November 7, 2003
NY Times: Penn State Will Pay to Allow Students to Download Music.
The deal between Penn State and the newly revised Napster online service is expected to serve as a model for other universities. It comes as the music industry applies pressure on students and colleges in its antipiracy campaign.
InfoWorld: Senators object to Internet tax bill.
But a group of senators, led by four former state governors, objected to the definition of Internet access in the Internet Tax Non-discrimination Act of 2003 for fear it could prevent states and local governments from collecting taxes on other services besides traditional Internet access, including voice telecommunication services offered through Internet Protocol.
News.Com: Google tests desktop search.
On Thursday, the Mountain View, Calif.-based search company debuted the Google Deskbar. The downloadable software for users of Microsoft's Windows operating system puts a Google search box in the desktop taskbar.
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