SAN FRANCISCO – An appellate court’s Wednesday ruling that will send two convicted spammers to jail also may have set an important precedent in obscenity law. By opining “local community standards” are meaningless where electronic communication is concerned, the U.S. Court of...

YNOT – As attendees from last June’s Cybernet Expo show can confirm, when you step off the streets of San Francisco and into the Kink Armory Building at 1800 Mission Street, you’re not just entering one of the most successful working adult studios in existence, you’re also...

CALABASAS, Calif. – Live adult video-chat site Flirt4Free.com is all dressed up for Halloween, and the staff and performers want visitors to join in the fun. During the website’s third annual Halloween costume contest, taking place Thursday through Saturday, all the boos and...

YULEE, Fla. – Girls Gone Wild founder Joe Francis is nothing if not a genius at keeping his name and his company’s in the news, sometimes in a positive fashion and sometimes … well, not so much.Last Friday a GGW shoot at a bar in Yulee, Fla., resulted in 16 arrests when things...

YNOT – Just when you stop thinking about security, another virus or security flaw makes the rounds and reminds you that security concerns should never stray too far from your thoughts. Yesterday it was reported that a new virus is making the rounds disguised as a “password reset”...

LOS ANGELES – Adult studio Pink Visual and online porn tabloid Fleshbot have launched a contest offering prizes to the Fleshbot readers who develop kinky concepts for a mobile games application.The contest arose from a discussion between the two companies about promoting...

YNOT – If news out of two tech giants this month is any indication, the battle over who will provide tools for searching content on social networks is just now heating up. No surprises on the frontrunners, as Bing and Google appear poised for combat over a meaningful place in the...

BEIJING – Chinese authorities continue to crack down on Web content they consider offensive or inappropriate, in apparent hope sanitizing the internet will prevent corruption of Chinese society.On Tuesday, the General Administration of Press and Publication announced censors had...

WILTON, Calif. — “This town ain’t big enough for the both of us.” So said a California father who was scandalized by a gay rodeo association’s charity event in his rural neighborhood near Sacramento.Monty Stanley indicated he wants the Capitol Crossroads Gay Rodeo Association...

CYBERSPACE – So long, GeoCities, and thanks for all the fish. After 14 years of hosting everything from family travelogues to fan sites to recipes for homemade bombs — and, yes, a smattering of porn — Yahoo closed the venerable free website service Monday.“We have enjoyed hosting...