11:45 AM -- Vodafone Group plc (NYSE: VOD) sent out a "come and try it if you think you're hard enough" message to Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) and it's iPhone pals Monday by announcing its own music download service.

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— Ray Le Maistre, Happenin' Sounds Editor, Light Reading