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Vivendi SA's Universal Music cluster the world's largest music company, will tender its songs free to North American customers onward the advertising-supported Web site SpiralFrog later this year. lays and music videos will be available end downloading, and non- intrusive, targeted ads will pay for the service, recent York-based SpiralFrog said.

BLU-RAY MOVIE TITLES COMING

a certain number of 75 movie titles, including "The Da Vinci Code" and "Chicken Little," will advance on sale in Japan later this year using the next- generation Blu-ray DVD format. More than a dozen Hollywood studios - - Walt Disney, Sony Pictures, Paramount Pictures, Warner Bro and 20th centenary Fox among them -- announced the Blu-ray offerings Tuesday, giving the format another boost as it contends with HD DVD to become the choice for delivering high-definition video.

VISTA TO put up to sale FOR $100 TO $399

Microsoft Corp. is selling its of recent origin Windows Vista operating system for $100 to $399 and will make the program available forward Jan. 30, according to Amazon.com Inc.'s Web site. Amazon, which is already taking orders for Vista, lists the price for Vista Ultimate, the mostly expensive retail product, at $399 for a sated version and $259 for an upgrade. Vista Business costlinesss $299 for a full version and $199 for an upgrade. An upgrade to the software's in the greatest degree basic home version costs $100 Microsoft declined to confirm the prices.

WIRELESS INDUSTRY achieves 'N' SYNC

A wireless industry assemblage worried about incompatibilities among next-generation router and network cards, will start certifying results next year without waiting for the completion of technical standards. Frank Hanzlik, managing director of the Wi-Fi Alliance, said that without a certification program, the market will be fragmented on the growing variety of pre-standard "Draft N" or "Pre- N" effects claiming faster speeds and greater range. The issues take their names from the upcoming 80211n standard.

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