BERN, SWITZERLAND — A Swiss company that uncovers the identities of file-traders by tracking their IP addresses has been warned by a department of the Swiss government that its methods violate the country’s telecommunication laws.Logistep AG, which is incorporated in...

REDMOND, WA — On Thursday, Microsoft issued a new release candidate of the anticipated Windows Vista Service Pack 1. It was the second build sent to testers in as many weeks, fueling speculation that a final version of Vista’s first major update is imminent.The code has not...

KITCHENER, CANADA — The city of Kitchener thinks there’s altogether too much touching going on inside of the area’s strip clubs – and it wants it to stop.That means no table dances, no VIP rooms, and neither mud nor jelly wrestling. “There is no doubt in my mind that the...

FRANKFURT, GERMANY — Imagine watching the world move 30,000 feet below while you sit in naked comfort aboard a commercial jet. What would it feel like to gaze down upon clouds while sitting bare in your airplane seat and enjoying a frosty cocktail? What rules of social...

PHOENIX, AZ — High-class call girls and their lesser sisters have been warned: Phoenix-area police departments only want one type of scoring in their towns during Super Bowl XLII — and it involves footballs, not any other kind.Concerned that so-called “circuit girls” and...

DENVER, CO — Colorado has joined the burgeoning list of U.S. states that want to tax adult entertainment in order to fund various sexual-abuse causes.Late last week Republican State Rep. Amy Stephens said she intends to revise House Bill 1086, which as she submitted it...

ROME, ITALY — Regardless of whether it’s polite or not, filming your sweetheart while they’re having sex with you is a-okay according to the Italian Supreme Court – even if your sweetheart doesn’t know you’re doing it.Whether you should at least go to confession and tell a...

STAUNTON, VA — Rick Krial fully understands how much Staunton, VA prosecutor Raymond C. Robertson hates pornography. After all, Robertson reconvened a grand jury in November, 2007, for the sole purpose of running retailers of adult merchandise out of town. The move resulted...

NOLANVILLE, TX — They were arrested and charged with prostitution after giving undercover investigators lap dances, and now two exotic dancers at a cabaret near Fort Hood are fighting mad about the charges.“We’re not prostitutes,” Bryttni Williford, 19, told the Killeen...

REDMOND, WA — Vista may be flawed, but at least it’s not as flawed as other operating systems. That’s Microsoft’s story anyway, and the company is sticking to it.After completing an analysis of the patches and security updates Vista required during its first year on the...