Roulla Yiacoumi looks at how the porn industry is driving technology - and vice versa.
Every January, thousands of gadget geeks from around the world gather in Las Vegas to witness the unveiling of new toys at the annual Consumer Electronics Show. In an adjacent hall in the Sands Expo and Convention Centre is a show of toys of a very different kind - the Adult Entertainment Expo.
The porn industry's annual worldwide revenue of $US57 billion ($A74 billion) even beat Microsoft's $US44 billion.
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Paris Hilton's best pal Kim Kardashian has confirmed she and ex boyfriend Ray J filmed a sex session and now she's trying to make sure it doesn't go public.
The tape featuring the socialite performing sex acts on Brandy's little brother, who is now dating Whitney Houston, has allegedly found its way into the hands of bosses of Internet and Dvd porn giants Vivid Entertainment, who hope to post the footage in cyberspace.
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It takes a lot to make San Franciscans blush, but a video porn company has managed to do it.
A studio that makes S/M movies recently took over a historic building that once housed the National Guard, unleashing a rare public debate about decency in a city famous for sexual permissiveness.
Kink.com, which distributes its videos on X-rated Web sites with names such as Hogtied and Men in Pain, bought the old State Armory in the Mission District for $14.5 million....
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Criminal charges have been filed against a Hippensteel Funeral Home director suspected of using a customer's credit card to access pornography Web sites.
Michael J. Moehring, 31, of Lafayette was charged Friday in Tippecanoe Superior Court 5 with two counts of felony fraud and felony identity deception..
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Polygamy, or having more than one wife, is permitted by some religions, regulations and customs. Polygamous sexuality is to be enjoyed by the husband and wives by nurturing deep affection to foster family welfare and happiness.
On the other hand, having intimacy with illicit partners is adultery, which is only about sexuality and is forbidden by all religions and rules in Indonesia. This means that polygamy dominated by illicit sexuality is banned.
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Here's a bit of disquieting research news - the bacteria E. coli tend to swim upstream in flowing liquids. The revelation, which appears in a paper to be published Monday, February 5 in the journal Physical Review Letters, could explain how the bacteria manage to make their way far up the urinary tract to cause pyelonephritis, a particularly nasty kidney infection.
Yale University researchers Jane Hill, Jonathan McMurry and Hur Koser collaborated with Ozge Kalkanci of Bogazici University in Istanbul on the work, which they believe is the first observation of the natural tendency of bacteria to swim upstream.
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Lily Allen likes to relieve the grinding boredom of touring by watching foreign porn.
The Smile babe, who’s nominated for four Brit awards, says: “When I travel around the world there often isn’t anything to watch on TV, especially when they don’t speak English.
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