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  • 01.28.08
    IEDR refuses says no to Porn porn sites | (0)
    Last year Hot Press reported on the case of Steven Ryan who was refused permission by the Domain Registry of Ireland (IEDR) to register a site called porn.ie. Steven, not one to quit in the face of adversity appealed the decision but received a final “no” last week. According to the IEDR, website addresses “must not be offensive or contrary to public policy or generally accepted principles of morality” but their remit does “not encompass the content that appears on .ie websites, the policies simply relate to the domain name itself.”Basically this means that IEDR can only rule on ...
  • 01.28.08
    You just gotta love technology… cheating | (0)
    Think your lady friend may be playing away? Well, here’s you’re chance to pretend you’re a crack CSI detective with the CheckMate Infidelity Test Kit. Oh yes! Now you can check for the presence of sperm on your loved one’s smalls as the solution turns the evidence into a lovely shade of violet. Scary stuff. But perhaps not as scary as WebWatcher. If your lady is smart enough to use condoms, you could always try this little beauty. It allows you to see every email and instant message your partner receives, check which websites they are visiting (damn, there goes ...