ARLINGTON, TX — Thank God for the self-sacrificing work of Arlington’s undercover vice squad and the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission. Without their constant vigilance, the city might have been covered up by uncovered bosoms.Prior to the passage of stricter sexually...

DAVOS, SWITZERLAND — Concerns about copyright are rampant, as evidenced by one of the world’s largest communications companies suggesting it may begin monitoring Web traffic in order to ferret out content thieves.In a conference during the World Economic Forum on Wednesday,...

STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN — The package was humming and vibrating; two things unusual for packages – especially those located in apartment building garages. After the authorities had been called and the bomb squad completed its potentially dangerous mission, the package – and its...

BRUSSELS, BELGIUM — In a move that could have far-reaching implications for search engines and other online entities that track and/or retain the IP addresses of their visitors, the head of the European Union’s data-privacy regulators on Monday said the strings of numbers...

SPRINGFIELD, MO — Perhaps he’s a Romeo with multiple lovers and a tight budget for sex toys. Perhaps he’s too embarrassed to shop for dildos in the traditional way. Perhaps he’s a confused moralist who thinks he can decrease demand for vibrators by decreasing available...

REDMOND, WA — Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 7 browser will roll out automatically on February 12th, and network administrators who want to keep the older-and-still-functional IE6 on the machines under their care need to take steps now to prevent the latest innovations from...

BURBANK, CA — Where would an online business be without a reliable hosting company? Where would reliable hosting companies be without online businesses eager to benefit from their expertise? Whatever that answers to those questions, managed hosting solution provider RackCo...

NEW YORK, NY — In the wake of the Federal Communications’ Commission’s investigation of broadband internet service provider Comcast’s traffic-management policies, other broadband providers are beginning to seek ways to keep themselves out of the line of federal fire.On...

BEIJING, CHINA — The way of Chinese filmmaking has never been easy. After riding the sometimes brutal waves of political change, the nation’s film industry has become used to the fact it must function within varying degrees of government regulation, including outright...

INVERNESS, Scotland — Porn is porn and football is football, and never the twain shall meet, at least where the Inverness Caledonian Thistle football club’s fans are concerned.Since a report early last week that Neil MacGregor is one of several individuals offering to...