TOPEKA, KS – If anti-strip club legislators have their way, the only thing the owners, managers, staff, and performers associated with the state’s exotic dance venues will see removed will be their rights – and probably a chunk of their profits. Although even supporters of HB...

AMSTERDAM — A Dutch lawmaker who produced a 15-minute film critical of Islam has seen his website suspended by U.S. domain registrar and website host Network Solutions Inc.According to Network Solutions, the movie’s website may violate NSI’s acceptable use policy. It became...

MELBOURNE, Australia — A new study by a psychologist at Monash University indicates sexual activity may not cure depression, but it’s one of the comforting behaviors women seek when they’re feeling blue.“When people are depressed they feel more insecure about relationships...

CANOGA PARK, CA — Dressing and talking like a pirate may still be hip and cool, but those attempting to protect their content — pornographic or otherwise — from real world piracy on the internet high seas will have a chance during this weekend’s Phoenix Forum to...

TAMPA, FL — Virtual-world crimes can have real-life consequences, as men in Texas and New York now know. Eros LLC owner Kevin Alderman’s dispute with Robert Leatherwood and Thomas Simon spilled over into the real world when Alderman sued the men over cyber-theft. The two...

LONDON — According to a recent survey by The Sun columnist Deidre Sanders, “huge numbers of people are using the net to cheat on partners, and internet porn is destroying their sex lives.”In a survey of 4,000 “Dear Deidre” readers, Sanders discovered one in three people...

LONDON — An Argentinean actor has taken exception to the Royal Opera House’s use of a naked photograph of him to promote its production of the Verdi opera Rigoletto.It’s not that Juan Pablo di Pace, 28, minded appearing nude in public. The image, after all, had been...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — March is not a particularly auspicious month for ICM Registry LLC. In March 2007, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers rejected — for the second time — the company’s proposal to manage the much-reviled dot-xxx sponsored Top Level...

LONDON — Smartphones will grow from around 10-percent of the total global handset market in 2007 to 31-percent of the market in 2013, according to a new study from ABI Research. The study’s authors predicated their prediction on a number of factors, including carriers’...

ROME — Breaking up may invariable be hard to do, but some people seem especially determined to make it as unpleasant an experience as possible. That certainly was the case when one jilted Italian lover decided to dedicate a website to his heartbreak – or at least to...