Top Porn Search Terms By State

Gizmodo tells us:

It's everyone's favorite time of year—the birds are chirping, the bees are buzzing, and PornHub has just released a big, ol' sticky mess of data about the country's porn habits. And the conclusion? The MILF is alive and well, Nevada is weirdly into adult film star Anita Queen, and anyone invested in the porn industry needn't worry—America says "yes" to porn. Among the many interesting little tidbits, the fresh load of data makes us privy to each individual states' top three search terms as well as the—er, duration of an individual's visit to that particular corner of the internet.

PornHub's interactive data map is here.

BELIZE: Anti-Virus Software Kingpin John McAfee Sought For Murder

John McAfee, the man who founded the company whose anti-virus software resides on hundreds of millions of computers worldwide, is being sought for murder by police in Belize.  Gizmodo reports:

According to Marco Vidal, head of the national police force's Gang Suppression Unit, McAfee is a prime suspect in the murder of American expatriate Gregory Faull, who was gunned down Saturday night at his home in San Pedro Town on the island of Ambergris Caye. Details remain sketchy so far, but residents say that Faull was a well-liked builder who hailed originally from California. The two men had been at odds for some time. Last Wednesday, Faull filed a formal complaint against McAfee with the mayor's office, asserting that McAfee had fired off guns and exhibited "roguish behavior." Their final disagreement apparently involved dogs.

Gizmodo notes that McAfee is well-known for his passion for psychoactive drugs.  Intel purchased the McAfee corporation for $7.6B in 2011, but John McAfee had cashed out many years earlier. He reportedly lost almost all of his estimated $100M fortune in the stock market before moving to Belize in 2008. 

RELATED: Before founding his anti-virus company, John McAfee spent time in the late 80s selling identification cards which "certified" that bearers of the cards were HIV-negative.

Steve Wozniak: Regulate The Cloud

In a column published today by Gizmodo, Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak calls for federal regulation of internet data storage services.

"I've had too many personal experiences get messed up just because companies change things on the cloud. I've come to a depressed state of feeling that I own nothing on the cloud and have no ability to keep things working the way they do. Features change and get dropped, things you depend on disappear, etc. And no company will ever take responsibility. It's rare to ever get told what really happened. [snip] It does suggest a responsibility of service providers to recover from such events, whether caused maliciously or accidentally, or by bad software. Our 'freedoms' come from regulation. The Bill of Rights reads "[some party] shalt not [do bad things]". Regulation is the only way we'll own a bit of what we trust to the cloud. I believe that regulation applies to banks and that money lost due to no fault of your own is replaced, at least for large amounts. Why not for the cloud, as well? And it would be better for this regulation to begin now, not in 30 years, when it may be too late.

Have you ever lost personal data "safely stored" in a cloud service?

The Sony SmartWatch

It's the 21st century version of that geek favorite, the calculator watch. And Gizmodo really hates it.

No No No No No

Gizmodo's Sam Biddle takes a dim view of a new smartphone app that offers the use of your home bathroom to people that you have friended on Facebook.

The crew behind CLOO, who apparently think putting a sassy salsa soundtrack to their demo video somehow makes the notion of a stranger coming in off the street and taking a shit in your bathroom (or doing Christ only knows what else) more palatable, are incorrect in their assumption. Unless I need spare dollars to feed the worst heroin addiction mankind has ever known, or am conducting a social experiment to see how many times I can be strangled to death, I don't want strangers in my apartment using my bathroom. I don't want strangers in my apartment baking cakes. I don't want strangers in my apartment reading to me as I fall asleep. I don't want strangers in my apartment.

We concur.

Apple's Revenge: Cops Raid Blogger's Home Over iPhone Prototype Story

California police raided the home of Gizmodo editor Jason Chen on Friday after the tech blogger posted a story about the next generation iPhone. Chen had paid a source $5000 for the phone after it was accidentally left in a bar by an Apple researcher.

Gizmodo.com editor Jason Chen came home Friday to find cops in his house, looking for evidence of a felony linked to an online expose about the new iPhone. "They then made me place my hands behind my head and searched me to make sure I had no weapons or sharp objects on me," Chen wrote on his Web site Monday night. Chen said a detective told him it search stemmed from "a misunderstanding that could be cleared up if I answered some questions." He refused to be grilled. A search warrant signed by a San Mateo County Superior Court Judge indicated detectives were searching for evidence connected to lost Apple device. The warrant allowed sheriff's detectives to seize all records, "including digital photographs and/or video of the Apple prototype 4G iPhone."

Detectives seized Chen's computers, hard drives, and a digital camera. California's shield laws protect journalists from being forced to turn over their sources. Nick Denton of Gawker Media, Gizmodo's owner, asks: "Are bloggers journalists? I guess we'll find out." After Apple had acknowledged that the phone was theirs, it was returned by Gizmodo, but not before it had been disassembled and critiqued in a lengthy column by Chen. He faces possible felony charges.

Valentine's Mouse

Gizmodo notes that the new sleek red mouse from G-Point takes on a different look when viewed from above.