CUPERTINO, Calif. – A Trend Micro researcher has discovered a new variant of the JAHLAV malware family that infects Apple’s Mac operating system. The new trojan, detected in the wild, is known as OSX_JAHLAV.I. Like its predecessors, it masquerades as pirated versions of...

CYBERSPACE – A little-known surfer-tracking technique that uses Adobe Flash technology to spy on users’ habits has been documented by academics, who warn that most sites do not inform consumers about the potential privacy invasion.In a research paper called “Flash Cookies and...

CYBERSPACE – The genre of Gay Erotic Romance will have a new entry on September 15th when the novel Laid debuts on the Internet, but author A.J. Llewellyn won’t be stopping with just the digital offering of the book – which will be available through www.eXtasybooks.com. His...

CHATSWORTH, Calif. – What do you do when you’re an adult entertainment company and you’re threatened by attorneys from one of the largest media companies in the world over your upcoming parody? Some might call a recent retreat by Digital Sin / New Sensations a simple case...

CHARLOTTE, NC – Apparently having exhausted the supply of naked people and scandalous discourse in the now-infamous Eric Dane/Rebecca Gayheart sex tape, Gawker.com has turned its considerable snark to inanimate objects.And that has turned out to be … well, some sort of...

PROVO, Utah – Does doing business in a squeaky-clean state improve the reputation of a sleazy industry, particularly if the sleazy industry points an accusing finger at a presumptively even sleazier industry?Possibly, if the state is Utah, the sleazy industry is quick-cash loans...

NEW YORK – When two beautiful women quarrel, the squabble is sure to catch the attention of the public. In the case of a recent war of words between two members of New York City’s fashion scene, however, that squabble could have an impact on whether anonymous bloggers can...

NORTHERN CALIFORNIA – Apple on Friday responded to an inquiry from the Federal Communications Commission by offering information about why it had pulled an iPhone application developed by Google. According to Apple, the Google Voice app interfered with the core...

PLAYA DEL REY, Calif. – In the adult entertainment industry there are two kinds of businesses – those that operate internally like mainstream companies, and those that pretend to be real companies but really consist of some guy on a PC in his bedroom. For companies that...

PLAYA DEL REY, Calif. – In the adult entertainment industry there are two kinds of businesses – those that operate internally like mainstream companies, and those that pretend to be real companies but really consist of some guy on a PC in his bedroom. For companies that...