SECAUCUS, NJ — Secaucus, NJ Mayor Dennis Elwell has a point when he wonders, “why anyone would call it Exxxotica New York and do it in New Jersey,” but his opposition to the event has nothing to do with its geographical reference. He and his fellow community members hate...

ST. LOUIS, MO — Once again, a law-abiding, hard-working citizen with a porn past has learned that mainstream society talks out of both sides of its mouth – even when it’s putting something healthy in all of society’s stomach. This time, it was the Subway sandwich chain that...

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA — Google’s new Chrome Web browser has been generating buzz since its beta launch last week, but does the new browser deserve the alternating hype and excoriation it has received?Reviews of Chrome’s underlying technology and philosophy and its performance...

BRITAIN — Many an adult can remember their childhood friendships and how moody all involved could become. Best friends who spent “too much” time – or perhaps too much rowdy time – together often found themselves temporarily banned from contact while the adults around them...

REDWOOD CITY, CA — NebuAd, under scrutiny by Congress and the Federal Trade Commission as part of those entities’ larger investigation into consumer privacy issues online, has decided to delay its plans to deploy on a widespread basis behavioral tracking technology that...

NEW YORK, NY — There’s no shortage of negative blowback about marketing messages delivered to mobile phones. After all, the cellular medium is one of the few that requires consumers to pay for receiving advertising messages they may not have wanted in the first place....

CYBERSPACE — Bill Tancer has spent years analyzing how Americans use the internet. He recently published his conclusions in Click: What Millions of People Are Doing Online and Why it Matters (Hyperion, September 2008). Among his findings: Men and women use the internet...

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA — Is the end of the “celebrity sex tape” era approaching? Perhaps, according to Australian researcher Dr. Kath Albury.Albury is the co-author of The Porn Report, a recently published book based on data she collected with support from the Australian...

REDMOND, WA — The good people at Microsoft don’t just want to protect children. They also want to protect business professionals and their confidential information. That’s why the company wants to create “digital playgrounds” where, instead of a secret society knocks to...

ROMANIA — Now that Eastern Europe is producing and contributing to an increasing amount of intentionally erotic material, it’s no secret that its women are hot, hot, hot. According to Romanian authorities, however, some of them are a bit too sexy for their own...