Not sure if you knew, but last night was the Grammy Awards.  The hands-down highlight for me was when some of the cast of Across the Universe got up and sang their rendition of “Let it Be.”  Chills.  That said, I also discovered something pretty cool, Nokia offered up and served the Grammy Award Show for their mobile phone customers.

That’s right folks, the entire Grammy Show was available for download or preloaded.  How cool is that?  Very cool.  That said, some people I wanted to win didn’t, some I didn’t want to win, Did.  What can you do?  The fact is, the fact that award shows, TV shows, movies, and yes even though it’s old already, music on cell phones just blows my mind.  I can’t wait to see what else is available mobile style in the years to come…what’s next, meals delivered through your cell phone?

Don’t laugh, it really could be next.  That said, the article mentions,

“The Grammy Awards are synonymous with the best in entertainment…For the 50th Anniversary of the Awards, we are excited to offer the best of the Awards in exclusive video programming via the Nokia Video Centre, Medeo and other entertainment channels to millions of Nokia device owners around the world.”

Rock on Nokia…literally.

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The House of Representatives voted unanimously today to ratify the law passed (also unanimously) by the Senate last week - effectively banning the introduction of taxes on Internet access to at least 2014.

The vote came just in time. The current law banning state and local governments from levying the taxes was scheduled to expire Thursday.

President Bush and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi are aligned in supporting a ban on Internet taxation.

House Republican Whip Roy Blunt  summed up the only disagreement the two parties have on the issue, whic is how permanent the ban should be.

As quoted in C|Net, Blunt said: “When it comes to taxing the Internet, Republicans have not wavered in our belief that it ought not happen today, tomorrow, four years from now, or any time after that,” he said in a statement. “Democrats in Congress have taken a far more ‘nuanced’ position on the matter, having decided that imposing new taxes on our digital economy right now is unpalatable, but that resurrecting the plan sometime in the future may hold greater promise.”

Taxes already in place may continue. And  the ban only covers Internet connectivity for computers.  Voice, audio, or video programming” that charges consumers a fee, like Vonage, and basically any other “products and services” delivered over the Internet and not specifically exempted by the bill.

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