USA — The power of gays and lesbians is apparently absolute, which may explain why religiously based political systems and groups tend to react so strongly to the presence of shameless GLBT practitioners. For some Christians, the power of homosexuality extends not merely to...

BERGAMO, ITALY — The notorious BitTorrent index The Pirate Bay cannot be blocked by Italian internet service providers, an Italian appellate court has ruled.The court based its decision not on The Pirate Bay’s intrinsic value, but on a European Union regulation intended to...

SPRINGFIELD, MA — Despite two legal setbacks in recent months, the City of Springfield, MA, plans to continue efforts to shutter viewing booths at a downtown adult store.The city began by revoking Amazing.net’s entertainment license last November, based on police and zoning...

LAHORE, PAKISTAN — The fact that erotic content is available in Pakistan likely comes as a shock to most Americans, although the fact that there are powerful forces at work to make sure that there is no porn in Pakistan probably comes as no surprise. Shop keepers in Punjab...

SAN FRANCISCO, CA — A federal judge has issued an interim order blocking the sale of Real Networks’ RealDVD software. The software allows users to copy DVDs.At least, lawsuit insiders have reported that’s what happened inside U.S. District Judge Marilyn Hall Patel’s...

HARTFORD, CT — Connecticut on October 10th became the third U.S. state — behind Massachusetts and California — to allow gay marriage when the state’s Supreme Court overturned a lower court ruling that civil unions provided sufficient equality for same-sex...

SAN FRANCISCO, CA — If it’s high quality content with an artful edge, chances are good that Kink.com has something to do with it – and PublicDisgrace.com is no different, even if its public bondage and humiliation have a European flavor. Kink.com and its affiliate program...

SAN FRANCISCO, CA — No Starch Press, publisher of geek entertainment classics like Steal This Computer Book, Hacking: The Art of Exploitation and The Cult of Mac, this winter will launch a new series in a category it calls “Edu-Manga.” The books are translations of...

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA — Gotta love Google. The search giant has embarked upon a new mission: making the electronic world safe for those who party a little too heartily.Mail Goggles, a new add-on designed to work with Google’s Gmail, was conceived to be a sort of “dead-man’s...

NEW YORK, NY — Nearly half of those who use social networking websites have visited them on a mobile phone, according to a new survey by ABI Research.MySpace and Facebook command the largest market share of mobile social-networkers, with 70-percent and 67-percent of the...