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SiteGrinder 2: Name Layers, Get A Site

It's a dilemma faced by many users: Whether you are a photographer, amateur adult site operator, accomplished designer lacking in HTML knowledge or someone who despite your non-webmaster roots wants to put your work on the web — how do you do it?

Stephen Yagielowicz ·

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 new ways for adult industry professionals to keep track of their favorite Internet radio shows, protect their websites and download torrent content.

Nina Hartley Profiled in Capitol Weekly

Monday, during a hectic day of lobbying state legislators and their staffs as part of the Free Speech Coalition's annual Lobbying Days, the legendary performer and social activist Nina Hartley made time to sit down with Malcolm Maclachlan of the Capitol Weekly for a personal profile of the star.

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Using OpenSource Databases

As the online adult industry grows across the Internet, by definition, the amount of traffic packets and raw data will also grow. For a small startup, this amount of data is easy to deal with, but as an x-business expands, simply storing endless files on disk just doesn't cut it.

James Edwards ·

Tony Dimarco Joins Raging Stallion Studios

Raging Stallion Studios announced that writer-director Tony Dimarco has accepted a full-time, high-level position as a staff director at the company's main office.

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Could Adam Walsh Act Harm the Adult Biz?

The original laudable purpose of the legislation that would become the Adam Walsh Act was certainly one I doubt any normal person would object to: protecting children from sexual exploitation and violence.

Gregory A. Piccionelli ·

Gina Lynn on the Auction Block

Adult entertainer Gina Lynn is putting herself on the auction block at the Skylar Neil Memorial Golf Tournament, with the highest bidders having Gina along with them for the entire 18 holes.

Report: Travel Sites Blocked More Often Than Porn

A startling report released at Infosec Europe 2008 reveals that travel and social-networking sites are more likely than porn sites to be blocked by companies that regulate their employees' Internet access.

Trina Michaels Takes Bikini Contest to the Xtreme

Trina Michaels will take part of the Miss Extreme Bikini Contest, being held as part of the Xtreme Pro Wrestling 'XPW Cold Day in Hell' event, slated for Saturday, May 24, in Redondo Beach, Calif.

Calderon May Raise Proposed Calif. Porn Tax to 25 Percent

Democratic Assemblyman Charles Calderon yesterday threatened to increase a proposed tax on the adult industry from 8 to 25 percent on the same day that industry representatives traveled to Sacramento to lobby legislators against the bill.

Infonet Chooses 'Green' Data Center

International network and data center services Infonet Nederland has put 42 data center cabinets into use within EvoSwitch's environmentally-friendly data center.

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Back to Business

Now that 2008 is humming along, we've gotten back down to business; that is, the "business" of playing with all manner of sexy goodies! And with that, here are our latest discoveries in the world of adult novelties:

Freddy and Eddy ·

Shocker Offers Social Bookmarking

Shocker Enterprises has announced its release of the Shockdigg.com social bookmarking site.

Report: Roaming Workers Are Up to No Good

Web security solutions provider ScanSafe has released a report that reveals that employees are more likely to visit adult and other risqué websites while working away from the office.

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Cheap Blowjobs

I am writing this opinion piece in an effort to help motivate male performers in the adult industry to demand higher rates for doing blowjob and handjob scenes.

Dave Pounder ·

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 Round-up

This week's Tech Round-up is filled with futuristic flights of fancy for adult webmasters, including new HD cameras, new ways to search the Internet, and that staple of futurism – a flying car.

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Mainstream Cues

Legendary screenwriter William Goldman once summed up the essential wisdom of his decades in film production with the simple declaration that, when it comes to what makes a picture successful, "nobody knows anything." The key word here is "knows."

Ernest Greene ·

Senator Biden Wants Increased Monitoring of P2P Networks for Illegal Files

Sen. Joe Biden (D-Del.) is pushing for a renewed effort by federal and local law enforcement to use specialized software that will help help curb illegal file trading on peer-to-peer networks.