ISPs to top up revenues on disaster relief schemes

A recent Forrester report on the impact of the war on the Internet predicts ISPs will top up revenues by 'exploiting' disaster relief initiatives. The report suggests that ISPs will get a 'much-needed cash injection' by 'exploiting the billing relationship with subscribers.' This is based on evidence from fund-raising initiatives in the aftermath of 11 September when 'ISPs like AOL helped raise ?150m through online fundraising, of which they took a small cut,' reads the report. ...more

Sanyo unveils QuickTime camera

Sanyo has unveiled a combined still and video digital camera that records in Apple’s QuickTime format. The iDshot records to the new 730MB iD Photo magneto optical disk developed by Sanyo, Olympus and Hitachi Maxell, allowing up to 120 minutes of 160x120 resolution video at 15 frames per second or about 11,000 still images to be stored at 20Mbps. At optimum performance the camera can shoot still images up to 1360x1024 pixels and, according to Sanyo, allows for high-speed consecutive shooting. ...more

BBC has designs on MP3 player radio

The BBC is eyeing the iPod and other MP3 players, it seems. The corporation is planning a clip-on digital radio for portable players, it has revealed. Many such players, of course, already have built-in radios, with even the iPod - a long term non-believer in FM functionality - recently getting a Radio Remote. ...more

Europe and Asia to drive mobile porn explosion

Mobile phone porn revenues are expected to rise by 50 per cent to be worth more than $1bn a year in 2005. According to a report by Juniper Researh the boom will be fuelled by streamed video and video clips. The research firm says that the mobile phone 'adult' market will amount to $1. ...more

LA Law steps into HP-Compaq merger

Legal attempts have been made in the States to halt the scheduled vote by HP shareholders on the acquisition of Compaq. The Financial Times reports that a Los Angeles law firm has filed a lawsuit to postpone the merger vote until HP recalculates the value of the transaction. The firm Weiss & Yourman alleges that HP was guilty of 'omitting material information' in the original filings to the US regulators, and the move is another twist to the long-running saga. ...more