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Kim Dotcom Loses His Latest Appeal Against US Extradition
Kim Dotcom Loses Latest Appeal Against US Extradition Kim Dotcom, like John McAfee, is just the gift that keeps on giving in terms of news. Never far from controversy, it seems that the Kim Dotcom story has just gotten an extra chapter. For years, Kim Dotcom has been residing in…
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Kim Dotcom Wins Battle In US Extradition Fight
Kim Dotcom Kim Dotcom is one of those figures in the tech industry who is never far from the headlines. Whether he is building his own internet or suing the Canadian government, the founder of MegaUpload never seems to be far away from controversy. Over the last year though, one…
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Kim Dotcom Sues New Zealand Government For Over $6bn
Kim Dotcom Other than John McAfee, few people in the tech industry give us as much entertainment as Kim Dotcom. Founding MegaUpload in 2005, his website offering people the opportunity to share large sized files gave many a place to share documents too big for anywhere else. There was, of…
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Kim Dotcom is Still Building His Own Internet
Two years ago, we reported that controversial web entrepreneur Kim Dotcom was working on building his own internet. Dotcom, who is currently fighting extradition to the US over piracy charges, claimed his internet – dubbed MegaNet – would be non-IP based, which render DDoS attacks, for example, irrelevant. Since he…
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Kim Dotcom Launches Bitcoin-Fueled Megaupload 2
Internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom has fulfilled his promise to resurrect his Megaupload cloud storage and file sharing site, and his new iteration is powered by Bitcoin. Dotcom previewed Megaupload 2 yesterday (3rd April), along with its new payment system, dubbed Bitcache, which he claims “will take Bitcoin to the mass…
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Kim Dotcom Has Become Eligible for Extradition in the US
Kim Dotcom’s battle with the New Zealand High Court is renowned worldwide, and while the case has been dragging on for quite a few years now, it looks like Kim himself has just suffered a major setback that could put him on a flight to the United States soon. To be more…
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Kim Dotcom Could Be Extradited to the US
Things are not looking good for Kim Dotcom right now, as a recent judicial ruling has decided that he can actually be extradited to the United States in order to face copyright charges. Just in case you’re not familiar with the situation, Kim currently resides in New Zealand, and he is…
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Kim Dotcom is Building His Own Internet
Kim Dotcom, the New Zealand-based German web entrepreneur currently awaiting the outcome of a trial to extradite him to the US on charges of piracy, money laundering, and fraud, is full of admirable bluster. While his ambition often outweighs his reach, as evidenced by his previous endeavours Megaupload and Mega…
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Kim Dotcom’s Music Streaming Service to Give 95% of Proceeds to Artists
As divisive as the German entrepreneur may be, few can accuse Kim Dotcom about not giving a damn. All of his endeavours – from two failed attempts at secure cloud storage and file sharing under the Mega banner, to his foray into politics with New Zealand’s Pirate Party – have…
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Kim Dotcom’s Mega 3.0 Will Be Fully Encrypted and Non-Profit
Kim Dotcom just won’t let it lie. After Megaupload, his first stab at a file-sharing service, was taken down amid a flurry of legal action, which resulted in the German entrepreneur having his assets seized by the US government, Dotcom launched Mega, which offered users free and secure cloud storage.…
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It Might Be Time to Delete Your Mega Account
Controversial German web entrepreneur Kim Dotcom, founder of defunct file sharing site Megaupload, and its sister cloud-sharing service Mega, has warned that Mega has been forced out of his control via a hostile takeover and into the hands of the New Zealand government, via a Chinese businessman wanted for fraud.…
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Siezed Megaupload Domains Hijacked By Scam Ads and Malware
Megaupload domains that were seized by the US Department of Justice, as part of its legal action against company founder Kim Dotcom, have now been hijacked by scammers who are using the domain names to distribute malware and host scam adverts. Megaupload.com and Megavideo.com are now active again after the…
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Small Victory for Kim Dotcom as Court Releases More Seized Funds
Kim Dotcom hasn’t had it easy the past years with the US authorities wanting him extradited and their seizure of his financial assets. But now he’s finally caught a little break as Justice Patricia Courtney ruled to free more of his money, allowing Dotcom to pay his past and current…
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US Government Seizes Kim Dotcom’s Assets Again
German web entrepreneur Kim Dotcom, as a businessman, politician, and world-ranking FPS player, is like a real-life Buckaroo Banzai. Unlike Banzai, however, Dotcom does not have friends in the United States government which, for the second time, has seized the New Zealand-based MEGA owner’s assets, worth millions of dollars. The…
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