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hotel management Mystery and mayhem surrounding MegaUpload (roundup,The founder of the cyberlocker service will remain in jail at least until his extradition hearing is held on Feb. 22.
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Judge rules Honda overstated hybrid fuel economyHeather Peters won a suit in small claims court against Honda, claiming the company misled her through fraudulent advertising into buying a Civic Hybrid.
Anti-SOPA activists with Anonymous launch attacks to shut down government and entertainment industry sites after MegaUpload arrests.
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Scene from a New Zealand courtroom: Kim DotCom (at right) and others arrested January 19.
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Online security is threatened by more than hacking and phishing attempts. Check here for the latest updates on software vulnerabilities, data leaks, and rapidly spreading viruses--and learn how to protect your systems.
The hosting site successfully fights a copyright claim by Universal Music Group over a YouTube video.
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Lawyer for MegaUpload founder Kim DotCom asks New Zealand court to release him on bail, saing hes innocent of piracy and money-laundering charges against him. Lawyers for the U.S. say DotCom is an extreme flight risk.
Neil MacBride, the U.S. attorney who indicted MegaUpload founder Kim DotCom, is the former chief of antipiracy at the Business Software Alliance.
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Raids on offices, homes, and hotel suites in Hong Kong yield a large amount of digital evidence and suspected criminal proceeds.
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Facebook goes quiet, comes alive againMultiple reports of slow loading and even no loading suggest that Facebook is experiencing problems. What might it be?
&149; MegaUpload founder: Police punched and kicked me
A life-size inflatable tank shows up on the front lawn of the MegaUpload founders New Zealand home and nearly sparks a media frenzy.
Digital lockers service can now only be used to upload and retrieve files users personally uploaded.
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All the recent talk that the FBI cracked down on MegaUpload after being pressured by the music industry is just wrong. Nobody was doing more to prompt the federal government to act in the MegaUpload case than the film sector.
Social video sharing app ShowYou goes deep with v3.0With the third version of the critically acclaimed app, users will be able to drill down and see more of the videos their friends are sharing--and what their friends friends are watching.
opinionWith OpMegaUpload, Anonymous launches the equivalent of thermonuclear cyber war. What will be the consequences? Worse, did Anonymous just get played?
In the indictment filed in a New Zealand court earlier this month, the U.S. Justice Department says Kim DotCom oversaw an attempt to copy all of YouTubes videos and tried to inform on rivals.
A 300-pound hacker, street racer, and convicted computer criminal is allegedly menacing filmmakers. The founder of MegaUpload, a service accused in a lawsuit of encouraging illegal file sharing, is a character right out of a studio script.
CNET rounds up the list of targets from todays Anonymous DDoS attacks, including which ones stayed up, went down, or flipped back and forth.
The founder of the cyberlocker service must stay in police custody in New Zealand until February 22, when an extradition hearing is expected.
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Charges of Web piracy are at the center of a legal battle embroiling the hosting site MegaUpload and its founder, the colorful Kim DotCom. Hackers get into the fray, too, early on.
Touchdown dance! On finding lost gems from the Muppets HensonCharlie Magnetico is the second lost Henson film to be posted online in as many weeks. Crave hears from the AT&T archivist who unearthed these little jewels.Crave
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MegaUploads attorney says a deal has been worked out with hosting companies that will give managers time to find a more permanent fix.
Aside from losing control of a massive download empire, there is a huge sum of cash, fleet of exotic vehicles, and many domain names that could become government property if the accused MegaUpload founders are guilty.
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People have flocked to other file-swapping sites since MegaUpload was shut down and became entangled in a criminal copyright case.
Waze uses crowdsourcing to keep drivers out of a jam (video)Navigating through traffic congestion is one of lifes headaches. SmartPlanet visits Silicon Valley startup Waze to hear how its app enables drivers to share real-time traffic information.
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How did the feds acquire all those MegaUpload conversations? There are hints that the FBI managed to place government-issued spyware on the defendants computers.
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Adobe gives Photoshop CS6 a new graphics-chip boostThe Liquify tool is responsive and more powerful thanks to use of the graphics processing unit in Photoshop CS6. Also: background save.
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One of the worlds largest Internet-file storage services has ended a fight instigated by Perfect 10, a lithotel management Mystery and mayhem surrounding MegaUpload (roundupigious studio. But MegaUploads copyright troubles may not be over.
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Universal claims it was authorized to order the takedown of a MegaUpload video because of a certain agreement with YouTube and that it wasnt claiming copyright ownership.
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Apples smartphone share rises, but Android still on topGoogles Android remained the dominant platform in the U.S. last quarter, even as Apple gained ground in the market thanks to the iPhone 4S, according to ComScore.
Seven people accused of operating the site and committing acts of online piracy were named in an indictment. Four people--including Kim DotCom, aka Kim Schmitz--have been arrested in New Zealand.
Kim Dotcom will spend the weekend in a New Zealand jail while the U.S. tries to extradite him. His attorney says YouTube was accused of the same copyright violations but nobody raided its offices.
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