<http://mwprices.ft.com/custom/ft-com/quotechartnews.asp?subtab=&FTSite= FTCOM&q=AAPL&searchtype=equity&expanded=&countrycode=US&s2=us&symb=AAPL& sid=609&site=&company=NEW&selected=Apple+Computer%2C+Inc%2E#AAPL> Apple Computer will on Monday start its bid to become the leading online music retailer with a fee-based service allowing songs to be downloaded for 99 cents apiece. <http://ads.ft.com/click.ng/site=ftcom&pos=box&sec=6ind&artid=6inecar&in d=MEDI&13=&14=&17=&18=&transId=1051526645646¶ms.styles=artimg,arthtm l> Advertisement The US computer group's new venture is backed by the world's five largest music companies, and marks the latest industry effort to challenge the loss of revenue from the millions of fans who download music illegally on file-swapping services. http://news.ft.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=FT.com/StoryFT/FullSto ry&c=StoryFT&cid=1051389531103 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]