* I saw the astonishing news item reporting that UK residents may soon have access to a phone chip that allows them to self-test for STDs and STIs. Total awesome sci-fi reality, right? Then I saw that The Sexademic noted that, and wrote STI Test Innovation: US vs. UK. We fail to innovate, again. (guardian.co.uk,…
Category: Sex News
Friday Nibbles: 3D HD Porn, FBI Raids HotMovies, Sexy Robots, Jackass Sex Tips, Autoerotic Asphyxiation
* The first HD 3D porn site is here: 3DCertified launched this week. What do you think, is it the next wave of porngasms? I’m not so sure about the spooky disembodied butt-in-face action… (3dcertified.com) * The big news this week was that sprawling VoD multi-site empire HotMovies, based in Philadelphia, was raided by the…
Wednesday Nibbles: Sex.com Sold, Litigious Pornographers, Phantom Penis, Australia (Again)
* On BBC, the South African adult film industry reacts to the recent HIV outbreak/quarantine in the Los Angeles adult film industry. And in a place where over 1000 people a day die from HIV, porn producer Tau Morena (Sondeza) is making porn with a message. “The pornography industry in Los Angeles is on edge…
Follow That Story: Lara Jade Won Her Lawsuit
Way back in May 2007, young female photographer (and aspiring fashion photog) Lara Jade Coton put a plea for help up on Flickr. One of her photos (that she had shared on DeviantART) was being used as an American porn boxcover — reprehensibly, it was not only used without permission but it was also a…
Tuesday Nibbles: HIV Porn Outbreak Quarantine, NYC’s In the Flesh, Erotic Game Survival Stats
* This afternoon, porn companies Wicked Pictures and Vivid suspended production after the AIM quarantine of an HIV-positive male performer. AIM is quarantining and testing all performers known to have worked with the Individual. (latimesblogs.latimes.com, blogs.laweekly.com, google.com/AP) UPDATE 10.16.10: Radar is stating that the identity of the performer is becoming known, and he may be…
Official: vb.ly Link Shortener Seized by Libyan Government
This is also posted on Techyum if you want a work-safe link. Also read this chilling post about what happened with vb.ly in The .ly domain space to be considered unsafe (benmetcalfe.com). It’s official: the Libyan government has seized vb.ly. This was done with no warning. Despite the fact that vb.ly was a one-page link-shortening…
Monday Nibbles: Sex Science Special
* The study everyone’s talking about today comes from the Journal of Sexual Medicine, and it is utterly compelling. Corey Silverberg gives us the juiciest highlights in Largest Survey of American Sexual Behaviors Offers Snapshot of 21st Century American Sex. Read it. (sexuality.about.com) * There’s a lot of talk about the study in regard to…
Wednesday Nibbles: Middle Men, DeNiro’s Tiger Balm Hard-On, Wii Sex Toy Seeks Beta Testers, more
* Right after I got offstage at Gnomedex, Ken Yeung interviewed me for Network Solutions — check it out what I had to say in Sex, The Web & What Non-Profits Can Do To Raise Awareness (video, blog.networksolutions.com) * Paramount’s film Middle Men was produced and is about the guy behind porn billing company ePassporte…
Tuesday Nibbles: Star Wars Speed Dating, STD Clinic Badges, Virtual Girlfriend Honeymoons
* Star Wars speed dating. Yes, it’s real. In case you *needed* an excuse to douse yourself in Slave Leia Perfume or Eau de Lando cologne. (abcnews.go.com, techyum.com) * The comments are mean on Discovery’s article about a Japanese vacation resort offering a destination for men with virtual girlfriends, but the article itself is really…
NPR on Sexual Fluidity: Late-Life Lesbians
NPR is finally starting to do some interesting stuff. Even better now that outlets like Mashable regress and deliver “breaking news” on how there is sex on Craigslist (and then their editors tell me at parties why they think it’s good so they can court the “mainstream”), while Fox News runs crazy crap about how…