What do women want? Discovering what ignites female desire

Meredith Chivers is a creator of bonobo pornography. She is a 36-year-old psychology professor at Queen’s University in the small city of Kingston, Ontario, a highly regarded scientist and a member of the editorial board of the world’s leading journal of sexual research, Archives of Sexual Behavior. The bonobo film was part of a series [...]

Study: Rich men give women more orgasms

Scientists have found that the pleasure women get from making love is directly linked to the size of their partner’s bank balance.
via Study: Rich Men Give Women More Orgasms.

Apple iPhone apps: Now you can have your own iGirl

The iGirl is a female avatar trapped in your iPhone. You can make her dance or shake, change her clothes, ethnicity, and even what language she speaks. (No, she doesn’t take her clothes off—this is Apple).
via Descent Into Dumb iPhone Apps: Now You Can Have Your Own iGirl.

Twitter hack: How Britney and Fox News lost control

No phishing scam here: Someone broke into Twitter’s back-end tools and tinkered with 33 accounts, including Fox News, Rick Sanchez, Barack Obama, and Britney Spears.
via Twitter Hack Explained: How Britney And Fox News Lost Control.

China criticizes Google and Baidu on porn

The Chinese government broadened its recent effort to limit pornography on the Internet by criticizing 19 Internet companies by name on Monday, including the two market leaders in China, Google and Baidu.
via China Criticizes Google and Others on Pornography – NYTimes.com.

More sex, sex, sex in the student press

Sex has been the story of the student press for the past decade, for better and worse. Sex columns and sex issues in college newspapers and full-blown campus sex magazines have appeared with increasing regularity and as increasingly risqué at or near campuses nationwide and into Canada (and even India!).
via More Sex, Sex, Sex in [...]

Scientists: True love can last a lifetime

Using brain scans, researchers at Stony Brook University in New York have discovered a small number of couples respond with as much passion after 20 years together as most people only do during the early throes of romance, Britain’s Sunday Times newspaper reported… Previous research has suggested that the first stages of romantic love fade [...]

Chinese billionaire takes out $44,000 personal ad

No eHarmony for this fella.
via Chinese Billionaire Takes Out $44,000 Ad To Find Wife.

FCC’s Martin drops porn filtering idea

Even though Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Kevin Martin is leaving in a matter of weeks, he still hopes to push through a major policy decision he’s been backing for months: One that would create a nationwide free wireless broadband network for use by all.
via FCC’s Martin Drops Porn Filtering Idea – BusinessWeek.

Recession leads to surge in online dating

Fear of being alone, lack of money, and boredom are sending the recession-hammered online in search of their perfect mate. Not sure that seems like the right mindset for finding that special someone, but you can’t succeed if you don’t try.
via Recession Leads To Surge In Online Dating.