SANTA MONICA, CA — The file-sharing blog TorrentFreak has caused a minor online kerfuffle by outing anti-piracy operation MediaDefender as a friend to porn. On September 20th, TorrentFreak accused MediaDefender of padding its profits with revenue earned by redirecting users...

NEW YORK, NY — The number of consumers watching video streamed through a browser over broadband networks has doubled over the past year, according to a new report from ABI Research.During a survey of online households in the United States, ABI noticed a jump from 32-percent...

GLENDALE, CA — AmateurMaleBox.com has signed a licensing agreement giving WorldWideContent.com the exclusive right to distribute online its gay films with twink themes.AmateurMaleBox, which has been in business for eight years, specializes in videos depicting dominance and...

LOS ANGELES, CA — Some political pundits have wondered what will happen to GOP vice-presidential pick and infamous “pitbull with lipstick,” Alaskan governor Sarah Palin if Sen. John McCain’s bid for the White House fails in November. Playboy magazine publisher and corporate...

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA — In an effort to both reduce costs and “green up” computing, Google is considering launching a fleet of “water-based datacenters” to house the company’s massive search-engine servers.By anchoring a group of supercomputer-outfitted barges up to seven miles...

NEWTON, NJ — New Jersey voters know that the Democratic party tends to be more socially tolerant than its major competition – but a misprint in a telephone book led them to think the party had truly gone deep into liberal territory. Callers attempting to reach the Sussex...

NASSAU, BAHAMAS — TwistysCash.com, an affiliate program known for its “treats” and babes, has acquired niche-site affiliate program NextDoorCash.com. Andrej will move to TwistysCash with the program.“I feel that the NextDoorCash brand has tremendous value,” TwistysCash...

OKLAHOMA CITY, OK — Former Creek County District Judge Donald Thompson has presided over many an important case during his time on the bench. Unfortunately for the 61-year-old ex-jurist, his most famous decision was an exceptionally bad one: using a penis pump while...

GERMANY — It’s true. Staying in a hotel can be tedious business. One German traveler found it so unbearable that he took to the phone line for an escape. More than a day’s worth of escape – all of it spent talking dirty.Known only to the press as Anthony M., the hotel...

WASHINGTON, DC — A U.S. federal district court has sentenced a former peer-to-peer network administrator to 18 months in prison for his role in facilitating online piracy.Daniel Dove, 26, of Clintwood, VA, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge James P. Jones, who also...