CYBERSPACE – Patent litigation and licensing is making news again, and while there has been little recent motion in Acacia Research’s case against alleged patent infringers in the adult industry, the intellectual property business as a whole is flourishing.Forgent, whose patent...

LOS ANGELES, CA – The Association of Sites Advocating Child Protection (ASACP) announced yesterday that Cybercat Inc. has joined ASACP as a Corporate Sponsor. Cybercat manages banner and text link advertising campaigns on some of the highest traffic websites in the adult...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Civil liberties groups hoping to influence policy makers voting on a possible extension and renewal of the USA Patriot Act saw their dreams of success crumble when 16 hastily enacted provisions to the 2001 law, due to expire at the end of the year, were...

CYBERSPACE – Search engine giant Google’s plan to offer an electronic payment service is fueling speculation that Google may enter the adult internet space as a payment processing option.Rumors that Google was working on an online payment system surfaced last month, according to...

CHICAGO — Playboy Enterprises, Inc. has announced that it will hold a conference call related to its second quarter 2005 earnings on Thursday, August 4, 2005, at 11:00 a.m. EDT. The company announced that its second quarter 2005 earnings will be released prior to market...

CYBERSPACE – According to a Finnish broadband equipment maker, consumer cable broadband Internet access could reach 100 megabits per second as early as 2006, approximately 50 times faster than the average speeds now offered to homes with cable TV.Jukka Rinnevaara, chief...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – After considerable speculation on the part of politicians, the press, and the public, President George W. Bush has announced that John Roberts, a judge for the United States Court of Appeals in the District of Columbia, is his pick to replace retiring...

CARSON CITY, NV – OhMobile (http://ohmobile.com) has announced that Naughty Allie has come aboard as the latest exclusive “Oh Girl”.Naughty Allie, whose site is currently among the most popular amateur sites on the net, joins Aimee Sweet, Vanilla DeVille and Princess Cameron in...

Washington, D.C. – The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced Wednesday that it has charged seven adult affiliate program companies with violation of the CAN-SPAM Act by failing to prevent their affiliates from sending explicit email advertisements that did not contain...

ATLANTA, GA – Credit card processor CardSystems Solutions suffered yet another blow this week when American Express announced that it would cut ties with the company over a security breech that placed roughly 40 million credit card numbers at risk. The announcement from...