OSLO, NORWAY – Mobile Web access continues its march toward surpassing desktop Web access, according to a new report from browser developer Opera Software ASA. Worldwide, more people are using their phones to go online. The trend is clear as unique users, page views and data...

ARMONK, NY — The notion of enabling broadband internet connections over power lines has been around for years, but disappointing applications of the technology caused interest in the idea to wane some time ago.However, technology heavyweight IBM reinvigorated the debate...

HANOI, VIETNAM — Vietnamese authorities have arrested a dozen people involved in the creation and management of what officials called the country’s largest online pornography operation. According to published reports, the action may force the closure of the website...

SHEFFIELD, ENGLAND — A Sheffield University law professor and one of her students have analyzed a proposed “three-strikes” law that would disconnect serial copyright violators from the Web and denounced the proposal as a gateway to wholesale abuses of personal liberty in...

SAN FRANCISCO, CA — NebuAd Inc., a Silicon Valley company that became infamous during recent congressional hearings about online consumer privacy, violated federal hacking and wiretapping laws when it employed deep-packet inspection technology to spy on internet users’...

LAS VEGAS, NV — Las Vegas claims to be a wild place with secrets best kept within its city’s boundaries – yet its casino workers are completely clothed and even its strippers are rarely naked when near alcohol. Penthouse hopes to change all that.According to...

SRI LANKA — Tea, coffee, cinnamon, rubber, sugar, coffee, indigo, and coconuts; appreciators of exotic flavors and practical products can purchase them and stimulate the Sri Lankan economy. Those hoping to sample some of the island country’s more erotic delights, however,...

GRAPEVINE, TX — If Rev. Ed Young’s congregation did as he proposed, this coming Sunday will be the seventh day in a row that its members got laid. According to The Dallas Morning News, the Fellowship Church pastor wanted to make a point about the importance of heterosexual...

WASHINGTON, DC — Think your cellular use is safe from prying eyes who that haven’t obtained a warrant up front?Think again. On Tuesday, the American Civil Liberties Union revealed it has obtained documents indicating the FBI has been engaging in wholesale cellular phone...

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA — It’s all about the politics, but the newly formed Australian Sex Party isn’t above adopting a moniker designed to attract controversy if that will make its message stand out.With the slogan “We’re serious about sex,” the ASP plans to launch itself...