CYBERSPACE – The accusation made by Reporters Without Borders against internet search giant Yahoo! is strong: “It is one thing to turn a blind eye to Chinese government abuses but it is quite another thing to collaborate.”At issue is information provided to the Chinese...

AUSTIN, TX – Brandon Shalton seems an unlikely defender of pornography. Yet, in spite of being a red state technology provider and consultant, he has long been an advocate for two things: child protection and the online adult industry’s responsible professional development....

BRUSSELS, BELGIUM – Microsoft Corp. has filed a second appeal seeking annulment of a European Union decision which ordered the company to share code with open-source companies and software developers, company officials announced today.According to Microsoft spokesman Tom Brookes,...

LOS ANGELES, CA – YNOT has learned that the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) is investigating another possible ‘Tracy Lords situation’ in the adult industry; an underage model performing under the name ‘Seduction’ and ‘Chantae’ allegedly appeared in...

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA – In a legal battle that originated nearly three years ago, an Australian court ruled on Monday that the directors of peer-to-peer file sharing software Kazaa had violated Australian music copyrights and “authorized users to infringe” on music copyrights, and...

CYBERSPACE – A wide variety of adult companies and individual webmasters have announced fund-raisers and charity pledges for Hurricane Katrina relief efforts, as evacuation, rescue and recovery efforts continue in the devastated Gulf Coast region.The collective charitable effort...

CYBERSPACE – According to leading anti-spam and online security organization Spamhaus, Yahoo is host to thousands of “phishing” sites, doesn’t have sufficiently well-trained staff to address the problem of online fraud, and has not taken the correct approach to...

HOUSTON – Webmasters hoping to help hook up couples in search of other couples for recreational sex and friendship just got a boost from Gentlemen’s club Rick’s Cabaret.The popular strip club chain and online presence just released an affiliate program for its national swingers...

SCOTTSDALE, AZ – Scottsdale city officials and neighborhood activists, citing concerns over crime and civil order, are calling for the shutdown of two strip clubs on the city’s south side, including one in which Jenna Jameson reportedly has purchased ownership.According to the...

NEW ORLEANS, LA – As most of the nation mourns the tremendous loss of life, extreme property destruction and the rest of the as-yet-uncalculated damage wrought by Hurricane Katrina, some far right-wing conservative Christian groups are citing social decay as the cause for the...