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Music site People's Music Store has partnered with Universal Music to offer over 300,000 tracks from the label available for paid download.

Vodafone has claimed it is the first global mobile network operator to offer DRM free music across both mobile phones and PCs after it scrapped digital music protection on its catalogue.

Microsoft is making major improvements to its Xbox Live service – including a tie-up with NBC Universal to boost its movie offerings and a raft of new games announcements.

Exclusive Universal and Sony BMG soon to follow suit