WASHINGTON, DC — Newly introduced federal legislation would impose limits upon border agents’ ability to seize and search personal electronic devices. Under current procedural guidelines, customs agents may take anyone’s laptop, cellular phone, external storage devices,...

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA — The “thank you” Web page displayed after a user downloads Google’s new Chrome browser was visited by 1.9 million unique Web surfers during the week after its debut, Nielsen Online reported Wednesday. The figure represents about 1.4-percent of all U.S....

FORT MOJAVE, AZ — One laptop porn loving man’s decision to have it his way at a fast food restaurant has landed him in super sized trouble. Dean Russell Flora may have roused more than just suspicions when he sat for several hours gazing at his laptop this past Sunday while...

REDMOND, WA — Despite 10 years in development and the backing of a multibillion software giant, Windows Vista is no less an albatross now than it was when it debuted in January 2007.Microsoft and the developer community, though, have figured out what went wrong with Vista,...

KATHMANDU, NEPAL — If you’re thinking of going to Kathmandu, keep in mind that the country’s new Maoist government is dedicated to severely restricting the ability to enjoy late night erotic delights – all in the name of maintaining law and order, of course. As is often the...

BILLINGS, MT — A Miami, FL-based producer of BDSM content has been indicted on federal obscenity charges by a grand jury in Billings, MT. The indictment was unsealed September 16th.Barry Goldman, 58, doing business as Torture Portal, Masters of Pain and Bacchus Studios, was...

AUSTRALIA — At the same time that experts are petitioning the latest under development Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders V (DSM-V) to remove BDSM behavior as a paraphilia comes a new survey with good things to say about the kinky ties that bind....

WASHINGTON, DC — A federal district court ruled last week that government agents must obtain “probable cause” warrants before ordering cellular service providers to turn over records revealing where and when customers used their mobile phones. The decision represented the...

NEW YORK, NY — Whether it’s a testimony to the clarity and quality of Verizon’s landlines or merely another example of a thoughtless and unethical jerk with a job that gives him access to other people’s pocketbooks, Joseph Vaccarelli’s 5,000 phone sex calls are impressive....

PISA, ITALY — Scientists at the Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies in Pisa, Italy, say they successfully tested what they are calling “the world’s fastest WiFi network.”The experiment transmitted data uninterrupted for 12-hours at speeds above 1.2 terabits per second...