SAN FRANCISCO, CA — Do android sleep with electric sheep? That’s one of the questions organizers hope to ask and have answered during the Arse Elektronica Sex, Tech and Science Fiction Conference scheduled to take place at CellSpace in San Francisco, CA, September 25th...

EUREKA, CA — Humboldt Merchant Services LP, one of the primary financial processors serving the adult entertainment industry, has been acquired by Moneris Solutions Inc., the companies announced September 18th.Moneris U.S., a transaction acquirer, is based in Chicago, IL,...

DENPASAR, BALI — It’s not every day that traditional culture is used as a defense of pornography, but approximately 1,000 Balinese citizens insist that a controversial anti-porn bill will criminalize everything from kissing in public to ancient forms of art and...

WASHINGTON, DC — Newly introduced federal legislation would impose limits upon border agents’ ability to seize and search personal electronic devices. Under current procedural guidelines, customs agents may take anyone’s laptop, cellular phone, external storage devices,...

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA — The “thank you” Web page displayed after a user downloads Google’s new Chrome browser was visited by 1.9 million unique Web surfers during the week after its debut, Nielsen Online reported Wednesday. The figure represents about 1.4-percent of all U.S....

FORT MOJAVE, AZ — One laptop porn loving man’s decision to have it his way at a fast food restaurant has landed him in super sized trouble. Dean Russell Flora may have roused more than just suspicions when he sat for several hours gazing at his laptop this past Sunday while...

REDMOND, WA — Despite 10 years in development and the backing of a multibillion software giant, Windows Vista is no less an albatross now than it was when it debuted in January 2007.Microsoft and the developer community, though, have figured out what went wrong with Vista,...

KATHMANDU, NEPAL — If you’re thinking of going to Kathmandu, keep in mind that the country’s new Maoist government is dedicated to severely restricting the ability to enjoy late night erotic delights – all in the name of maintaining law and order, of course. As is often the...

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....