NEW YORK, NY – At a media event preceding the Photoworld trade show in New York last week, Apple Computer announced a new photo production tool called Aperture. Geared towards professional photographers who want to work with files in the native RAW image format, Aperture will...

CANADA – Gordon Tshun Chin is the first man in Canadian history to be convicted of importing child pornography – in cartoon form.The slim, bespectacled 26-year-old Edmonton man recently pled guilty in provincial court and received a one-year conditional sentence for...

CANOGA PARK, CA – The Free Speech Coalition (FSC) issued a press release yesterday recognizing a number of adult industry companies for their contributions and fundraising events to benefit the 2257 Legal Defense Fund. The fund was set up earlier this year to raise donations...

CYBERSPACE – In another example of the adult industry being consistently on the leading edge of entertainment technology, porn is well-represented in the first wave of content being viewed by users of Apple’s new video iPod.The ease of encoding content for the device, along with...

NEW YORK, NY – Last month it was the authors; this month, it’s the publishers.In September, The Author’s Guild Inc., along with authors Herbert Mitgang, Betty Miles, and Daniel Hoffman, filed suit against Google, accusing the company of “massive copyright infringement”....

LOS ANGELES, CA — James Bond has gone blond – and now NicheBucks.com has added its own “Q” to its ever-expanding pool of marketing master minds. Adult industry Web veteran Quentin Boyer (aka “Q” Boyer) is the latest upgrade in the NicheBucks system and he plans on making...

SCOTTSDALE, AZ – Steve Lightspeed knows a few things about a few things. Solo girl sites and peer support are two of them – and his newest project SoloGirlBoard.com combines them beautifully.“I know people are going to say, ‘Oh, shit. Just what we need, another message board,’...

HOLLYWOOD, CA — Steve B sounds as hip and laid back as they come, which only makes sense given that his company’s newest project, RookieBabe.com, is about as hip and laid back as it comes. In fact, so proud of RookieBabe.com is the laid back executive that he prefers...

TOPEKA, KS – Anti-porn activists in Kansas may have a short celebration if attorneys for adult businesses have their way. According to members of the targeted professional demographic, a proposed 10-percent sales tax being considered by the state’s legislators will not survive a...

PITTSBURGH, PA – In a brief hearing this morning, the Third U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments from both sides in US v. Extreme Associates, in what amounted to a reiteration of arguments now very familiar to those following the case.Highly-regarded First Amendment...