he good folks at Symantec’s OnlineFamily.Norton, a web-monitoring service for parents, scanned 3.5 million searches between February 2008 and July 2009 to determine the top searches made by kids and guess what?

Sex and Porn made the TOP 10!

Here is the complete TOP 10:

1. YouTube

2. Google

3. Facebook

4. Sex

5. MySpace

6. Porn

7. Yahoo

8. Michael Jackson

9. Fred (YouTube star Fred Figglehorn)

10. eBay

Here’s a link to the entire TOP 100 searches by kids. (I love that Norton has identifiers next to names on the list so parents know who in the heck they are. But really, do we not know who Miley Cyrus is? True though, I had no idea who the Fred guy was!)

From the BBC’s web site:

“Symantec’s internet safety advocate, Marian Merritt, said that with the service, ‘parents can stay in the loop on what their kids are doing online.’ ‘It also helps identify ‘teachable moments’ when parents should be talking with their kids about appropriate online behaviour and other issues in their kids’ online lives.’ “

Even my 6-year-old is searching online for You Tube. Walsh likes to watch videos that kids make with Lego’s re-enacting scenes from “Star Wars” and “Indiana Jones.”  Our computer is in a common room and I walk in and out on him checking what he’s looking at, but I honestly don’t know how he navigates to You Tube — if Michael has it bookmarked or he knows to type it into Google. I do worry when he’s in You Tube that he’ll be searching for something innocent and someone will have slipped something bad into the group of “Indiana Jones” videos.

Original Story: ajc.com/momania

Google’s search market share in China appears to be on the downswing after the government created limits on porn queries.
Baidu now has overtaken Google as the No. 1 search engine, according to NetApplications, which shows Baidu began gaining search market share late last year and that Google.cn started slipping in March.
Chinese authorities earlier this year criticized Google, Baidu and other Chinese Internet services for directing surfers to content considered illegal.
And just last month, China temporarily blocked Google access. Google.cn has restored its search functions, but search services for foreign sites are still unavailable.
Last week, China’s Ministry of Public Security told the country’s official news agency Xinhua that it not only will continue restrictions against online adult content, but it will beef up enforcement with the help of nine different government and Communist Party departments.

Original Story:  xbiznewswire.com

Let’s face it: We’re a world that loves smut. More than a third of Internet users surf to salacious sites on a semiregular basis, according to some purely academic research cited in a recent Harvard study (PDF). Most of those users hit nearly eight X-rated sites each month — and, even with a typical visit lasting only 11.6 minutes (insert inappropriate joke here), that can add up to an awful lot of video-based bandwidth.

As smartphones become more advanced and more common, one has to wonder how much of that viewing may spill over into the mobile world. More important, though, is what that could mean: With on-the-go data speeds already being a common source of complaint, a spike in heavy adult-oriented downloads just might convince carriers to consider some kind of mobile bandwidth caps in the future.

Sound far-fetched? Keep reading.

The Cellular Porn Strain

Japan, as we all know, tends to be a bit ahead of us when it comes to technological advances. Mobile Internet use is no exception, either: With a two-year jumpstart in the world of high-speed mobile access, Bloomberg reports, Japanese customers are now using the Internet from their phones three times as much as we are.

So where does the porn come into play? It’s simple: Where you have video viewing, you have pornography seeking. Japan’s largest carriers are reportedly finding that the hunger for porn is starting to cause a serious strain on their networks — and, as such, they’re starting to impose caps on the users who transfer the most data.

Just ask Yusuke Tsunoda, a Tokyo-based business analyst who explains the implications with more innuendo that we could have possibly requested.

“Pornography will eventually open a debate about how carriers should modify their business model as data traffic swells,” Tsunoda tells Bloomberg. “It may prompt even tighter access restrictions.”

Now, to be fair, the carriers don’t have any firm data on how much of Japan’s mobile surfing is purely porn-related. They do, however, say the majority of the data transferring is likely from movie streaming, and the nation’s top porn providers say mobile-based sales are “driving [their] revenue growth.” If that’s not enough, a telecommunications research group tells Bloomberg mobile-based porn revenue is exploding, with projections showing cash flow from cell phone smut more than doubling over the next five years.

The Need For Speed

The issue, of course, comes down to speed: Japanese customers are complaining that access is slowing down to a stop around peak usage times (which, in this case, happen to be around midnight — surprise, surprise). The parameters may differ, but the overall concerns really aren’t a far cry from those that have led American Internet providers to experiment with broadband caps in recent months. Whether it’s AT&T’s monthly data caps or Cox Communications’ bandwidth management system, the concepts all revolve around companies taking steps to keep heavy users from dragging their networks down.

