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it's time for a shake-up and prepaid phones and in home entertainment I'm Bridget Carey and this is your scene at update t-mobile is merging with the prepaid regional cellphone carrier metro pcs if the deal is approved changes won't happen until the first half of 2013 the CEO of t-mobile said that this merger were made the company a leader in no contract phones and that makes life harder for Sprint which has its prepaid business with Boost Mobile virgin mobile and assurance Wireless and Microsoft seems to have a busy October on the same day that the new Windows operating system is coming out that's October 26 which is also the same day that the surface tablet is going on sale Microsoft is also planning to launch a new streaming music service called Xbox music now this is according to the verge so Microsoft hasn't officially said anything yet but this Xbox music would likely be like Spotify where you can stream music for free with ads or purchase a subscription you'll be able to get this on your windows phones tablets computers and of course Xbox 360 its Microsoft's way of taking on Sony's music unlimited service which starts at $5 a month in other news we're watching this week Google will be adding street view images to the mobile web version of Google Maps that's according to all things digital count that as another win for Google Maps Redbox the company with those red DVD rental kiosks they're starting to sell event tickets out of those DVD machines it's only testing it in Philadelphia for now but event tickets are being sold at or below face value and there's only a 1 dollar fee logitech has introduced its latest all-in-one remote the Logitech Harmony touch and yes it has a touchscreen this clicker is logitech's high-end model and it features the same controls and programming that has made harmony remotes so popular you just now get it all on a touchscreen and there are fewer buttons you can program your favorite channels as icons on the screen and this model is also easier to make setup changes you have to recharge it in a cradle every 2 or 3 days and this doesn't come cheap it's 250 dollars just think you can get a tablet for less but you may find it worth the cost if it makes your home theater easier to manage now I have to return this back to the CNET labs the editors are putting through the tests now so stay tuned for our full review and that's your tech news update for today but before we end I need to correct an error on a previous show I mistakenly said that Cricket Wireless is selling the iPhone 5 unlocked and that's not true I should have said cricket sells the iPhone 5 without a contract sorry if I caused confusion I'm Bridget Carey thanks for watching