CYBERSPACE — Once upon a time the worst thing the average computer user who logged onto a BBS or the internet needed to watch out for was a virus. But, according to computer security experts, the times, they are a’changin’. Enter the dawn of a new era in which malicious...

CHATSWORTH, CA — Having already received high marks from adult entertainment critics far and wide, Digital Playground founder and director Joone now finds his digital adult masterpiece Pirates bestowed with a rating that might mean more than all the others put together; an...

WASHINGTON, DC – Last Friday, legislation that would increase fines against radio and television studios received unanimous approval from the U.S. Senate. The new legislation would increase existing penalties to a maximum of $325,000 for “each violation or each day of a...

CLEVELAND, OH – Earlier this month, the US District Court for the Northern District of Ohio decided the case of Connection Distributing Co. v. Gonzalez, a case in which a “swingers” magazine and website challenged the federal Record Keeping and Labeling Act, Title 18 U.S.C. §...

BATON ROUGE, LA – The Louisiana House had barely passed unanimously agreed upon Representative Roy Burrell’s violent video games bill when the Entertainment Software Association labeled it a “constitutional non-starter.”Several members of the House agreed, but apparently felt...

CYBERSPACE – In documents posted to its website today, ICM Registry disclosed that it has filed a “motion of reconsideration to ICANN and a complaint against the Department of Commerce in the DC Court.”In its complaint, lodged under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), ICM...

Sunnyvale, CA — The battle of the internet search engine ad giants continues, with Yahoo jumping fresh into the mix with a new ad system it insists will cut to the chase for marketers looking for a way to more accurately direct their services at whatever demographic is most...

Toronto, ON CA – Steamworks and Maleflixxx have announced the launch of www.steamworks.tv a “comprehensive and fully customized Video-On-Demand cinema.”With locations in Chicago, Toronto, Berkeley, and San Juan, Steamworks is a company that maintains all-male gym/sauna clubs...

NEW YORK, NY – Mark Boyar, president of Boyar Asset Management Inc. and owner of approximately 1.6-percent of Playboy Enterprise Inc. stock, said Wednesday that Playboy’s management should consider selling the company as one possible method of increasing its value for...

SAN JOSE, CA — Adobe Systems software users with a love jonz for Photoshop can breath a dreamy sigh of relief now that the company plans to renovate its popular publishing applications so that they share a common basic design with Photoshop.The decision to transform the...