SEATTLE, WA — Given the moralizing that comes out of the state of Washington about adult businesses, one might imagine that the state’s elected officials and their support staff would have some of the highest morals of the nation. That may well be true, so long as telephone...

CYBERSPACE — A Trojan that installs intrusive ads for pornography and then demands a ransom to remove the messages from users’ browsers is frustrating the life out of some unlucky surfers.Anti-virus firm Symantec calls the threat minor and classifies containment and removal...

MADISON, WI — Two notes to politicians:1) Seriously, guys, it’s time to catch up with the cyber age, regardless your own age. Statistics indicate that 14 years after the internet became a bona fide phenomenon, most of your constituents are Web savvy, so why aren’t you? 2)...

BEIJING, CHINA — Flexing its censorship muscles even further, the Chinese government has banned websites from linking to, advertising or hosting violent electronic games.On Monday, the Culture Ministry announced an initiative to rid Chinese cyberspace — which has been...

SAN RAFAEL, CA — James Raphael “Rafe” Mitchell, son of late porn mogul Jim Mitchell, on Friday pleaded not guilty to charges he murdered his former girlfriend and kidnapped their infant daughter.According to police, Mitchell beat to death 29-year-old Danielle Keller in the...

FORT MYERS BEACH, FL — Mayor Larry Kiker and ex-Fort Myers Beach town manager Scott Janke may still be friends after the former fired the latter for daring to fall in love with and then marry a porn performer – but that doesn’t mean the Jankes are sticking around for summer...

SAN JOSE, CA — Look out, world. Following the revelation that Adobe’s Flash video player and Acrobat Reader include an un-patched vulnerability, experts predict “holey” hell for users this week.The vulnerability allows hackers to install malicious code on users’ computers...

CHICAGO, IL — Despite changing the name of its popular “erotic services” section, removing the most graphic photographs in the new “adult services” listings and agreeing to screen all ads for potentially illegal offers, Craigslist remains the target of allegations it is...

CYBERSPACE — ”First they came for the 4channers, and I did not speak out, because I was not a 4channer,” begins a comment on DailyKos.com in response to a story concerning the roughly 12 hour block of 4chan.com by AT&T. For many, the temporary form of corporate...

WESEL, GERMANY — Who hasn’t felt confused by government paperwork and accidentally checked a box of filed the wrong form? Doctor, lawyer, teacher, housewife, porn legend – anyone can make a mistake. In the case of German porn legend Dolly Buster, the mistake might well put...