CORAL GABLES, FL — Despite receiving numerous smackdowns from authorities and the courts over his provocative approach to keeping porn and violent video games away from children, activist-attorney Jack Thompson continues to stir controversy.This month, he addressed an email...

ENGLAND — Up to 12-percent of global DSL broadband subscribers will switch to fixed WiMAX internet connections within five years, according to a new analysis released Tuesday by Juniper Research.The Far East is expected to lead the charge with more than one-fifth of the...

SAN FRANCISCO, CA — The laundry list of perks for attending the 2008 Cybernet Expo at San Francisco’s Golden Gateway Hotel just got longer and more personal – thanks to the erotic fetish innovators at Kink.com.Where better for an industry under attack to gather for...

MEMPHIS, TN and LANSING, MI — It’s tough to run an adult business in some cities these days.Twice in one week a federal judge in Memphis, TN, declined to grant an injunction that would have stopped enforcement of a Shelby County ordinance that is under fire for alleged...

SEOUL — The Web’s second decade will be vastly different from its first, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates told South Korean President Lee Myung-bak during a Tuesday meeting.According to a statement from Blue House, the presidential residence, Microsoft, the South Korean...

GERMANY — A rose by any other name not only smells as sweet in Germany – but will be merely one of approximately 100 scents available to cell phone users who want a more evocative way to stay in touch.The scented text message technology developers believe that users will...

TALLAHASSEE, FL —The otherwise innocent women, children, and delicate of sensibility living in Florida must once again face the possibility of catching sight of fake testicles, thanks to a last minute highway safety bill change slated for review by Republican Governor...

REDMOND, WA — Claiming the asking price Yahoo! demanded is too high and any hostile takeover battle would devalue the acquisition, Microsoft over the weekend abandoned its bid to buy the search engine.“Clearly a deal is not to be,” Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Steve...

ALBAQUERQUE, NM — Here’s another for the porno-romantic “Where Did We Go Wrong: Let Me Count the Ways” file. It was a snuggly morning in front of the DVD player for 20-year-old Amanda Moya and her then-boyfriend. A morning to relax and unwind together, watch a little porn,...

HANOVER, NH — The computer language known as Basic — short for Beginner’s All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code — turned 44 years old May 1st.A child of necessity, Basic was conceived by two Dartmouth College professors who in 1956 began seeking code that would be easier...