THAILAND — Times change and so do cultural sensibilities and tastes. Gone, at least for now, are the days when an everyday walker could ponder, admire, and quietly celebrate the beauty of the human form, including its fun and potentially reproductive bits.This is the sad...

SACRAMENTO COUNTY, CA — Given the rise in sex toy related violence, it was only a matter of time. Sacramento County, CA residents can finally draw a collective sigh of relief, knowing that the sex toy reign of terror may well be nearing its end, thanks to the first-ever...

CYBERSPACE — Did the internet seem a little sluggish and listless on Tuesday? If so, it wasn’t just you, it wasn’t your operating system, it wasn’t your connection method, and it wasn’t your computer choking — it was the internet...

JAPAN — The reign of fashion held in Japan by the pantyhose may well have come and gone. Weekly Playboy reports that whereas 680 million pair of pantyhose were manufactured in 1996, a mere 200 million were produced in 2005 — a more than merely impressive 70-percent...

LOS ANGELES, CA – LFP Broadcasting, the parent company of Hustler TV announced Tuesday that it has signed exclusive agreements with adult entertainment production houses Zero Tolerance Entertainment and Black Ice Limited.“Hustler TV continues to offer exclusive adult...

SWITZERLAND — David Pecker, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of massive tabloid publishing company American Media, Inc. (AMI), has come out on the losing end of his complaint filed with the World Intellectual Property Organization with regards to the domain name...

AKRON, OH — While Girls Gone Wild mastermind Joe Francis dished gossip on the Howard Stern Show about banging mainstream entertainment brats Lindsay Lohan and Paris Hilton, the promoter of his Akron, OH tour stop braced himself for prison.Although Francis has been forced to...

BOISE, ID — Chris Teague is a busy man. In addition to owning the Erotic City and Night Moves strip clubs in Boise, ID, he has four felonies to deal with.”I’ve got enough going on without that trouble,” the beleaguered 39-year-old informed the Magic Valley...

WASHINGTON, DC – In a press release issued Monday, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales details some of President George W. Bush’s fiscal year 2008 budget proposal for the Department of Justice (DOJ) and asserts that the budget request is “aligned with the Department’s major...

CYBERSPACE — DarkReading.com senior editor Kelly Jackson Higgins probably wasn’t thinking specifically about porn companies when she wrote about the “Seven Ways to be Mistaken for a Spammer,” but her observations and recommendations are as valid for...