WASHINGTON, DC — AT&T believes internet service providers are justified in blocking transmissions or choking the bandwidth of users who employ peer-to-peer software to trade files on the Web, according to a letter an AT&T vice president submitted to the U.S....

FINLAND — When it comes to the muscles of the human body, many a coach and personal trainer has long endorsed a “use it or lose it” motivational philosophy. Strangely enough, an abstinence-only mentality kicks in when the muscles involved are related to the genitals. Recent...

LOS ANGELES, CA — Everyone who cares to know such things knows that Dina Lohan is a loving mother deeply concerned about the health, safety, and reputation of her daughters. After all, the mother of barely legal mainstream entertainment role model and long-time unofficial...

It seems that the resounding question in everyone’s head these days is, “What’s wrong with the industry?” Everyone seems to be scattering in order to find the scapegoat about why sales seem to be suffering, where the traffic has gone, blah blah blah. But, in reality, and in my...

HOLLYWOOD, FL — While it may be true that we hate to see our friends succeed, it’s also true that we love to hear about early career success. Ironic, but seemingly a part of human nature. Vivid contract star Sunny Leone’s erotic roots are sunk deep in the internet —...

STAMFORD, CT — Parting is such sweet sorrow, and never more so than when the relationship has lasted a long, long time. After 40 years, the computer mouse’s hour upon the stage may be about to come to an end, according to one research firm.Gartner analyst Steve Prentice...

CYBERSPACE — Acronyms like CPC (cost per click), CTR (click-through rate) and CPA (cost per acquisition, or conversion cost) are so firmly cemented in internet marketers’ lexicons it’s doubtful even dynamite could dislodge them.Less a foregone conclusion, though, is how...

WASHINGTON, DC — It has not been Federal Communications Commission Chair Kevin Martin’s month. First the Third Circuit Court of Appeals overturns the $550,000 fine assessed to CBS for its 9/16th of a second exposure of Janet Jackson’s breast during the 2004 Super Bowl...

JAPAN — Asian cultures have long venerated their elders and the generations that have come before. The degree of worshipful adoration that 74-year-old Shigeo Tokuda is experiencing, however, is likely familiar only to emperors, pop stars, and movie icons. In his own way,...

PRAGUE — A Prague city council member has offered 1 million Czech Republic Koruny (about U.S. $65,515) as a reward for the identity of an anonymous cartoonist who posted on the internet creative renderings of the councilor and his girlfriend in sexual poses.Milan Richter, a...