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September 9, 2012, 11:20 AM

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Josh Constine / TechCrunch:

Spotify Will Launch A Browser-Based Version — If you're wondering why the Spotify desktop software has hardly been updated in a year, it's because the company is preparing to launch a completely overhauled browser-based version of its streaming music service, multiple sources confirm.

More: Business Insider, CNET, digitaltrends.com, VentureBeat, Gizmodo, The Verge, PC World and Cult of Mac. See also Mediagazer

Farhad Manjoo / PandoDaily:

The Royal Nokia Screw-Up That Shouldn't Have Been — Anyone who cares about fostering a dynamic, competitive tech industry should be rooting for Nokia. Even if you're not as gaga for Windows Phone as I am—I think it's the best-designed mobile OS on the market—you've got to concede …

More: eWeek, parislemon and Neowin

Dieter Bohn / The Verge:

Exclusive photos: We put Nokia's controversial Lumia 920 PureView camera to the test

More: SlashGear, 1001 Noisy Cameras, Wall Street Journal, PetaPixel, Softpedia News, WMPoweruser, NYT Bits, PandoDaily and My Nokia Blog. Tweets: @benedictevans

John Biggs / TechCrunch:

Amazon Kindle HD Will Allow Users To Opt-Out Of “Special Offers” For $15 — If you've been put off by the (arguably obtrusive) Special Offers on the Kindle Fire HD, Amazon has just announced that they will allow users to pay $15 to opt-out of the ads for the life of the device. — An Amazon spokesperson wrote:

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Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web:

Amazon's Kindle Fire won't be a threat to the iPad until it remembers the rest of the world

More: 9to5Google, Kindle Review and TechPinions

Mark Suster / Both Sides of the Table:

The Truth About Convertible Debt at Startups and The Hidden Terms You Didn't Understand — This article initially appeared on TechCrunch - with a minor update highlighted in red below. — Ah. We're back to discussing convertible debt again. This time by the efforts of Adeo Ressi …

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Nick Wingfield / New York Times:

Valve, a Video Game Maker With Few Rules — THIS is no Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3. — Every way I look, the scene shifts, the battle unfolds. I have a crazy contraption strapped to my head: a boxy set of goggles that looks like a 22nd-century version of a View-Master. It immerses me in a virtual world.

More: The Verge, Joystiq and Kotaku

Lisa Jucca / Reuters:

EU says Microsoft pledged to meet antitrust requests on browsers — (Reuters) - Software giant Microsoft is ready to introduce measures that would address the European Union's antitrust concerns about users' ability to chose between different browsers, European Commissioner Joaquin Almunia said on Saturday.

More: CNET and Slashdot

Alexandra Scaggs / Wall Street Journal:

Taking Stock: Google Reclaims $700 Level Last Seen in '07 — Google Inc. charged past $700 Friday, a level not seen since 2007, as investors chased the tech industry's heavyweights. — In 4 p.m. Nasdaq Stock Market trading, Google shares rose $6.75, or 1%, to close at $706.15.

More: AllThingsD, Market Day and Pulse2 Technology …

Geeta Dayal / Wired:

The Algorithmic Copyright Cops: Streaming Video's Robotic Overlords — As live streaming video surges in popularity, so are copyright “bots” — automated systems that match content against a database of reference files of copyrighted material. These systems can block streaming video in real time …

More: io9, Boing Boing and Electronic Frontier Foundation

Susan Decker / Bloomberg:

HTC Patents Challenged by Apple Probably Valid, Judge Say — Apple Inc. (AAPL) may face a difficult task invalidating two HTC Corp. (2498) patents for data transmission in wireless devices, a U.S. trade judge said at a trial that could lead to import bans on the newest iPad and next version of the iPhone.

More: Pulse2 Technology …, ZDNet, PhoneArena, Android Phone Fans, Android News, Rumours … and WebProNews

Élyse Betters / 9to5Mac:

New images of Apple's Campus 2 building show amazing detail [Gallery] — A reliable source provided us with the official Apple Campus 2 blueprints yesterday, and these are just a few of the confidential images, which illustrate the mammoth building currently in development.

More: Business Insider, CNET, SiliconBeat, AppleInsider, VentureBeat, iDownloadBlog.com and Gizmodo

Zee / The Next Web:

This letter from Paypal's President might just make you believe in the company again — It began in May with a frustrated customer, Andy McMillan, discovering his Paypal had been locked. Nothing new. Frustrating, but usually remediable with a phone call or a couple of emails.

More: AllThingsD, Storify and PandoDaily. Tweets: @davidmarcus

Enigmax / TorrentFreak:

Anti-Piracy Outfits Think Megaupload, Demonoid & BTjunkie Are Still Alive — During the past few years the world's largest entertainment companies have regularly complained that Google isn't doing enough to reduce accessibility of infringing content via its search service.

More: Gizmodo, Softpedia News, Techdirt and Lucas Gonze's blog

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