CYBERSPACE – A hacker who goes by the handle “arnezami” has reportedly cracked the keys used to unlock digital rights management (DRM) for both HD-DVD and Blu-ray discs, enabling the copying of content on next-gen discs to hard drives.A blog posting on the “DVD backup” forum...

LONDON — Beautiful women in the UK who dream of being a Playboy Playmate have another chance at making their fantasies a reality, thanks to an upcoming Model of the Year search.Although specializing in televised adult entertainment, Playboy TV UK plans to utilize the power...

CANADA – Two courthouse sheriffs briefly suspended due to their participation in a porn video that has appeared online knew the video was intended for Web distribution and signed a release form acknowledging such, according to the husband and wife production team that created the...

LOS ANGELES, CA — Did two well-known male porn veterans walk off of the set of Extreme Associates’ newest and perhaps most controversial video to date? Did their religious sensibilities render them unable to perform their blasphemously erotic duties — or is it a...

WASHINGTON, DC – Speaking at a recent conference in Aspen, CO, Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Deborah Platt Majoras made a comment that has led to widespread speculation that the FTC is about to begin an investigation into broadband connection speed claims frequently made...

CYBERSPACE – Why, if a surfer knows he or she wants to go to Yahoo.com, would they first go to Google.com and search for “Yahoo,” or even “Yahoo.com?”Stan Schroeder of FranticIndustries.com notes that “lately many users have all but stopped typing domain names directly in the web...

SALT LAKE CITY, UT — Most adult business zoning laws restrict retail locations from opening near churches, perhaps concerned that the easy proximity of erotica might overpower even the most religiously devoted. In a city run essentially by the church, zoning regulations can...

MINNEAPOLIS, MN — With temperatures below freezing for an extended period of time, it may come as no surprise that the sight of bare flesh might be a cause for alarm in Minneapolis. The fact that the flesh in question belongs to two window display mannequins, however, makes...

BERKLEY, MA – Berkley Planning Board Chairman Steven Leary thought he had the perfect place in mind for a commercial zone that would be open for use by a properly licensed adult entertainment businesses – a stretch on the outskirts of Berkley’s east side, along State Route 140,...

DALLAS, TX — The Penthouse Key Club was a popular Stemmons Corridor strip club not too long ago. Perhaps a little bit too popular. With 21 topless dancers accused of adding prostitution to their dance menu, the Dallas Police Department definitely felt that the club’s...