WASHINGTON, DC — In a maneuver that would sound like something out of a Mel Brooks movie if it weren’t so chilling, the U.S. Department of Justice is floating new guidelines that would allow FBI officials to open national security or criminal investigations without clear...

CAMBRIDGE, ENGLAND — The U.S., long thought to lag significantly behind Europe in the adoption of all things mobile, in September actually will surpass the United Kingdom in mobile Web use, according to a new report from Bango.According to Bango data, the top five countries...

WASHINGTON, DC — The Federal Communications Commission on August 20th formally ordered Comcast Corp. to stop blocking transmission of some file types in an attempt to control traffic on its network. The order came amidst Comcast’s tests of new technologies that would slow...

PITTSBURGH, PA — Five years ago this month, the U.S. Attorney in Pittsburgh, PA, filed obscenity charges against Extreme Associates and its husband-and-wife owners, Robert Zicari and Janet Romano (known in the adult industry as Rob Black and Lizzie Borden).Since then, the...

AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND — California-based adult performer Kayden Kross likely had a good idea that somebody somewhere would be upset with her for participating in the annual New Zealand Boobs on Bikes parade – but she apparently didn’t expect her trouble to come from the...

NEW YORK, NY — Even the most convincing of cross-dressers and t-girl needs clothing that fits. Actually, they need more than just clothing: They need shoes, lingerie, makeup, wigs, and even breast and genital prosthetics to become the women of their fantasies.For almost 40...

KANSAS CITY, MO — Fans of Hallmark cards have long known that they are a good option when the “care enough to send the very best” to celebrate key events in the lives of their heterosexual friends, but it’s not always been as easy when the subject is specifically same-sex....

REDMOND, WA — Windows Vista, the current incarnation of Microsoft Corp.’s ubiquitous operating system, has taken a beating from users, competitors and the media almost since the moment of its release. Microsoft has defended and promoted the OS vigorously while continuing to...

STAUNTON, VA — Adult store After Hours Video was vandalized in the wake of a trial that ended August 15th in two misdemeanor obscenity convictions, one for the store and one for its owner.On Monday, one of the store’s front windows appeared smashed, according to published...

COLORADO SPRINGS, CO — Although Focus on the Family’s Stuart Shepard claims to know his bible, he probably wasn’t referencing Psalms 72:6 when he encouraged fellow evangelicals to pray for “rain of biblical proportions” to fall in Denver, CO on August 28th, when Sen. Barack...