CONCORD, NH – As a result of a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC), a U.S. District Court Judge in New Hampshire has halted the operations of spyware company Smartbot.Net and ordered the company to forfeit more than $4 million in “ill-gotten gains,” according...

SALT LAKE CITY, UT – The Free Speech Coalition (FSC) filed a motion yesterday in U.S. District Court in Utah seeking a preliminary injunction to enjoin enforcement of Utah’s Child Protection Registry (CPR).The CPR was designed by the Utah legislature to allow parents,...

REDMOND, WA – Microsoft has announced the official launch of Microsoft adCenter, an online advertising platform which has been in beta in the US since October of last year.Microsoft Corp. CEO Steve Ballmer, speaking at yesterday’s seventh annual MSN Strategic Account Summit said...

NEW YORK CITY, NY — The Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) has announced a change in the rating of Bethesda Softworks and 2K Games title The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion from T (Teen 13+) to M (Mature 17+).In a statement issued by the ESRB, the video gaming industry’s...

PADUCAH, KY — Science education in America is not considered to be at its peak, especially in some of the Southern states. Kentucky now has one less specialist in the field thanks to a decision by Reidland High School to suspend Tericka Dye for having appeared in an adult...

CYBERSPACE – Hip and modern reverends Craig Gross and Mike Foster’s never-ending obsession with the adult entertainment industry has taken on a new marketing angle: distribution of 10,000 copies of a contemporary translation of the New Testament, entitled The Message and packing...

CYBERSPACE — Webmasters who received an automatic Firefox 1.5.0.2 update on Wednesday may have wondered what was different when version 1.5.0.3 restarted – and webmasters who aren’t set for auto updates might want to visit the Mozilla.com website and pick up the latest...

BILLINGS, MT – Billings City Attorney Brent Brooks said Monday that a new obscenity ordinance which comes before voters in June will not be enforced within the city of Billings, even if voters approve it.“The city is not responsible for enforcing that ordinance,” Brooks said...

CYBERSPACE — Somehow it seems appropriate that the oldest – and one of the most respected – members of the adult entertainment world has come on board one of the oldest affiliate programs. That’s precisely what has happened with the re-launch of the TrueCash.com affiliate...

CYBERSPACE – A new study released this month by a research teams from a major American university highlights something members of the adult internet community have long known; when it comes to the debate over teen Internet use, exposure to porn is clearly not the most serious...