The idea of straight-out throttling — that is, singling out certain types of Internet traffic and selectively slowing them — has been met with fierce criticism in America. Still, some providers have found ways to implement such activity-ranking systems as a form of bandwidth management, temporarily slowing or stopping certain types of large data transfers when the network gets overloaded. What’s to stop the same logic from being applied to a cellular-based system here?

Mobile bandwidth caps may still be years away for us, but they may ultimately be something we’ll have to contend with as mobile Web browsing becomes a bigger part of our lives. Apple can keep porn out of the App Store, after all, but it can’t keep you from seeking what you please in Safari. If Japan’s situation is any indication, America’s unlimited data plans could eventually come with a caveat.

Original Story:  pcworld.com

Some people want to be rock stars, some – movie stars, and some – porn stars! If you are dreaming about a career in the adult industry, keep in mind that it is a highly competitive field. Even though over 10,000 new adult videos are released every year, becoming a porn star can be a difficult task. Here are some tips on how to jump into this secretive industry and become well known online and offline.
Weigh all the pros and cons

Make sure that porn star career is right for you. This important decision can alter – and sometimes ruin – all your life. These are just a few of the things you need to consider before breaking into the adult industry:

•    Look back at the choices you have made in the past. If you feel that most of them ended up backfiring, perhaps it is not a good time to make this life-changing decision.
•    Unless you become an “A-list” actor, you will be asked to perform much more intense sexual acts like group sex or double penetration.
•    You have a very small chance to become a successful porn star if don’t perform with both sexes. So if you are homophobic, think twice.
•    Most scenes that you see for 15 minutes take from 4 to 6 hours to film. It can be very difficult for men to remain erect during that time.
•    Be prepared to sit around on sets, sometimes for several hours, waiting for your scene to be filmed.
•    Few studios will cover your travel expenses, hotel accommodation, car rental, or food bills. They also rarely provide food or drinks on a set.
•    Your images and videos might be distributed worldwide. They can’t be removed by producers at your request because porn studios often sell the rights on to other companies.
•    Your family, friends and prospective employers are likely to find out about your new profession. Can you imagine their reaction?
•    If you have or plan on having kids, keep in mind that they will face the stigma of their parent being a porn star. You know, what is done by night appears by day.
•    Being a good performer requires excellent interpersonal and communication skills. Are you a friendly, respectful, easy going and most of all, reliable person?
•    A good porn star has to pay a lot of attention to their appearance. It means going to the gym, keeping yourself clean, see your dentist regularly, getting your hair done, etc.
•    Getting paid for sex is the surest way to ruin your enjoyment of sex. It will seem that you are working 24/7!

Porn actors and actresses

If you are a man, getting into the porn industry will be very difficult. The reason is simple: most viewers look at the girl and care less about the guy. There are few openings for men who want to do professional porn and even less for heterosexual porn. So don’t expect to make a lot of money unless you do gay porn and/or become an “A-list” actor.

Guys have to meet much more requirements to get a job. You have to be willing to work with any girl in any situation, and get ready for stop-start sex. In order to be successful as a leading performer you must be able to get hard, keep it up, and have orgasms on command. It takes practice, good physical shape and stamina.

If you are a man who wants to become a porn star, the best advice is to find a hot girl and go to a studio with her. The girl should specify that she’s only willing to work with you. This way you can get your ticket to the porn world. Getting into gay porn is easier – just go to the gay porn studios and get an audition. They are always looking for new talents.

However, women may be also shocked at how hard it is for them to break into the adult industry and get paid well. Hundreds of drop dead gorgeous women try to become porn stars every year, so the competition is very tough.

Producers and casting agents pay attention to numerous parameters, including your natural beauty, breast shape and size, body, vaginal appearance, hygiene and acting abilities. Physiologically, it is not very difficult to play your role – with just a bit of lubricant you can simulate your passion through the whole production.

If you get a job, you will need to get HIV tests every month. The certificate should be under thirty days old on the day of the shoot. Good producers don’t work with performers who have outdated paperwork.

Professional porn

If you want to become a professional porn star, you can either hire a reputable agent or do their work yourself. The agent will help you with advice, contacts with porn studios and bookings. They can also get you the auditions and conduct negotiations for you.

If you don’t want to spend money on agents, go to the porn studios and introduce yourself. You can find decent studios in New York, Miami, San Francisco, London, Amsterdam, Prague, Budapest, Toronto and Vegas, but about 80-90% of the top adult movies in the world are produced in Los Angeles, California. If you don’t live in or near that city, your chances to find a job are significantly smaller.

Some low-budget studios and independent directors advertise for models and video performers in local newspapers and magazines. They will ask you to leave your contact information and a couple of photos before making a decision.

