BRIGHTON, England – Global Digital Broadcast (GDBTV) and Philips Electronics have formed a partnership to launch what the companies believe is the first television set with a fully integrated internet protocol television service.GDBTV is a technology supplier to the adult...

The Free Speech Coalition recently announced the winners of its 2009 “FSC Awards,” and most of the names on the list are familiar to adult industry professionals. When you start listing tireless industry proponents like Larry Flynt, John Stagliano and Stormy Daniels, you realize...

CYBERSPACE – NakedTruth.ca, the cheeky, upbeat site run for exotic dancers by former dancer Annie Temple, has announced its first-ever “People’s Choice Awards” with nominations being offered by site members. Anyone can join, and joining is free of cost.“This...

I get the damned things in the mail. For instance, the other day I received a long, innocuous looking box about 4′ long. Inside, I found two mega-dildos that shocked and awed me. The first was the 15.5” ‘The Excess’ by Topco’s Rascal Toys. The second was the even longer –...

CYBERSPACE – Adult websites that originate in German now have a new tool for reaching customers outside of German-speaking markets. Adult website translation service Translations XXX has added German to its list of source languages. That means clients with German language...

SEATTLE – Microsoft Corp. on Thursday filed five first-of-their-kind lawsuits against individuals and companies it suspects of peppering the Web with advertisements laden with malicious code. Each of the suits accuses 20 unknown individuals and the known companies for which they...

NEW YORK – With a month-over-month growth rate of 22.1 percent, Bing outpaced all other search engines during August, according to the Nielsen Company’s monthly report. Bing’s search share increased from 9 percent in July to 10.7 percent in August.Google, which grew at a...

BOSTON – Affiliate program SpiceCash has launched Animalizm.com, a micro-niche pay site dedicated to a BDSM fetish called “pet play.” According to the program’s owners, the content within the site follows strict guidelines established by artists and writers within the niche and...

MONROVIA, Calif. – The man accused of torturing and then suffocating his girlfriend last week inside the Monrovia, Calif., apartment they shared is a former preacher who dreamed of making it big in show business, authorities said Thursday.Brian Lee Randone, 45, holds degrees from...

SAN FRANCISCO – Two vendors of virtual adult products have initiated a federal class-action lawsuit against the developer of massive online virtual world Second Life. The suit, filed by Eros LLC and Shannon Grei dba Nomine, alleges Linden Lab routinely engages in intellectual...