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October 15, 2012, 4:25 AM

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Ryan Lawler / TechCrunch:

Microsoft To Compete Against Spotify With Xbox Music, Available Soon On Xbox, Windows 8, And Windows Phone Devices — Microsoft will soon become the next player to enter the streaming music business, with a service that will see it competing against the likes of Spotify and Rdio.

More: Microsoft, 9to5Google, The Windows Blog, Digits, The Next Web, 9to5Mac, AllThingsD, New York Times, CNET, GeekWire, VentureBeat, GigaOM, PhoneArena, WinBeta, Reuters, Pocketables, The Verge and Kotaku

Tom Warren / The Verge:

Xbox Music not available on Windows Phone 7 or Windows 7 — Legacy Zune support continues for existing users — Microsoft took the wraps off its Xbox Music service today, with free streaming on Windows 8-based PCs and tablets. However, Windows 7 and Windows Phone 7 users will not be able to access the new service.

More: CNET and memeburn

Ben Gilbert / Engadget:

Xbox Music heads to Xbox 360 first tomorrow, PC / tablets on Oct. 26, WP8 soon after; we go hands-on — When Xbox Music goes live tomorrow on the Xbox 360, console owners will be the first to access the Spotify-esque service from Microsoft. Well, some of them will at least …

More: Gizmodo

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:

Softbank Confirms It Is Buying 70% Of Sprint For $20.1B — Softbank has confirmed the news that it is buying Sprint for $20.1 billion. The announcement comes just ahead of Sprint holding a conference call to also announce the news. — More to come. Full announcement below.

More: The Verge, The Next Web, Engadget, AllThingsD and SlashGear. Thanks:@riptari

Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:

13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display confirmed for Apple event — Alongside the smaller iPad, Apple will debut a 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina Display, according to a consistently reliable source at a high-profile U.S. retailer. — This new 13-inch MacBook Pro with a Retina Display …

More: The Verge, Mashable!, MacRumors, Techie Buzz, Electronista and iClarified

Alexis Madrigal / The Atlantic Online:

Dark Social: We Have the Whole History of the Web Wrong — Here's a pocket history of the web, according to many people. In the early days, the web was just pages of information linked to each other. Then along came web crawlers that helped you find what you wanted among all that information.

More: A VC, TechCrunch, Felix Salmon and Chris Saad

Tweets: @dannysullivan and @buzzfeedben

Thanks:@megangarber. See also Mediagazer

David Faber / Business Insider:

GAME-CHANGER IN US WIRELESS: Softbank Buys 70% Of Sprint — Softbank and Sprint have reached a deal under which Softbank will pay $20 billion for a 70 percent stake in the wireless telecom operator, according to people close to the situation. — The deal is expected to be announced Monday morning …

More: AllThingsD, TechCrunch, The Next Web, Forbes, Engadget, MacRumors, AppleInsider, HotHardware.com News, fiercebroadbandwireless.com, Life On My Mobile, AndroidGuys, Computerworld, iMore, iDownloadBlog.com, DealBook and AllThingsD. Tweets: @mattzeitlin

Brad Sams / Neowin:

Windows 8 campaign kicks off with first official television commercial — Microsoft has just released its first official Windows 8 commercial that highlights the upcoming release of Windows 8. The advert, which you can see above, first ran at about 12:50 PM EST.

More: The Verge, The inneractive Blog, Digits, AdAge, AllThingsD, VentureBeat, CNET and GeekWire

Tweets: @walterelly and @galenward

Thanks:@bdsams

Natasha Singer / New York Times:

Do-Not-Track Movement Is Drawing Advertisers' Fire — THE campaign to defang the “Do Not Track” movement began late last month. — Do Not Track mechanisms are features on browsers — like Mozilla's Firefox — that give consumers the option of sending out digital signals asking companies …

Tweets: @stkonrath and @dangillmor. See also Mediagazer

Mike Butcher / TechCrunch:

SNL's Sketch Pits iPhone 5 Factory Workers Problems Against The Tech Critics — Saturday Night Live's latest parody sketch gives life to that oft-quted phrase ‘first world problems’. (Here's an alternative link if the one above doesn't work). In a biting take-down of some of the legitimate …

More: SiliconBeat, Mediaite, TUAW, Computerworld, VentureBeat, The Verge, Examiner, The Huffington Post, AllThingsD, The Loop, CNET, BetaNews, 9to5Mac, Gizmodo and Mashable!. Tweets: @darrenmurph

Ernesto / TorrentFreak:

AT&T Starts Six-Strikes Anti-Piracy Plan Next Month, Will Block Websites — Last year the MPAA and RIAA teamed up with five major Internet providers in the United States to launch the Center for Copyright Information (CCI). — The parties agreed on a system through which subscribers …

More: TechCrunch, Joho the Blog and Engadget

Jon Fingas / Engadget:

Apple, other thin laptop makers pass latest round of EPEAT tests after summer mini-drama — Apple gave eco-friendly computer fans a brief jolt this July after it backed out of EPEAT certification, only to restore most devices just days later. While we can't say we're completely shocked at the follow-up …

More: EPEAT, CNET, Electronista, PC World and iClarified

Ben Geman / Hillicon Valley:

Reid vows fresh effort to pass stalled cybersecurity bill in November — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said he will try and revive stalled cybersecurity legislation on the heels of Defense Secretary Leon Panetta's warning that the U.S. is at risk of a devastating cyber-attack.

New York Times:

U.S. Suspects Iranians Were Behind a Wave of Cyberattacks

More: Foreign Policy, Slate, digitaltrends.com and Slashdot

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