CALIFORNIA – Playboy’s stock, trading shy of $15 a share as of this article’s writing, was downgraded from “buy” to “neutral” by Bank of America Sec on Monday. Many analysts have pointed to concern over the company’s relatively flat revenues, and drops in both publishing...

NEW YORK, NY – The Pew Internet and American Life Project is reporting a sharp increase in domestic search engine use this year over 2004, with approximately 60 million American adults now making daily use of search engines.The report, based on data from telephone surveys...

PHILADELPIA, PA – Crazy Horse Too, a controversial Las Vegas strip club, is coming to a desolate area along the southern tip of Philadelphia’s Columbus Boulevard – and some residents are none too pleased about the fact.“We are against establishments like that in our...

CALIFORNIA – Digital Playground and Janine suspected that they had a winner on their hands when they shot Mrs. Behavin’, but they never expected it to be their most popular Janine vehicle since Pirates.Nonetheless, that’s precisely what the duo has seen happen as the...

CYBERSPACE – The UK digital threat analysis group ComputerTerrorism has released exploit code for a bug in Internet Explorer that could allow remote attackers to take over systems running Windows operating systems, including Windows XP with Service Pack 2.ComputerTerrorism...

LAS VEGAS, NV – The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced Thursday that multiple defendants accused of violating the CAN-SPAM act have paid $621,000 to settle charges against them, and that terms of the settlement require the defendants to closely monitor affiliates to assure...

DALLAS, TX – The state of Texas appears poised to become the hip new legal venue for anti-pornography forces bent upon obscenity convictions, emboldened by last month’s U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision to uphold the 2003 conviction of Garry Ragsdale, a former Dallas...

CYBERSPACE – Producing quality content is great. Selling quality content is even better – and that’s precisely what Sell My Content (www.SellMyContent.com) aims to make happen.Freshly launched, Sell My Content believes that the key to success is customization. That’s why...

LOS ANGELES, CA – At last week’s Xbiz Awards, the Association of Sites Advocating Child Protection (ASACP) announced that Brandon Shalton, President of Cydata Services, was the recipient of this year’s ASACP Service Recognition Award.The award acknowledges Shalton’s efforts since...

WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA – The 4th Annual Xbiz Awards, bolstered by a strong turnout of Webmaster Access West attendees, played out in front of a room so packed, the shorter observers found themselves appreciating the many video monitors mounted on the walls and floors of West...