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By Adrianne Jeffries 2/01/11 6:08pm

technology & sex

NYC’s High-Tech Sex Workers Carry BlackBerrys and Advertise on Facebook

How are the world’s oldest professions using the world’s newest technology?

Wired’s “How Tech Tools Transformed New York’s Sex Trade,” by Columbia sociologist Sudhir Venkatesh, describes how sex workers are using modern tools to protect themselves and be their own bosses.

Mr. Venkatesh studyied the sex industry in New York City by following Read More

By Chris Shott 4/24/08 4:03pm

Scores Empire Just Keeps Crumbling

The champagne room has finally gone dry at embattled Manhattan strip club Scores West.

The New York Post reports that authorities from the New York State Liquor Authority (S.L.A.) showed up Wednesday to confiscate the voluptuous 10,000-square-foot venue’s precious liquor license.

(Albeit apparently not before getting a visit from reality TV couple Alex Read More

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