CYBERSPACE – In just a few weeks, much of America will dress their small children up in costumes of a spooky, heroic or humorous nature and send them off to beg for candy. Then, after candy bags are full and the kids are safely parked in front of the latest “Goosebumps”...

CYBERSPACE – If you pass a guy in the in the street who looks like he was just hit by a truck, he probably sells digital media on the Internet. If you pass a young woman who looks like she just spent four days in Vegas and slept less than four hours each night, she probably...

NEW YORK — A majority of Americans (57 percent) favors allowing gay and lesbian couples to enter into legal agreements that would give them many of the same rights as married couples, a status commonly known as civil unions. Only 37 percent oppose the idea, according to the...

WASHINGTON — The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday added sexual identity to the federal government’s definition of hate crimes. The measure, an amendment to H.R. 2647 — the $680-billion, must-pass National Defense Authorization Act — still requires Senate approval before...

SWEDEN – Opponents of online piracy would like nothing more than to get directly at the individuals who are illegally sharing and receiving copyrighted works online. The matter isn’t so simple for the courts, however, who often have to choose between assisting the owners of...

CYBERSPACE – Pepsi found out the hard way recently that the same rules that allow beer companies to exploit sexually suggestive marketing campaigns don’t necessarily apply to soda companies. The company fell under heavy online criticism recently after it released a free app for...

SHERMAN OAKS, Calif. – Seymore Butts’ sexual how-to book for men, Rock Her World: The Sex Guide for the Modern Man, is scheduled to hit bookstores Nov. 12. Publisher Gotham Books, a division of Penguin, describes the 240-page hardcover tome with the arousing teaser, “From pick-up...

LOS ANGELES – Playboy Playmate and actor Lorenzo Lamas’ ex-wife Shauna Sand readily admits she and a boyfriend made several sex tapes. However, she equally fervently avows, none of them were for public consumption.“Yes, I did make a sex tape with my boyfriend earlier this year,”...

SAN JOSE, Calif. – Networking technology provider Cisco has bowed a new product it claims can assist administrators in nearly ridding their networks of pornography and other noxious material.Cisco’s IronPort Web Usage Controls attack what Cisco calls the “Dark Web.” According to...

YNOT – The number of tools available for Internet-based communication has grown dramatically in recent years, a fact that has both enhanced and complicated the online experience. In addition to traditional email, there are VOIP services like Skype, instant messaging...