MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA – Microsoft browser and email client users long ago became accustomed to frequent bug fixes due to the popularity of their products. This month the open-source Firefox browser and Thunderbird e-mail client have had their share of problems, with a second...

CYBERSPACE – As identity theft and “cyber stalking” become ever more common, access to the information which facilitates such crimes appears to be getting more and more convenient. Over recent months, the proliferation of websites and services offering access to personal...

NEW YORK – Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) has vendors that sell or rent Mature (M) and Adult Only (AO) rated video games to minors in her sights. The fact that violent or graphic gaming material often winds up in the hands of children has motivated Clinton, whose name...

CHARLESTON – Topless women dancing for a video camera and weekly Jell-O wrestling contest are just two of the activities that have occurred recently within the walls of Banana Joe’s – and Charleston, West Virginia mayor Danny Jones is not happy about either of them. In...

CYBERSPACE – Declined credit cards have long been a money pit that webmasters, content providers, and processing companies shovel time and money into with no real hope of return. A professional marriage of sorts between ChargeMeLater (CML) and ElectraCash...

CYBERSPACE – Conservative columnist Nathan Tabor argued this week in The Conservative Voice that adult entertainment professionals are responsible for breeding a nation of sex addicts and fueling demand for child sex slaves. Tabor said that law enforcement should consider...

Users of the Microsoft Windows operating system have long been plagued by crackers determined to exploit the popular system’s security vulnerabilities. This week Microsoft sent out yet another high level security warning to its user base about two new areas under attack.This time...

PORTUGAL – Porn stars, adult novelty and lingerie exhibitors, professional dominas, and just plain folk attended Lisbon’s first ever International Erotic Fair held earlier this month. Total attendance during the wildly popular event is estimated to have reached 35,000...

CYBERSPACE – Chris Moneymaker, winner of the World Championship 2003 World Series of Poker, has turned his winnings into a new, lucrative career. Moneymaker, a former accountant, used his $2.5 million payday to jumpstart a career as a pitchman for PokerStars, known for...

Selecting online content that is age and interest appropriate may get a lot easier – and far more difficult to justify censoring or banishing to a domain extension ghetto – if the Internet Content Rating Association (ICRA) has its way.The international, non-profit organization...