REDWOOD CITY, CA — The clever animation sequence promoting Electronic Arts’ (EA) brand-spanking new program, Spore Creature Creator, begs users to “leave my sister out of it” when it comes to mocking up alien life forms. It then signs off with “that is all.” As a number of...

CUPERTINO, CA — It may not be Apple chairman Steve Jobs’ favorite indication of the popularity of his company’s ubiquitous communication device, but over the past year Google Trends has reported a sharp increase in the Web buzz associated with the term “iPhone porn.”That...

MANCHESTER, ENGLAND — It was June 21, 1948 when Geoff Tootill and his university laboratory partners delivered the Small Scale Experimental Machine. For the first time in history, a machine was capable of containing memory that could store an executable program and not need...

STAMFORD, CT — The number of personal computers in use worldwide has surpassed 1 billion units and the installed base is growing at about 12-percent annually. At that pace, the figure likely will double by early 2014, according to Gartner Inc.Gartner defines the installed...

LAS CRUCES, NM — Jesse James, James Dean, Kid Rock, Tommy Lee, Mick Jagger, Snoop Dog, Tupac – all Bad Boys with a special way with the ladies. What Nice Guy hasn’t wondered where a woman’s good sense goes when she falls for a Bad Boy, leaving him convinced that Nice Guys...

ZHELEZNOVODSK, RUSSIA — While American conservatives might consider the very suggestion a perverse attack on public decency, a Russian town that has built its reputation on getting to the bottom of health matters has erected a $42,000 bronze monument commemorating the lowly...

LAS VEGAS, NV — It is not uncommon to hear industry insiders observe that we “eat our own.” Fortunately, many of the bad old ways are dying, and an increasing number of professionals are motivated by a sense of social obligation and a desire to “give back” to their various...

ENGLAND — Adult entertainment is ruining the reputation of a family resort community in England, according to local residents. To help local officials in Bournemouth and other area affected by the unseemly practice of lap dancing in cabarets, on Wednesday members of...

SAN FRANCISCO, CA — Text-messaging and email users “have a reasonable expectation of privacy” even in the workplace, according to a Wednesday ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.The unanimous, three-judge ruling both prohibits employers from accessing,...

GIBRALTER — An irony of modern living is that although each day brings us into contact with more people than our ancestors likely saw in a month – if not longer – it’s still difficult to find a special someone to build a life with, sexually and romantically speaking. This...