Music industry threatens legal action to force ISPs to dump p2p traffic

A UK music industry body has called on leading ISPs to take action against p2p file sharing. The Music Business Forum (MBF) has written to BT, Tiscali and NTL, telling them that they have a 'corporate responsibility' to discourage 'illegal downloading'. 'Internet Service Providers have to take their share of responsibility for keeping the traffic on their networks legitimate. ...more

Sony updates compact Cyber-Shot range

Sony has announced four new compact Cyber-Shot digital cameras, the S650, S700, W35 and W55. The S650 and S700 [top left and right] boast 7.2 megapixel CCDs and a Sony lens providing 3x optical zoom plus 6x digital zoom. ...more

Intel releases new processors for lightweight notebooks

Intel prepared the ground earlier this week with price cuts, and it has now used its IDF event in Tokyo to launch new lightweight notebook processors. As well as releasing new Xeon server processors, Intel also rejigged its pricing of some mobile processors. As is often the case, the price change was preparing the ground for new processors in the range. ...more

iTunes sales boost Disney profits

Disney has revealed a 27% leap in profits, thanks - in part - to its success in selling movies and TV shows through the iTunes Store. In its latest set of results, the company detailed sales of 23.7 million TV episodes, and 2 million films through iTunes. ...more

Judge approves Sony's offer over rootkit suit

A US judge granted final approval for the settlement of a class-action lawsuit brought against Sony by disgruntled consumers caught up in last year's DRM rootkit fiasco. The lawsuit, against Sony BMG Music Entertainment, alleged that the XCP technology (SunnComm's MediaMax and First4Internet's Extended Copy Protection, also known as XCP) was harmful to end-users' computers, not least because the cloaking of files in the operating system provided an easy and undetected entry for hackers. This is exactly what did happen, with the Stinx virus among others. ...more