http://www.xbiz.com XBIZ - Adult Entertainment Industry News & Business Information 60 en-us Copyright 1996-2008 Adnet Media. All Rights Reserved. XBiz is a registered trademark of Adnet Media Group, Inc. Fri, 4 Jul 2008 13:28:03 -0700 editors@xbiz.com http://www.xbiz.com/articles/96174 As of January, massive multi-player online role-playing game World of Warcraft (WoW) surpassed 10 million paying members, according to online gaming blog Gamasutra.com. Fri, 4 Jul 2008 10:00:00 -0700 Joanne Cachapero http://www.xbiz.com/images/articles/96174_r3.jpg http://www.xbiz.com/articles/96100 In 1854, Commodore Matthew Perry negotiated the first treaty between Japan and the U.S. Within 90 years, Japan had industrialized sufficiently to win the Russo-Japanese War, invade mainland China, march through the Far East and then, in 1941, bomb Pearl Harbor. Then World War II commenced. Thu, 3 Jul 2008 07:15:00 -0700 Erik Jay http://www.xbiz.com/images/articles/96100_r3.jpg http://www.xbiz.com/articles/96057 Belgium has a population of some 10.5m people; just over half of which have access to the Internet. Since the country is bilingual, you will need to communicate with these surfers in two languages, not just one. Wed, 2 Jul 2008 09:00:00 -0700 Marc Jarrett http://www.xbiz.com/images/articles/96057_r3.jpg http://www.xbiz.com/articles/96009 Adult products have graced the shelves of big-name mainstream stores such as Macy's and Sharper Image for years — in disguise. Often labeled "massagers," vibrators and other sex toys have been an open secret for years in the nonadult marketplace. Tue, 1 Jul 2008 08:00:00 -0700 Alison Marshall http://www.xbiz.com/images/articles/96009_r3.jpg http://www.xbiz.com/articles/95970 Utherverse Digital CEO Brian Shuster has a vision of adult's future, and that vision is decidedly three-dimensional. Utherverse is the company behind the adult virtual world RedLightCenter, an adult-specific virtual world similar in structure and function to Second Life. Mon, 30 Jun 2008 09:00:00 -0700 Quentin Boyer http://www.xbiz.com/images/articles/95970_r3.jpg http://www.xbiz.com/articles/95568 They're the foundation of the web and the basis for all traffic on the Internet — yet at the same time, they are one of the most overlooked aspects of web development: "They" are hyperlinks, the paths by which visitors enter and exit your website. Sat, 28 Jun 2008 08:00:00 -0700 Stephen Yagielowicz http://www.xbiz.com/images/articles/95568_r3.jpg http://www.xbiz.com/articles/95563 One of the more annoying facets of working with fonts has always been the fact that most programs load the fonts available to the user in a drop-down menu, making the process of choosing fonts a tedious task, particularly when you have a great many fonts installed and at your disposal. Fri, 27 Jun 2008 08:00:00 -0700 Stephen Yagielowicz http://www.xbiz.com/images/articles/95563_r3.jpg http://www.xbiz.com/articles/95561 In recent years, adult entertainment and video gaming have exploded into multi-billion dollar business sectors, largely driven by the rapid technological developments that enable both industries. Thu, 26 Jun 2008 08:00:00 -0700 Quentin Boyer http://www.xbiz.com/images/articles/95561_r3.jpg http://www.xbiz.com/articles/95556 Interactivity is a concept that gets tossed around these days the way "extreme" or "radical" did in the past. It means many different things to many people at this point, but to the ones you are about to meet in this article, interactivity is synonymous with success and profitability. Wed, 25 Jun 2008 08:00:00 -0700 Stewart Tongue http://www.xbiz.com/images/articles/95556_r3.jpg