By Peter Berton LOS ANGELES – Computer dating ain’t what it used to be, especially for people looking for more of a one-night stand than a date. So-called “casual dating” websites have sprung up across the World Wide Web like dandelions, offering members everything from vanilla...

By Peter Berton PLAYA DEL REY, Calif. – In the traditional model of adult video production, studios hire performers. The studios deliver the resulting products to consumers via either a distribution chain involving distributors and retailers or, more directly, the internet....

By Peter Berton LOS ANGELES – Fresh off her XCritic and XRCO awards wins, perky porn star AJ Applegate just completed her first gangbang in HardX’s appropriately named Gangbang Me.

By Peter Berton TORONTO – There can be little doubt about the purpose of a crypto-currency called Wakcoin. Created and managed in Canada, Wankcoin is meant to provide adult content consumers with virtual funds they can spend online safely, securely and above all anonymously.

By Peter Berton QUEBEC CITY, Canada – Training the average guy to perform in adult content is a crapshoot, at best. Even if he appears to have the staying power to have sex on-camera and on cue, there’s no guarantee he won’t freak out, lose his erection and waste an entire’s day...

By Peter Berton WINDSOR, Canada – She bills herself as “Canada’s top fetish porn star,” and one look at the big-busted dominatrix and performer Maxine X adds credence to the claim.

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – In a perfect world, everyone would have access to clean food and water, safe shelter, meaningful work … and free boob jobs. Mankind hasn’t made progress on the first three goals, but the third is in sight. A website called MyFreeImplants.com offers...

By Peter Berton SEATTLE – Some look like torture devices created by steampunk aliens. Others make one think of a livestock insemination aid or a jetpack.

By Peter Berton ORLANDO, Fla. – It’s every porn producer’s nightmare: The sex scene has been moving right along, everyone is set for the big finish … and the male performer can’t deliver the money shot. Other than tear out his hair, fire the underperformer, and start over, what...

By Peter Berton PHOENIX – If it is true that 99 percent of men admit to masturbating, then it stands to reason that an online community that caters to male masturbators would be popular.