CYBERSPACE – On the eve of the beta release of FireFox 1.5, a security researcher announced that he has located a new security flaw affecting all versions of the browser, putting a bit of a damper on the Mozilla Foundation’s much-anticipated 1.5 beta release Thursday.In the...

CANOGA PARK, CA – The Free Speech Coalition is commencing a letter-writing campaign in opposition to the creation of a .XXX top-level domain. A pre-written letter is available on the Free Speech Coalition Website, at www.freespeechcoalition.com/xinfo.htm, where one can go to...

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...