Net-to-TV porn -- when?
The Holy Grail -- so to speak -- of porn technology is a nifty setup in which you can plop yourself in your favorite chair, switch on your TV, order up any porn video available on the Internet and wank to your hearts content to DVD quality, full-screen smut. We've been predicting this pornographic paradise since we went online 5 years ago -- but it seems it's a ways off yet.
Porn industry offers burnable movies
If you're like most wired men, your hard drive is a portal to an online pornographic paradise - but it’s too small to hold all the videos you'd like to download. Well, boys, get ready for a revolution because the porn industry has a solution: downloadable movies that you can burn to DVD and watch on your TV.
Sex machines improving
You've seen them in sci-fi flicks, and no doubt fantasized about them in the midst of your morning wrist workout. Now, experts are predicting that virtual sex toys, including realistic sex robots and devices designed to stimulate sexual pleasure in the brain, will soon be coming to a sex shop near you.
High-def DVD war commences
Once upon a time, we watched our porn on VHS tapes, which triumphed over Sony's Betamax only after a fierce format war that spanned several years. Today’s technology may be different, but the story’s the same. If you’re waiting for the next-generation DVD, get ready for a fight. VHS vs. Betamax, round II, has begun!
Mac porn surfers rejoice!
Mac users who have trouble streaming or downloading online porn videos will be happy to learn that Apple has released software that allows its newest Intel-based Macs to run the Windows XP operating system.
Sexing up video games
Not too many years ago it might have seemed far-fetched to see Mario riding Luigi, or to watch Princess showing off her toadstools. But today virtual sex on your PlayStation is poised to explode, according to Wired News, which says the video game industry is ready and willing to take on adult.
Cingular to patent smilies
If you're a text-happy consumer, get ready to wipe that smiley off your cell phone's face. Cingular, operator of America's largest wireless phone network, has filed an application to patent the concept of using emoticons on mobile phones.
Online scammers get personal
They resemble e-mails from friends, employers, banks and even e-commerce giants such as eBay. And while many such emails are legitimate, some might be scams. And now the people behind them are engaging in a new, more targeted form of cyberfraud called "spear-phishing."
The iPod porn race
Since Apple's unveiling of the video iPod last month, a slew of gay adult companies have released some - usually promotional - content for the popular media player.
The first out of the gate:
iPod porn challenges
Last week we predicted that, with the advent of the video iPod, porn for the compact media device would be imminent. But in our enthusiasm we neglected to point out a couple of caveats that might keep the flow of iPod porn to a trickle rather than a flood.
Microsoft / Yahoo Messenger to merge
While Instant Messengers are nifty communications tools, dealing with multiple IMs can be a pain - like having different phone lines for different sets of friends and colleagues. But now two of the biggest players in Instant Messaging, Yahoo! and Microsoft, have announced their intention to make their two IM systems compatible.
iPod porn on the way
Apple Computer has launched a new line of iPod that will store and play up to 150 hours of video on a 2.5 inch color screen. The company will begin by selling more than 2,000 music videos and five different television programs from ABC and the Disney Channel. But could iPod porn be far away?
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