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So Kim Dotcom Wants To Sell Me A Patent
Kim Dotcom has a lot of fingers in a lot of pies. He’s fighting off international criminal charges, he’s a Call Of Duty champion, he’s a musician, and now it turns out, he’s also a patent vendor. Kim claims to own the patent that deals with Twitter’s new two-factor authentication service, and he wants to sell it to me.
Kim Dotcom Took 3D Printed Gun Plans Off Mega
In a statement to TechCrunch that was conspicuously devoid of live-tweeting, helicopter chases or any underwater components, Kim Dotcom announced that he has instructed the Mega staff to delete any public copies of the blueprints for this week’s fully 3D-printable gun.
Kim Dotcom’s Mega Manifesto: ‘Privacy Is A Basic Human Right’
Kim Dotcom just broadcast a batshit spectacle live to the world from his mansion in New Zealand. Lofty ideas! Techno! A fake FBI raid! The gist: His new startup Mega isn’t just super-private file storage in the cloud. It’s a political statement about your privacy. Your data is yours and yours alone.
Mega Uses Random Data From Your Mouse And Keyboard To Beef Up Its Already Insane Encryption
Kim Dotcom’s newly launched Mega is determined not to get screwed over by the US feds the way MegaUpload did, and the trick is encryption, lots of encryption. Mega’s really going that extra mile too; it’s using your random mouse and keyboard data to strengthen your crypto keys.
Kim Dotcom’s Mega Is Now Open To The Public
Mega, Kim Dotcom’s big, flashy new copyright-dismantling file-sharing/storage site with encryption up the wazoo has finally launched. You can head on over and sign up right now. That is, so long as the site can hold under the crazy traffic. So far, it looks like it’s getting crushed under traffic. Different people are experiencing different things.
Hands On: First Look At Kim Dotcom’s Mega [Updated]
Ahead of the official launch tomorrow, Kim Dotcom’s Mega is live early for some members of the press. The landing page at mega.co.nz now redirects to kim.com/mega (in Safari) and shows an error to people using Chrome. Here’s everything we know so far about the new Megaupload. UPDATED WITH HANDS-ON IMPRESSIONS.
Me.ga Is Dead, Long Live Mega.co.nz
Kim Dotcom’s dream of hosting the follow-up to Megaupload at Me.ga fell through last week when Gabon’s government objected. No worries: it will now appear at the rather less snappy Mega.co.nz.
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