SAN JOSE, Calif. – Here’s something that ought to generate some fairly intense scrutiny from Microsoft Corp.’s crack legal team: A company that describes itself as a manufacturer of integrated circuitry has filed for a trademark on “SexBox.”According to the application, filed in...

VAN NUYS, Calif. – In one of those heart-warming moments when love and respect push aside recrimination and hateful rhetoric, a conservative political action committee on Wednesday named a porn company president “Entrepreneur of the Year.”Oops. On Friday, the PAC rescinded the...

LONDON – Respected financial newsweekly The Economist leads the “United States” section of its Sept. 12 issue with the startling revelation Los Angeles’ adult entertainment industry “is among the worst hit by the recession.”Entitled “The Trouble with Pornography,” the article...

CYBERSPACE – Do you like to write sexy columns or erotic stories but get tried of being rejected by mainstream sites because of sexually explicit content? One adult company is trying to do something about that, launching a simple publishing service for explicit articles and...

ISTANBUL, TURKEY – In a bizarre case that illustrates the dangers of working with unknown entities, a group of nine young women aged 16-24 were reportedly duped into what they thought was an appearance on a Turkish “reality” show, when in fact they were being secretly...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Another conservative, “family values” crusader has outed himself as a closet philanderer. California Assemblyman Michael Duvall [R-Yorba Linda] resigned from office Wednesday amid an ethics probe fellow assemblymen launched after Duvall unintentionally...

CYBERSPACE – In a sign that it intends to be aggressive even in a challenging year for business, WebBilling.com has brought on board one of the adult Internet industry’s more accomplished veterans. Jimmy, also know as “Wizzo” in industry circles, has signed on as VP of...

LONDON – In yet another sign of the pending apocalypse, Good Housekeeping magazine — the housewife’s bible since 1885 —recruited a panel of 100 volunteers to test and review a select group of housewives’ best friends: vibrators.Sorry, American women: The testing and reporting was...

CYBERSPACE – Visit-X is one of Europe’s largest Internet suppliers of live erotic entertainment, but the company has made an interesting move by arranging for a debut event of something other than naked performers on its flagship website, Vixit-X.net.German band Rammstein...

LONDON – Two men accused of masterminding Britain’s largest porn DVD distribution businesses were jailed Monday on charges including obscenity and money laundering. Tehsin Panju and Hitendra Patel, both of London, each admitted to one count of conspiracy to publish obscenity....