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TOP STORIES FOR WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 02, 2002 California Governor Rejects Mandatory Recycling Fee Intel Announces Laptop-Specific Processors New AMD Desktop Processors Target Pentium Anti-Gambling Bill Passes House, Faces Uncertain Future AND SCT to Buy Campus Pipeline Company Warns Campus Networks to Stop Illegal File Sharing Gale Group Offers E-Books with netLibrary CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR REJECTS MANDATORY RECYCLING FEE California Governor Gray Davis has vetoed a bill that would have charged a $10 recycling fee on all new computers and televisions sold in the state. Such electronic devices contain lead and other materials dangerous to the environment, and the state has banned putting such devices in landfills. Because of the ban, the state estimates that Californians are holding more than six million televisions and computers that they don't want because they are unsure how to dispose of them. Although the bill would have generated an estimated $240 million annually to support state and local efforts for recycling, Davis said he thought the bill was not an efficient way to address the problem, which he said concerns him. Davis said the bill would have added 64 state jobs when the state is trying to eliminate 7,000 jobs because of current economic difficulties. Davis said the industry should be forced to deal with the problem. Washington Post, 1 October 2002 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25358-2002Oct1.html INTEL ANNOUNCES LAPTOP-SPECIFIC PROCESSORS Intel has announced a new series of computer chips, called Banias, designed specifically for laptops and other mobile devices. The desktop market is expected to grow by 1.8 percent this year, versus 11 percent for the laptop market. The new chips focus on features important to laptops, such as wireless access and low power consumption. Banias represents a marketing shift for Intel, which has built its lead in the processor market by increasing speeds. Banias, which will be available in the first quarter of next year, is expected to increase battery life by at least an hour. Nando Times, 1 October 2002 http://www.nandotimes.com/technology/story/557783p-4394972c.html NEW AMD DESKTOP PROCESSORS TARGET PENTIUM Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) has released new chips to compete directly with Intel's fastest Pentium chips for the desktop market. Analysts said the new, top-end Athlon XP 2800+ processor will likely run at a speed close to that of the Pentium 4, or 2.8 GHz. Officials at AMD said that despite differences in clock time, their processor will work at least as fast as and more efficiently than Intel's chip. AMD said the new processors will initially target PCs for gamers. An analyst at Forrester supports that strategy, saying, "If you're a gamer, AMD is the way to go." NewsFactor Network, 2 October 2002 (registration req'd) http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/19560.html ANTI-GAMBLING BILL PASSES HOUSE, FACES UNCERTAIN FUTURE The U.S. House of Representatives this week passed a bill that would severely limit online gambling, but unless the Senate finds time to take up the bill before the current session ends, the bill will die and will have to be reintroduced next session. The bill would prevent online casinos from taking payments from Americans and would disallow the use of credit cards and wire transfers for online gambling. James A. Leach (R-Ia.), who wrote the bill, said he believes Internet gambling is illegal under existing laws but that the new law would give law enforcement the means to fight online casinos. Leach said he hopes the Senate will consider the bill but acknowledged that time is running out. New York Times, 2 October 2002 (registration req'd) http://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/02/business/02GAMB.html AND ***************************************************** SCT TO BUY CAMPUS PIPELINE The SCT Corporation announced that it will pay $42 million to acquire Campus Pipeline, Inc. Campus Pipeline provides Web-portal services to about 200 colleges, which will continue to receive those services. SCT had previously acquired a significant proportion of Campus Pipeline, but the number of outstanding shares prevented SCT from obtaining controlling interest. Under the new deal, SCT will own all of the stock in Campus Pipeline. An official from SCT said the acquisition will allow the company to build products that provide online access to most campus services to students, faculty, and administrators. An analyst from Eduventures said services provided by SCT would likely not change significantly, though many of them will be integrated with Campus Pipeline offerings. Chronicle of Higher Education, 2 October 2002 http://chronicle.com/free/2002/10/2002100202t.htm COMPANY WARNS CAMPUS NETWORKS TO STOP ILLEGAL FILE SHARING A company called MediaForce is patrolling the Internet on behalf of movie companies trying to prevent trading of unauthorized copies of movies, and many of its targets are campus networks. MediaForce's actions are similar to those of NetPD, which sent notices to many higher education institutions demanding an end to alleged illegal file trading. Many institutions complained that NetPD's notices did not meet the letter of the law for such requests, but MediaForce's notices reportedly include most of the information stipulated by copyright law. Officials at several campuses said they saw little reason not to comply with the requests, but Georgia K. Harper, an intellectual-property expert and lawyer for the University of Texas System, said that MediaForce's requests are not clearly allowed by the digital copyright act. Chronicle of Higher Education, 1 October 2002 http://chronicle.com/free/2002/10/2002100101t.htm GALE GROUP OFFERS E-BOOKS WITH NETLIBRARY Gale Group announced that much of its reference material will be made available online through netLibrary. Libraries with netLibrary accounts will have access to selected Gale content, including publishing imprints such as Macmillan Reference USA, Charles Scribner�s Sons, Thorndike Press, Wheeler Publishing, and Taft Group. According to Allen Paschal, president of Gale, initial offerings will include titles that do not already have a CD-ROM or Web version. Paschal said the Gale content would use the standard formatting and features offered by netLibrary, including full-text searches across multiple titles, but that individual titles would have no special customization. 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