Five Schools Sign onto Google Apps Program

Google said Thursday that it had signed on another five universities to its Google Apps Education Edition. The free service for schools offers students of the universities e-mail, calendaring, documents and spreadsheet applications. It was already in use in several schools, including Arizona State and Northwestern, as well as several international colleges.

The schools added Thursday include the University of North Carolina Greensboro, Clemson, University of Texas San Antonio, Kennesaw State University, and Arkansas State.