LONDON — Smartphones will grow from around 10-percent of the total global handset market in 2007 to 31-percent of the market in 2013, according to a new study from ABI Research. The study’s authors predicated their prediction on a number of factors, including carriers’...

ROME — Breaking up may invariable be hard to do, but some people seem especially determined to make it as unpleasant an experience as possible. That certainly was the case when one jilted Italian lover decided to dedicate a website to his heartbreak – or at least to...

CYBERSPACE – In order to infect the most computers with Trojans that link them to worldwide spamming networks, hackers have turned to a new lure: herbal impotence cures. According to Threat Research and Content Engineering, a division of email and content-security firm Marshal,...

NEW YORK CITY, NY — Today’s mobile-phone owners use a mix of mobile content obtained from the Web, from their personal collections, and from their wireless carriers, according to a recent consumer survey by ABI Research. That behavior indicates consumers are intent upon...

NEW YORK CITY, NY — If only Stephen Chang had listened to anti-strip club forces, he might have been better prepared for the dangers that awaited him inside of the Hot Lap Dance Club near Madison Square Garden. But, instead, the hapless businessmen entered in ignorance –...

DETROIT, MI — Motor City has a tradition of turning out bigger than life vehicles for the pleasure and convenience of Americans, so it comes as no surprise that Detroit-based PIMPROLL wants to appeal to those who like a big bang for their bucks. And a big tit. And a big...

BOSTON, MA — The Massachusetts legislature has begun hearings on HB 1423, a bill sponsored by Rep. Linda Dorecena Forry (D-Boston). The bill would classify violent videogames in the same category as pornography and outlaw their sale to minors.Boston Mayor Thomas Menino...

REDMOND, WA — Almost one month after it pulled an earlier release of Vista Service Pack 1 because of driver-compatibility issues, Microsoft has released what it says is a version that should be nearly bug-free.That is, unless users’ systems employ one of a handful of...

LOS ANGELES, CA — With sex and drugs, all too often “the first one’s free.” Thanks to Cybersocket’s forward seeing business vision, even more monthly issues of Cybersocket Web Magazine will be available free-of-charge throughout the United States. Cybersocket, long a...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — For the first time in 30 years, the U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to rule on the government’s standards for language decency on the public airwaves. At issue is the Federal Communications Commission’s policy that even a “fleeting” bit of profanity uttered...