YNOT – Botnets, malicious applications and social networking malware are among the major threats to look out for in 2010, according to BitDefender. The security software developer also predicts cybercriminals will target operating systems, mobile devices and enterprise...

YNOT – Since Dec. 9, when the Chinese government began offering bounties of as much as 10,000 yuan (about $1,500) to citizens who report pornographic websites, authorities have removed from the Chinese web 13,175 sites containing “obscene” adult content, according to the official...

YNOT – It may not carry the cachet of People magazine’s annual “Sexiest Man Alive” award, but tech-culture e-zine Wired’s annual “Sexiest Geek” title confers bragging rights all the same.For 2009, Wired lined up an enormous collection of reader-submitted nominations. Among the...

YNOT – Canadian border agents have refused to permit a gay watersports DVD to cross the border. Canada Border Services Agency deemed San Francisco-based Raging Stallion Studios’ Piss Off “obscene,” saying the adult title glorifies acts that are “degrading and dehumanizing, with a...

YNOT – A German man has claimed that he has cracked the encryption technology used to protect most of the world’s cell phone calls from snooping. Karsten Nohl said he was simply trying to expose the weaknesses in cell phone security methods when he posted the crack of the...

YNOT – Recent international surveys have indicated web users in India are the most avid searchers for the word “sex.” That should surprise few, considering one of the country’s proudest contributions to world literature is the Kama Sutra. Long considered one of the penultimate...

YNOT – Porn parodies have captured consumers’ imagination like little else, and the trend shows no signs of slowing. Hustler’s latest entry in the field bypasses classic television and movies and goes straight for the jugular of contemporary pop culture by casting gossip-rag...

YNOT – Adult companies and personalities will be working together during the Adult Entertainment Expo (AEE) in Las Vegas next month to help raise funds and awareness for breast cancer research. The means will be a special fundraiser titled “Breasts and Bondage” that...

YNOT — Video Secrets has announced that it plans to run special promotional offers on New Years Eve and New Years Day, promos that are geared towards rewarding the performers who generate the most sales each hour while also increasing the incentives for consumers to buy cam...

YNOT – Sal Sodano, cinematographer, sound engineer and co-founder of the video-on-demand website MidnightVideos.com, died Tuesday of complications from lung cancer and emphysema. He was 72.Sodano began his career in adult entertainment during the “Golden Age of Porn” and was...