YNOT – Two Ohio men were sentenced Thursday to one year plus one day each in federal prison after both pleaded guilty to selling obscene materials through the mail.Cousins Sami Harb, 44, and Michael Harb, 35, operated now-defunct Cleveland-based Movies by Mail at the time they...

YNOT – Security researchers are warning Facebook users about a self-replicating software worm that spreads rapidly and can have embarrassing consequences.The worm shows up on a user’s Facebook Wall as an image of a scantily clad young woman bearing the message “Wanna C somthin’...

YNOT – In an adult Internet marketplace that is festering with piracy and intellectual property theft, one leader in the industry is making a big bet on the ever-expanding role of live content. Kink.com already holds a reputation as a leading innovator in fetish erotica, and the...

YNOT – There are two things about which iPhone application developers agree: Gaining acceptance into Apple’s online app store provides a distribution boost…and achieving acceptance is challenging, at best. The latter is particularly true for any app with an “adult” twist....

YNOT – A California judge on Thursday ruled enough evidence exists to try James Raphael “Rafe” Mitchell, son of late San Francisco porn pioneer Jim Mitchell, on first-degree murder charges in the bludgeoning death of his former live-in girlfriend.At least part of the judge’s...

YNOT – The Association of Club Executives (ACE), the trade organization for erotic dance club businesses, has issued a warning to its members that the Department of Homeland Security’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) department will be delivering I-9 audit notices to...

YNOT – When Texas voters four years ago approved a state constitutional amendment prohibiting same-sex marriages, they may have accomplished more than they set out to do. The amendment, which some legal and language scholars say also eliminates heterosexual unions, looms large...

YNOT – It’s not hard to see what works for selling digital media online; California’s hugely successful Apple Inc. has proven that with the right leverage, such as control over the most popular portable media player, online fans of music, movies and other forms of digital...

YNOT – A new spray-on treatment for premature ejaculation reportedly allows men to increase their sexual staying power by up to five times. The product works by numbing the penis without causing an undue affect on surrounding male or female tissues.Shades of Bill Margold. At one...

YNOT – A two-hour special documenting Australia’s annual SEXPO is scheduled to debut Dec. 6 on Comcast Entertainment Group’s G4 cable network. Hosted by adult performer and Girlfriend Experience star Sasha Grey, SEXPO Australia will air with limited commercial interruption and...