megaupload
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The Megaupload Takedown Killed At Least 10 Million Innocent Files
When Megaupload got taken down two years ago, it took a whole hell of a lot of data with it. And eventually it got obliterated. Some of it was pirate data, sure, but some was legit too. And new research shows that, at the very least, 10 million innocent files got the axe.
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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…
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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.
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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.