MOSCOW, RUSSIA — A Russian entrepreneur’s claim to have patented ;-), the combination of characters used to denote a virtual wink, has been debunked.:-) Rospatent, the Russian equivalent of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, said Friday Oleg Teterin had overstated his...

WASHINGTON, DC — It’s said that there ain’t no such thing as a free lunch – and the Bush administration contends that there also ain’t no such thing as a free national Internet, in spite of what the FCC may think.Proposals by the FCC concerning free, nation-wide access to...

WASHINGTON, DC — “A dysfunctional agency led by a chairman who manipulates and withholds data and reports to advance his own policy positions.” Such was the description of the Federal Communications Commission and its chairman, Bush appointee Kevin Martin, within a 110-page...

BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA — More than 100 Argentine celebrities have filed lawsuits against Google and Yahoo over search results that display their names as links to porn. The 114 performers and sports personalities say the content to which the links point is defamatory and...

VISALIA, CA — Pastor Bob Grenier isn’t wild about Wild Willy’s – and he’s certainly not wild about the fact it’s able to advertise on the butt end of local city buses while his church can’t. While Mike Lane, a Visalia Unified trustee, insists that the Visalia City Coach’s...

ROME — While Americans fret about whether President-Elect Barack Obama will lead the country from center left or center right, Italy’s new president has made no bones about his right-of-center intentions. In fact, the G8 leader has let the world know that one of his first...

BERLIN — While the British general in The Last of the Mohicans may have insisted that the French have no stomach for war because they just want to stay home and make love with their faces, the modern French think otherwise. In fact, according to a recent study, what the...

CYBERSPACE — The humble computer mouse, both maligned as physically injurious and praised as one of the most important developments of the 20th Century, celebrated its 40th anniversary December 9th.Despite its amazing evolution over the past four decades, the mouse still...

SPRINGFIELD, MO, and LOUISVILLE, KY — Two video stores thousands of miles apart have sparked protests because they offer adult entertainment.The events at both outlets — Family Video in Springfield, Mo, and Theatair X outside Louisville, KY — are indicative that Christian...

TAMPA, FL — It’s the holiday gluttony season, so everyone’s thinking about feeding themselves or others in some way, shape or form – including Webmaster Central, which is proud to announce its all-new “Wild Girls” feed. Webmaster Central is famous for its feeds – more than...