Avoid going the “casting couch” route to get a job. Having free sex does not guarantee that you will become a porn star. Moreover, casting agents or producers don’t have to get HIV tests. Do you really want to risk your health for a job that you may never get?

Amateur porn

The rise of new technology has allowed anyone to set up their own website and – if they want – to become a porn star. You can easily start earning and becoming known worldwide with the help of a good webcam.

Obviously, it is much easier to become an amateur porn star than to be a professional performer. You do not have to go to the numerous castings to get a job or venture outdoors and come back exhausted.

Of course, selling your images and videos online on your own website requires some e-commerce business savvy. You should also ensure a fast speed connection for easy transmission of your images. Slow connection can actually ruin your business.

Another way to become an amateur porn star is working for webcam porn companies. There are numerous websites that can help you jump into this industry. Use Yahoo, Google or any other search engine to find contacts.

Typically, webcam porn companies offer their clients shows and charge money for it. You will have to perform for the individual or for the group (it depends on the terms of your contract). If you become a favorite with your clients and increase your follower base, you will earn more money.

It is very challenging to become a porn star. The adult industry is a business and the performers are rarely provided with much consideration. If you really want to make a career in the adult industry, be ready to work and to work a lot.

Original Story: ecommerce-journal.com

Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) has created a separate domain within its Bing search engine site that will be reserved exclusively for serving up pornographic images and videos. The domain, explicit.bing.net, will carry searchable content from adult magazine and video providers.
The move is not an attempt to make Bing racier. In fact, according to Microsoft, it’s designed to make it easier for IT managers and others to filter inappropriate content. “Potentially explicit images and video content will now be coming from a separate, single domain,” said Bing general manager Mike Nichols, in a Friday blog post.

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“This is invisible to the end customer, but allows for filtering of that content by domain name which makes it much easier for customers at all levels to block this content regardless of what the SafeSearch settings might be,” said Nichols.
SafeSearch is a tool that can be configured to block potentially offensive material. But it’s controlled by the end-user and thus can be easily turned off. Because it routes explicit images through a separate domain that can be blocked at the server level, Microsoft’s new approach should make it easier for tech managers to ensure that pornographic images are not finding their way onto workplace computers via Bing.

Microsoft’s Bing reconfiguration comes in response to the discovery that the search engine’s Smart Motion Preview feature allows Bing to be used as a virtual porn theater. Unlike other search engines, which simply redirect users to the source of a video, Smart Motion lets users view snippets of content—adult or otherwise—simply by mousing over search results.

The discovery prompted criticisms and China and certain Muslim countries have blocked the feature.

“Microsoft is never done when it comes to providing tools to help customers, whether they are large enterprises, local school districts or parents to make sure they can provide a safe searching experience when using Bing,” Nichols wrote.

Microsoft formally launched Bing earlier this month as part of a broader effort to beef up its presence in the search market. It committed more than $1.5 billion to acquiring search, or search-driven businesses—including a $1.3 billion buyout of enterprise specialists Fast Search & Transfer—through the first nine months of 2008.

The company is hoping to close the gap with Google (NSDQ: GOOG) in search market share. Google presently controls about 64% of the U.S. search market, while Microsoft owns just 8% of the market, according to researchers at comScore. Yahoo, the number two player, holds 21% of the search market.

Original Story:  informationweek.com

Sen. Manny Villar urged his fellow lawmakers to expedite the passage of bills that seek to prohibit and penalize the posting of videos and photos of sex acts on the Internet.

“We must stop this perversion,” Villar said.

Villar cited the case of actress Katrina Halili who recently filed a complaint against Dr. Hayden Kho for allegedly recording their private sex without her consent at the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI).

Their sex video, along with Kho’s other sex videos with different women, has been posted on several websites in the Internet.

Villar said such acts must be criminalized because it not only destroys an individual’s reputation, but also undermines decency and good values in Philippine society.

Villar said both the Senate and the House of Representatives must speed up action in passing the pending bills pertaining to voyeurism and anti-pornography which are gathering dust in the two chambers.

He said the Senate and the House must come up with a law that will encourage victims to file cases in court and minimize their public humiliation.

He said Congress and the executive department must act immediately to prevent the practice from getting out of control.

“The social cost of sex scandal videos that proliferate on the streets and on the Internet is not easy to measure, but the people are definitely already feeling its effect,” Villar said.

Since the Kho-Halili issue broke, copies of the video have hit the streets and are selling like hotcakes.

Each copy sells as high as P300 per copy. Thousands of copies are reportedly sold every day.

“People buy it and watch it at their homes,” Villar said. “Are we not aware that we are teaching our children twisted values about sex and indecency?”

Villar said lawmakers should focus on making these pending bills responsive to the need for a more decent society.

Original Story:  philstar.com