Internet, using a mechanism similar to watching TV shows or listening to music online.

• OnLive game streaming service to start in June (AP)

  AP - In an industry first, a new gaming service will start allowing people to "stream" popular high-end games such as "Assassin's Creed II" over the Internet in June, using a mechanism similar to watching TV shows or listening to music online.

• The top 10 singles and albums on iTunes (AP)

  AP - iTunes' top 10 selling singles and albums of the week ending March 8, 2010:

• Pink Floyd goes to court in royalty row with EMI (AP)

  AP - Pink Floyd has begun legal action against music label EMI Group Ltd. over the way royalty payments are calculated in the digital era.

• Record industry hits back at 'myth' of go-it-alone stars (AFP)

  AFP - Record industry bosses hit back Tuesday at the "myth" that musicians no longer need them to become successful, insisting the Internet can help raise their profile but cannot make them stars.

  
  

• Pink Floyd battles EMI in online royalties case (Reuters)

  Reuters - Pink Floyd on Tuesday launched legal action against record label EMI in a case that centres around royalty payments and how music is sold in the digital age.

• The Soundtrack to My First Semester (BusinessWeek)

  BusinessWeek - A first semester in business school is probably best summed up through some sort of interpretive dance.Refusing to be confined to words only, I am supplementing this entry with music."My B-school Playlist" (downloadable here) is a song collection recapping my first semester. 1) Jordin Sparks, Battlefield Business school is the most intense thing I have done -- and that includes fleeing a war-torn country. The pace of classes is brutal and the amount of learning intense. As a career-switcher, I've had to add researching companies and pursuing informational interviews to my plate. ...

• Phantom of Opera sequel opens amid "phan" disquiet (Reuters)

  Reuters - The sequel to "Phantom of the Opera", one of the biggest musicals of all time, opens in London on Tuesday amid disquiet among die-hard "phans" who have been posting opinions online since previews began two weeks ago.

• Microchip Tech raises bid for Silicon Storage (AP)

  AP - Microchip Technology Inc. on Monday raised its purchase price for Silicon Storage Inc. a second time, competing with a private-equity firm for the maker of flash memory cards used in digital cameras and MP3 players.

• Google Android Phones Can Now Search With Written Gestures (PC World)

  PC World - Google announced an experimental application for its Android mobile operating system, which allows you to search your phone using written gestures. Instead of bringing up the keyboard, users of the newer Android phones can just draw letters on the screen to search through contacts, music or apps.

• Australians more likely to pay for movies than news online (AFP)

  AFP - Australians are more likely to pay for music and movies online than to hand over money to read newspapers on the Internet, a survey released Thursday said.

  
  

• Microsoft Zune Media Player (PC World)

  PC World - TigerDirect is sweetening its offer of a refurbished Zune 4GB with an FM transmitter and charger, a dashboard grip pad, and a leather carrying case--all for $50 (you can find the new MP3 player by itself at Amazon for over $100).

• Thumbplay appoints Apple exec as technology chief (AP)

  AP - Thumbplay Inc., a company that provides content such as music and games for cell phones, said Monday it has named Apple Inc.'s Pablo Calamera its first chief technology officer.

• Performers see tiny returns from streaming music (Reuters)

  Reuters - As the music business continues to watch traditional revenue streams slow or even evaporate, a good deal of faith often has been placed in what's hailed as a panacea for the industry's ills: online streaming.

• Billboard CD reviews: Jimi Hendrix, Holmes Brothers (Reuters)

  Reuters - There are unending reasons why "genius" will forever be attached to Jimi Hendrix -- not the least of which is the voluminous amount of first-rate material that's been released in the 40 years since the guitar legend's death. "Valleys of Neptune," an hour-plus of unreleased material that marks the first foray in Experience Hendrix's Jimi Hendrix Catalog Project with Sony Legacy, is one of the most satisfying and illuminating of these posthumous exercises.

• After 10 Billion Songs, What's iTunes' Encore? (PC World)

  PC World - Apple's iTunes Store reached a major milestone this week when it delivered its 10 billionth song, an event that highlights the great success of Cupertino's digital-download service.

• Tiger's tunes: Apology lives online in remixes (AP)

  AP - Tiger Woods may not know it, but he is singing a new tune.

  
  

• Sara Evans files restraining order against her ex (AP)

  AP - Country music singer Sara Evans has filed a temporary restraining order against her ex-husband, Craig Schelske.

  
  

• 10 billionth song sold by Apple's iTunes (AP)

  AP - Apple's iTunes has sold its 10 billionth tune.