BILLINGS, MT — A Miami, FL-based producer of BDSM content has been indicted on federal obscenity charges by a grand jury in Billings, MT. The indictment was unsealed September 16th.Barry Goldman, 58, doing business as Torture Portal, Masters of Pain and Bacchus Studios, was...

AUSTRALIA — At the same time that experts are petitioning the latest under development Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders V (DSM-V) to remove BDSM behavior as a paraphilia comes a new survey with good things to say about the kinky ties that bind....

WASHINGTON, DC — A federal district court ruled last week that government agents must obtain “probable cause” warrants before ordering cellular service providers to turn over records revealing where and when customers used their mobile phones. The decision represented the...

NEW YORK, NY — Whether it’s a testimony to the clarity and quality of Verizon’s landlines or merely another example of a thoughtless and unethical jerk with a job that gives him access to other people’s pocketbooks, Joseph Vaccarelli’s 5,000 phone sex calls are impressive....

PISA, ITALY — Scientists at the Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies in Pisa, Italy, say they successfully tested what they are calling “the world’s fastest WiFi network.”The experiment transmitted data uninterrupted for 12-hours at speeds above 1.2 terabits per second...

WASHINGTON, DC — Microsoft has received a patent on the concept behind the computer keyboard commands “PgUp” and PgDn.” U.S. Patent No. 7,415,666 was issued August 19th and brings Microsoft’s computer-related patent count to nearly 10,000 – up 5,000 since March 2006.The...

UNITED KINGDOM — Once again research indicates that it’s not so much that women hate porn as it is that they hate bad porn – and when one refers to “women,” that includes lesbians, too.According to a GaydarGirls.com survey of 5,000 women, lesbians are severely underwhelmed...

CYBERSPACE — If their Web-surfing habits are any indication, Ohioans are the horniest people in the U.S.Based on data collected through the end of 2007, Hitwise ranked Ohio first per-capita in porn-site visits. The state slid slightly during the first half of 2008, but it...

As a former Vice President of a credit card company specializing in travel and leisure I have traveled all over the world visiting numerous hotels and resorts but was never exposed to the sex tourism business. This changed when I retired, shed my third wife and moved to the...

FORT WORTH, TX — Nobody’s done anything wrong yet, but American Airlines is already coming under storm for allowing unfiltered Wi-Fi access during long flights. Due to “a lot of complaints” from passengers and attendants – none of whom have actually seen anyone do anything...