AFGHANISTAN — Legend claims that the island of Manhattan was purchased with beads and blankets. While that’s not true, it is possible that at least one segment of the so-called war on terror might be won with a handful of little blue pills. At least, that’s what some within...

STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN — After less than two days in trial, prosecutors dropped half the criminal charges facing the four owners of notorious file-sharing index The Pirate Bay.Prosecutor Håkan Roswall told the court he would pursue only “assisting making available copyrighted...

CYBERSPACE — The mean streets of the information highway were just a little bit meaner recently – and naturally, the ugliness had to take place in a so-called “red light” zone. Alas for the stability of the internet, plenty of its denizens still think of it as a wild...

HAMPSHIRE, ENGLAND — Adult revenues derived from mobile content and services reached $2.2 billion in 2008, a growth of 36-percent over the previous year, according to a report from Juniper Research.Most of the growth was driven by subscriptions to video streaming and...

LOS ANGELES, CA — Mötorhead’s lead vocalist is always ready for action – which explains why his less than Barbie-like appearance has been immortalized in action figure form. Alas for Lemmy Kilmister’s action figure – he won’t be getting any.By “any,” one means sex. The...

STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN — “They won’t get a cent,” Peter Sunde, one of four owners of BitTorrent index The Pirate Bay, said during a press conference Monday as the quartet’s trial on copyright-infringement charges got underway.Sunde directed the remark at an entertainment...

ALBANY, NY — To tax or not to tax, that appears to be the political question these days. Most days, actually. The question gets especially spicy and dicey when the product to be taxed is controversial – and what topic can a repressed Capitalist society find more...

BEIJING — Chinese software developers have created what they’re calling a “smart tool” for ferreting out pornography on the Web.Developed by engineers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Acoustics, the software reportedly is able to examine Chinese characters...

PHILADELPHIA, PA — HotMoviesForHer.com knows what girls who like girls like and whether they travel or just dream big, it’s not diamonds but a good crash pad can be their best friend. That’s why Pink and White Productions’ Crash Pad Series is coming to pay-per-minute on the...

JAKARTA, INDONESIA — The majority political voice on Bali has vowed to overturn Indonesia’s anti-porn law by making it a major issue in the upcoming national elections. The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) also has urged residents of Bali to disobey the...