USA — According to a recent study by the Pew Internet and American Life Project, there’s little reason to pity those poking along on the internet at dial-up speed. As insane as it may sound to those addicted to download speed, a surprising number of old-tech users… like it...

INDONESIA — There aren’t many grandmother’s that a man can turn to for penis extension advice and assistance – and with the death of the famed recluse, Mak Erot, there is one less. Kompas.com reports that Erot lived her life – all 101 to 130 years of it, depending on who’s...

NEW YORK, NY — AT&T, America’s largest internet service provider, and America Online, the third-largest, have reached agreements with the New York Attorney General to eliminate access to newsgroups and purge their servers of websites that offer access to child...

CHILE — The woman dubbed by the Chilean media as “La Diosa del Metro” – the Subway Goddess – has removed her last blouse in public and shared her final “happy minutes” with transit riders, thanks to the authorities. Monserrat Moilles delighted and surprised subway riders...

WASHINGTON, DC — Admitting what one doesn’t know can be the first step toward learning. If that’s the case, perhaps Congress finally is ready to begin learning about the internet.At the end of last week’s hearing about consumer privacy and internet advertising, Sen. Byron...

SPRINGFIELD, OR — One of the great things about adult entertainment in Oregon is that the state forbids forcing businesses to locate in virtual adult ghettoes. While this makes it both safer and more convenient for customers and employees, it also means that residential...

SAN FRANCISCO, CA — Investor Carl Icahn on Monday filed the final paperwork to nominate a hand-picked slate of members for Yahoo’s board of directors, escalating his takeover plans for the company as part of a bid to force Yahoo’s sale to Microsoft. Icahn’s name is among...

ALLEN, TX — A new study from the Ponemon Institute and Dell Computer reports about 12,000 laptop computers are lost in airports each week, and about 70-percent of them never are recovered. Nearly half of the laptop losers say their machines contained sensitive customer data...

TAMPA, FL — From the same city that pressured jurors into convicting Paul Little for obscenity comes the strange tale of a naked housekeeper with a penchant for taking her work home with her. All the 50-year-old man who had hired the young woman wanted was a clean home –...

CINCINNATI, OH — Small press and alternative publications have traditionally embraced advertising content that more ostensibly respectable newspaper and magazines shun. Part of the reason for this willingness to embrace lifestyle and professional diversity has to do with...