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The Hypocrisy of Condom Studios

In Europe, you can be an adult performer and be accepted in your neighbors and community. In the U.S., however, shame is still associated with sex. That may be a reason for our industry’s success. Just as prohibition created unrest and desire in a country supposedly driven by spiritual values, we tend to want anything that resembles forbidden fruit.

Chad Ryan ·
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All Politics Is Local

Local elections impact the daily lives of most citizens more than national elections in just about every way imaginable, and yet they are given almost none of the public attention span by commercial media outlets.

Stewart Tongue ·
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Become the Shark

It's no secret that times are tough for the adult industry, with pre-election prosecutorial fears, a weakening global economy, and escalating prices all taking their toll on operators of all sizes.

Ayrora Temple ·

The XBIZ Weekly Retail Round-Up

The weekly collection of articles reporting on local laws and battles that affect today's adult retailers.

The XBIZ Weekly Tech Watch

This week's tech watch brings word of a helpful new application for Apple's iPhone, as well as other new online startups aimed at making the web more interesting.

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Anonymous Web Surfing

When users surf the net, browsing for their heart's desire, every click and page request is recorded, and a physical address is logged in the form of an IP address.

James Edwards ·

My Young Friends Offers AI Chat Bots

MyYoungFriends.com has announced its interactive chat system that offers more than 50 unique, artificial intelligence (AI)-driven chat bots, designed to imitate real teenage girls.

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Getting Married? You May Want a Prenup

At this time of year, the weather's beautiful and whole lot of people are getting married. That's a good thing, for as a friend of mine once told me, "Marriage is a sacred institution. It's something a man only does ... two or three times in his life!"

Gregory A. Piccionelli ·

XBIZ Adds Free Speech Coalition Blog

XBIZ adds Diane Duke to its roster of industry leaders blogging on the adult industry

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ICANN Opens Pandora's Box

Earlier this year, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) announced its approval of the biggest expansion to the Internet over the past forty years; recommending a new Top Level Domain (TLD) addressing system that will dramatically increase the number of available domain names.

Stephen Yagielowicz ·

XBIZ 2009 Conference Registration Gets Underway

Registration kicked off Tuesday for the XBIZ 2009 "State of the Industry" Conference slated Feb. 10-12 at the Warner Center Marriott in Woodland Hills, Calif.

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ColorMunki Photo

Color problems got you singing the blues? Mismatched prints and irate clients making you see red? Then you need ColorMunki — an integrated color control solution that lets users calibrate their displays, projectors and printers for accurate color matching.

Stephen Yagielowicz ·
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The Real Value of Sponsor Payouts

As more new webmasters enter the adult online affiliate business and veteran webmasters continue to complain about an 'ever-shrinking' porn economy, examining the real value of sponsor payouts is something everyone ought to be doing with a keen eye.

Stewart Tongue ·

The XBIZ Weekly Retail Round-Up

The weekly collection of articles reporting on local laws and battles that affect today's adult retailers.

EU Plans to Lead Transition to Web 3.0

Europe is planning to take the lead in rolling out the next generation of Internet services, with the European Commission releasing an outline of the steps that Europe will take to usher in "the next wave of the Information Revolution."

Visa to Offer Mobile Money Transfer

Visa and U.S. Bank have announced plans to launch a mobile money transfer program that will allow registered U.S.-based Visa cardholders to securely send funds to one another via their mobile phones.

Webmaster Access Europe Attracts Heavyweights of the Adult World

Another Webmaster Access show has come to a close after three days of networking events, seminars and the kind of sightseeing one can only do in the Netherlands.

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Generational Challenges for Adult

If anyone doubts that Generation X is growing older, consider the following: 2008 is the first year in which people who were born in the 1990s are becoming old enough to vote.

Alex Henderson ·
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Affiliate Program Challenges

XBIZ World Magazine asked several adult industry players "What is the biggest challenge being faced by affiliate program operators today?"

Tom Hymes ·

The XBIZ Weekly Retail Round-Up

The weekly collection of articles reporting on local laws and battles that affect today's adult retailers.