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Kim Dotcom could reclaim assets after paperwork error

...a procedural error prior to seizing property belonging to Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom, and the mistake could mean the government will now be required to... Read more

19 March, 2012 by Greg Sandoval

US moves to extradite Megaupload's Kim Dotcom

...US government has filed a request in New Zealand to extradite Kim Dotcom, the founder of Megaupload, and three associates who are also accused of... Read more

5 March, 2012 by Greg Sandoval

Megaupload founder Dotcom to remain on bail

...Megaupload founder and accused pirate Kim Dotcom will remain free on bail until his extradition hearing in August. Megaupload... Read more

29 February, 2012 by Steven Musil

Megaupload founder poses 'extreme' bail flight risk

...Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom is at extreme risk of skipping bail, prosecutors argued in a court... Read more

23 January, 2012 by David Meyer

Megaupload's user data gets a two-week reprieve

Megaupload's hosting services agree to preserve the digital files stored at the cyberlocker service for at least two weeks Read more

31 January, 2012 by Greg Sandoval

Megaupload-stored files could be deleted on Thursday

The companies hired to store data by cyberlocker provider Megaupload may start deleting its customers data on Thursday, according to US prosecutors involved in the massive piracy case Read more

30 January, 2012 by Edward Moyer

Megaupload's Dotcom makes bail in New Zealand

Kim Dotcom, the erstwhile proprietor of the Megaupload cyberlocker service, has been freed on... Read more

22 February, 2012

Megaupload's Dotcom loses bail appeal

Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom has lost his appeal bid to be released on bail. The alleged... Read more

3 February, 2012

Megaupload's Dotcom loses bail bid

Megaupload chief Kim Dotcom will remain behind bars until February at the earliest, after a New... Read more

25 January, 2012
Dead IT giants: A top 10 of the fallen

Dead IT giants: A top 10 of the fallen

...the third-most-visited site on the internet. Not long before the dotcom bubble burst, GeoCities was taken over in 1999 by Yahoo for $3... Read more

19 November, 2010 by David Meyer

Cloud services in retreat after MegaUpload strike

...MegaUpload file-sharing site and the arrest in New Zealand of Kim 'Dotcom' Schmitz. The action has prompted a string of rival file-sharing and... Read more

24 January, 2012

FileSonic blocks sharing in wake of Megaupload raid

...charges covering copyright infringement, racketeering and even money laundering. Site founder Kim Dotcom is in jail with three others awaiting a bail decision on Wednesday... Read more

23 January, 2012

Megaupload arrests and shutdown spark hack attacks

US authorities have shut down the file-sharing site Megaupload and arrested its proprietors, in a huge crackdown that has prompted possible attacks by Anonymous hackers Read more

20 January, 2012 by David Meyer

Ofcom lays out rules for 4G auction

The regulator wants to ensure there will be at least four major operators that can wholesale fast mobile broadband connectivity once the upcoming 4G spectrum auction has been completed Read more

22 March, 2011 by David Meyer
Program or Be Programmed (by Douglas Rushkoff) 2.0

Program or Be Programmed (by Douglas Rushkoff) 2.0

...society from its beginning, correctly predicting the rise of the net, the dotcom boom and bust, as well as the current financial crisis. He is... Read more

23 July, 2011

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