Downloads will cost about 99 cents (U.S.) to $1.99 for a single song and $9.99 to $15.99 for the equivalent of a full-length CD, the company said.

Sun said it would cut the price of its iPlanet Web Server Enterprise Edition 6.0 to $940 (U.S.) per computer processor from $1,495 for any customer changing from a competing platform.

Compaq Computer Corp., which Hewlett-Packard Co. is acquiring, has won a five-year, $95 million (U.S.) contract to provide services and computer hardware to General Electric Co.'s aircraft-engine business.