CYBERSPACE — Like a scene out of a modern techno-thriller, on Tuesday at noon EST email began bouncing all over the Web as a long-gone spam blacklist arose from the dead.The Open Relay Database (ORDB.org), an anti-spam service commonly employed on email servers worldwide,...

VANCOUVER, B.C. — It took Charlie Miller only two minutes on Thursday to claim top honors in a contest that asked hackers to exploit security weaknesses on laptop computers. Believe it or not, his victim was a Mac.The hacking contest, PWN 2 OWN, is part of the annual...

STAMFORD, CT — Spending on alternative media jumped to $73.43 billion in 2007, an increase of almost 22-percent over the previous five years. What’s more, the category is expected to continue its rapid ascension in 2008, despite a slowing economy, as brand marketers...

RENO, NV — Poor Joe Francis. No matter how many times he stands up for himself, there’s a judge somewhere keen to make him sit the hell back down. The latest blow to the multi-millionaire Girls Gone Wild mastermind’s plans for world conquest is being denied the right to...

PHILADELPHIA, PA — A Federal Communications Commission inquiry into its traffic-management practices hasn’t stopped Comcast from forging ahead with efforts to expand its communications empire. The company and Time Warner Cable — from which Comcast purchased a number of...

NEW YORK, NY — A recent survey of television and video consumers in the U.S. has revealed some surprising insight into how viewers relate to pay-TV offerings.The survey, conducted in December 2007 by ABI Research with a bank of 1,002 American television and video viewers,...

LOS ANGELES, CA — If there’s a god, s/he is surely chuckling over infamous and award winning Hollywood director Oliver Stone’s latest casting decision concerning who will portray First Lady Laura Bush in his latest film biography – and possibly shedding a tear over the...

LOS ANGELES, CA — Whether any of the under-aged girls who’ve managed to flash their lady bits for the Girls Gone Wild cameras will be featured on the company’s newly launched GirlsGoneWildCash.com affiliate program is unknown, but on-again/off-again jailbird and company...

WASHINGTON, DC – Fox Broadcasting is becoming more aggressive in its dealings with the Federal Communications Commission about indecency fines the company feels it shouldn’t have to pay.On Monday, Fox said it will not pay a $91,000 fine the FCC levied against a 2003 episode of...

INDIANAPOLIS, IN — A new state law that requires retailers to register with the government if they sell “sexually explicit materials” has Indiana booksellers up in arms.HB 1042 was signed into law last week by Gov. Mitch Daniels. Under the law, “sexually explicit material”...