CYBERSPACE – Digital Playground took home 6 trophies in this year’s Empire Awards, the highest number of awards won by any studio in this year’s competition.Island Fever, which stars popular Digital Playground contract stars Jesse Jane and Devon, won in four categories,...

NEWPORT BEACH, CA – Acacia Research Corporation announced Wednesday that one of its wholly-owned subsidiaries, Financial Systems Innovation LLC, has entered into three new licensing agreements for credit card fraud prevention technologies that are protected by a patent...

More than half of internet users have deleted cookies from their hard drive, according to a recently published report by Jupiter Research.The report also revealed that 39 percent of online users may be deleting cookies from their primary computer on a monthly basis, out of fear...

Congress could be preparing another round of Internet “decency” wars. Senator Ted Stevens, chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee, has suggested that decency regulations could be inserted into legislation that was intended to raise fines for “indecent” radio and TV...

SEATTLE, WA – According to reports, Microsoft will introduce on Wednesday a new program that will offer search engine ad sales in a manner similar to current programs offered by Google and Yahoo.Although Microsoft’s MSN search engine already returns sponsored ad listings...

DALLAS, TX – Seven people, including a man from Greenwood Village, Colorado who is well known to his local community for his humanitarian activities, have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Dallas, Texas on charges of obscenity, racketeering and tax evasion. Edward...

WASHINGTON – AT&T announced Monday plans to test a promising new wireless technology that proponents claim would bring significant improvements to existing wireless technology capabilities. Known as WiMax, the new technology is backed by Intel Corp. and others, and...

VIRGINIA BEACH, VA – Circuit Judge Frederick B. Lowe has ordered that Girls Gone Wild producer Joseph Francis immediately stop producing new copies of the video Girls Gone Wild: The Seized Videos in response to a legal challenge from two Virginia Beach women, Aimee Davalle...

CHICAGO, IL – Playboy Enterprises announced Wednesday that it has raised its profit projections for 2005 due to a move to refinance $80 million in debt. The refinance will occur primarily through the sale of $100 million in convertible bonds, the proceeds of which will go...

BEVERLY HILLS, CA – Larry Flynt Publications has teamed up with Giant Mobile Corporation to bring a variety of Hustler-themed content to the North American and Asian wireless markets. Through the agreement, Giant Mobile will use its relationships with various mobile...