CYBERSPACE — Did the internet seem a little sluggish and listless on Tuesday? If so, it wasn’t just you, it wasn’t your operating system, it wasn’t your connection method, and it wasn’t your computer choking — it was the internet...

JAPAN — The reign of fashion held in Japan by the pantyhose may well have come and gone. Weekly Playboy reports that whereas 680 million pair of pantyhose were manufactured in 1996, a mere 200 million were produced in 2005 — a more than merely impressive 70-percent...

LOS ANGELES, CA – LFP Broadcasting, the parent company of Hustler TV announced Tuesday that it has signed exclusive agreements with adult entertainment production houses Zero Tolerance Entertainment and Black Ice Limited.“Hustler TV continues to offer exclusive adult...

SWITZERLAND — David Pecker, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of massive tabloid publishing company American Media, Inc. (AMI), has come out on the losing end of his complaint filed with the World Intellectual Property Organization with regards to the domain name...

AKRON, OH — While Girls Gone Wild mastermind Joe Francis dished gossip on the Howard Stern Show about banging mainstream entertainment brats Lindsay Lohan and Paris Hilton, the promoter of his Akron, OH tour stop braced himself for prison.Although Francis has been forced to...

BOISE, ID — Chris Teague is a busy man. In addition to owning the Erotic City and Night Moves strip clubs in Boise, ID, he has four felonies to deal with.”I’ve got enough going on without that trouble,” the beleaguered 39-year-old informed the Magic Valley...

WASHINGTON, DC – In a press release issued Monday, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales details some of President George W. Bush’s fiscal year 2008 budget proposal for the Department of Justice (DOJ) and asserts that the budget request is “aligned with the Department’s major...

CYBERSPACE — DarkReading.com senior editor Kelly Jackson Higgins probably wasn’t thinking specifically about porn companies when she wrote about the “Seven Ways to be Mistaken for a Spammer,” but her observations and recommendations are as valid for...

BAHRAIN – If you think the “War on Porn” is heating up in the United States, try the political climate in Bahrain, one of the Gulf States considered a key ally in the so-called “War on Terror.”Bahraini Council of Representatives member Abdullah Al Dossari has introduced a bill...

THE NETHERLANDS — Yesterday was an entirely different kind of workout experience for Dutch physical fitness enthusiasts who enjoy toning their bodies at the Fitworld gym in Heteren, the Netherlands. Instead of fretting about which pair of shorts or what tank top to wear,...