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September 9, 2012, 7:50 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: CNET, The Verge, VentureBeat, digitaltrends.com, Gizmodo, PC World and Cult of Mac

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:

More: CNET, Gizmodo, Techland, Engadget, Business Insider, AllThingsD, Examiner, The Verge, Ars Technica and PC Magazine

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: Kindle Review, 9to5Google and TechPinions

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 and parislemon

Dieter Bohn / The Verge:

Exclusive photos: We put Nokia's controversial Lumia 920 PureView camera to the test — After faking a video and images to promote the PureView camera, Nokia goes into full-on damage control mode. — This week, Nokia grandly unveiled its latest Windows Phone 8 flagship, the Lumia 920.

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

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

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

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 MarketBeat

Tricia Duryee / AllThingsD:

PayPal's New President Faces the Music: “If We Suck ... We Now Face It” — PayPal President David Marcus responded to mounting criticism from customers by promising that things are changing at the online payments company. — “There's a massive culture change happening at PayPal right now,” Marcus said.

More: Storify, The Next Web and PandoDaily

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: Android Phone Fans, ZDNet, PhoneArena, Android News, Rumours …, WebProNews and FOSS Patents

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: CNET, SiliconBeat, AppleInsider, VentureBeat, iDownloadBlog.com and Gizmodo

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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