HOLLYWOOD, FL — While it may be true that we hate to see our friends succeed, it’s also true that we love to hear about early career success. Ironic, but seemingly a part of human nature. Vivid contract star Sunny Leone’s erotic roots are sunk deep in the internet —...

STAMFORD, CT — Parting is such sweet sorrow, and never more so than when the relationship has lasted a long, long time. After 40 years, the computer mouse’s hour upon the stage may be about to come to an end, according to one research firm.Gartner analyst Steve Prentice...

CYBERSPACE — Acronyms like CPC (cost per click), CTR (click-through rate) and CPA (cost per acquisition, or conversion cost) are so firmly cemented in internet marketers’ lexicons it’s doubtful even dynamite could dislodge them.Less a foregone conclusion, though, is how...

WASHINGTON, DC — It has not been Federal Communications Commission Chair Kevin Martin’s month. First the Third Circuit Court of Appeals overturns the $550,000 fine assessed to CBS for its 9/16th of a second exposure of Janet Jackson’s breast during the 2004 Super Bowl...

JAPAN — Asian cultures have long venerated their elders and the generations that have come before. The degree of worshipful adoration that 74-year-old Shigeo Tokuda is experiencing, however, is likely familiar only to emperors, pop stars, and movie icons. In his own way,...

PRAGUE — A Prague city council member has offered 1 million Czech Republic Koruny (about U.S. $65,515) as a reward for the identity of an anonymous cartoonist who posted on the internet creative renderings of the councilor and his girlfriend in sexual poses.Milan Richter, a...

WASHINGTON, DC — Comcast Corp. acted illegally when it employed file-transfer disruptions to manage traffic on its broadband network, according to a majority of Federal Communications Commission members.Three of five commissioners have signed off on an order censuring...

WASHINGTON, DC — Kathy Adam’s discrimination case against the State Department is an odd one – and the July 18th ruling doesn’t have everyone convinced — but it’s created an interesting precedent that will likely make many an attorney at least slightly more...

CYBERSPACE — Book trailers are all the rage in publishing these days. Authors, publishers and publicists create them to attract the attention of readers in a shrinking market. The concept is that with multiple media assaulting the senses from every direction, a mini-movie...

SAN JOSE, CA – A Milpitas, CA, man who once served prison time for transmitting child pornography via a computer bulletin board service was indicted Wednesday on charges he mailed obscene materials across state lines.Robert Alan Thomas, 52, once dubbed “the Marquis de...