CYBERSPACE — A covert video reportedly shot peephole-style and depicting ESPN reporter Erin Andrews undressing in a hotel room has all but disappeared from the internet, but rumors of the tape’s existence continue to fuel malware infections among the curious.Antivirus firm...

HARRISBURG, PA — A convicted rapist’s bid to overturn Pennsylvania’s ban on pornography in prisons ended Monday when the state’s Supreme Court unanimously backed the Department of Corrections rule.Shannon R. Brittain, 34, challenged the ban on constitutional grounds, saying...

ALAMEDA, CA — An on-again/off-again female porn performer learned two sad things during June: that she had tested positive for HIV – and that sanity goes right out the window when government officials hear those three letters. Known only as “Patient Zero,” the performer has...

BERLIN — Celebrity sex tape scandals have been all the rage for several years now – but most of them had at least one thing in common: they concerned sex tapes that had actually been made at some point in time. That apparently came as news to three German men who thought...

HONG KONG — A new survey has fueled the flames of censorship as Hong Kong mulls tightening controls on sexually explicit internet content. Published Sunday, the study’s results indicated 80-percent of the island’s schoolchildren, some as young as age 10, have accessed...

VILNIUS, LITHUANIA — A new Lithuanian law bans the dissemination of “unsavory” materials via channels children might be able to access. Mass media, public discussions, school programs and the internet all fall under the statute’s purview.The Law on the Protection of Minors...

RENTON, WA — Microsoft may not respond to reports of security vulnerabilities as promptly as many might prefer, but it certainly does know how to find a court room when it wants one. The latest villain to find itself facing the software giant is the innocuously named but...

TORONTO, CANADA — With multi-tasking and attention deficit running rampant throughout the western world, it should probably come as no surprise that some automobile drivers have a hard time keeping their mind on the road. But it’s one thing to let the thoughts wander and...

CHINA — While some folks find pornography to be shocking, an increasing number of Chinese bloggers are reporting that the way their supposed addiction to the sexy stuff was dealt with at the Shandong hospital was quite literally a shocking experience. 30 minutes worth of...

PHILADELPHIA, PA — Taleon Goffney — known on gay porn websites as performer Teyon — on Wednesday received a sentence of three to eight years in prison after pleading guilty to committing two South Philly burglaries in February 2008.As part of a deal, Goffney also pleaded...