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Microsoft unveils comprehensive Xbox Music service, including free streaming on Windows 8

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Xbox Music

Microsoft’s Zune music service and players utterly failed to steal market share from Apple’s iTunes and iOS devices. But the Redmond, Wash.-based software giant is trying again today with the unveiling of the Xbox Music service for Windows 8.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.