Neowin News Feed for: Megaupload

Kim Dotcom begins final appeal against extradition to the United States

Paul Hill — Mon, 10 Jun 2019 19:20:01 +0000

MegaUpload executives, including Kim Dotcom, who are facing extradition to the US, have begun appealing their case in the New Zealand Supreme Court. The appeals got under way today. Read more...

Kim Dotcom opens up legal file sharing service for 10,000 users

Paul Hill — Thu, 31 Aug 2017 20:34:01 +0000

Kim Dotcom, famous for MegaUpload, has opened a new service, named Bitcache, for 10,000 early users in order to test the service. It is still a work in progress and won't be open until next year. Read more...

Court of public opinion: Kim Dotcom to have his extradition trial livestreamed on YouTube

Vlad Dudau — Tue, 30 Aug 2016 12:34:02 +0000

Kim Dotcom will be appealing New Zealand's extradition ruling, which would send him back to the US to face trial for copyright infringement. But in a plot twist, the trial will be livestreamed. Read more...

Kim Dotcom: 'Megaupload is coming back'

Vlad Dudau — Thu, 07 Jul 2016 09:48:01 +0000

The notorious internet mogul, Kim Dotcom, known for his file sharing companies, said that a new service will launch soon. He also hinted that the new service will come in January 2017. Read more...

Kim Dotcom is warning users off of Mega: 'Air is getting thin'

Vlad Dudau — Fri, 22 Apr 2016 09:02:01 +0000

Kim Dotcom, famous for creating MegaUpload and subsequently Mega, is warning users off of the service he launched. He seems to believe their data is no longer safe and the company might disappear. Read more...

Kim Dotcom ruled eligible for US extradition

Boyd Chan — Wed, 23 Dec 2015 10:02:01 +0000

This afternoon, in front of a packed gallery, a New Zealand judge ruled that Kim Dotcom could be legally extradited to the US in order to face charges of copyright infringement. Read more...

Kim takes to Twitter to voice displeasure at Mrs Dotcom taking off with employee

Steven Parker — Thu, 19 Feb 2015 08:30:01 +0000

Two things are certain in this life, and that's death and taxes. Love, unfortunately is not a given as Mr Kim Dotcom found out when his supermodel partner took off with a former employee. Read more...

File sharing host Rapidshare to close March 31, users asked to backup data

Steven Parker — Thu, 12 Feb 2015 09:54:01 +0000

Yet another file sharing website will soon be lost to history, and again for undisclosed reasons. The site is now displaying a message on its homepage asking users to backup their data, or lose it. Read more...

Former Megaupload developer arrested in the US

Shreyas Gandhe — Tue, 10 Feb 2015 23:28:01 +0000

Andrus Nomm, a developer who claims to have worked with Megaupload prior to its shutdown has been arrested in the United States and could testify against Kim Dotcom in the ongoing legal battle. Read more...

Another victory for Kim Dotcom, he's getting all Megaupload data back

Andrew Stevenson — Tue, 09 Sep 2014 09:19:16 +0000

Megaupload, shut down in January 2012, is getting back the data confiscated by the FBI at the time of said shut down. It's a small victory for both founder Kim Dotcom and the users that paid him. Read more...

Megaupload asks for freeze on RIAA and MPAA civil suits

Jake Schenberg — Tue, 13 May 2014 07:02:54 +0000

Megaupload, Kim Dotcom, and others request stays on civil suits pursued by the music and movie industries to prevent their 5th amendment rights being violated in the ongoing criminal cases. Read more...

Kim Dotcom to start a political party under house arrest

Phi Ha — Tue, 14 Jan 2014 10:20:54 +0000

Mega founder Kim DotCom is planning to launch "Megaparty" in time for the New Zealand elections. The eccentric millionaire hopes to get the youth and internet users to be excited about voting. Read more...

Hotfile.com settles with MPAA for $80 million but closes anyway

Steven Parker — Thu, 05 Dec 2013 09:33:38 +0000

Hotfile.com who have been in a legal battle with the MPAA since 2011, had reached a settlement with the organization which included certain conditions to continue operating has closed anyway. Read more...

Kim Dotcom wins access to evidence found in Megaupload raid

John Callaham — Sat, 01 Jun 2013 01:40:12 +0000

A judge in New Zealand has ruled the evidence gathered in 2012 by law enforcement in the Megaupload raid can be accessed by its founder Kim Dotcom and his defense team. Read more...

Kim Dotcom: Mega now has over 3 million users

John Callaham — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 12:58:53 +0000

Kim Dotcom, the founder of the Mega file-sharing service, posted word today that it now has over 3 million users a month after its official launch, along with over 125 million uploaded files. Read more...

Mega pledges to offer more password options

John Callaham — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 06:21:47 +0000

The newly launched Mega file sharing website has pledged to offer new options that will allow users to change their passwords sometime in the future while defending its current security methods. Read more...

Kim Dotcom: Mega reaches 1 million users one day after launch

John Callaham — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 21:49:49 +0000

At the official launch party for his new Mega file-sharing service, Kim Dotcom announced that Mega already has over one million registered users one day after it opened to the general public. Read more...

Mega launches with server overloads and 250,000 users

John Callaham — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 23:15:00 +0000

Mega, the cloud-based file serving website, had server issues as it launched to the public earlier today as it had to handle a massive flood of registered users that currently total 250,000. Read more...

Mega opens to preview users, announces premium pricing

John Callaham — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 16:57:29 +0000

Some members of the press can now access Kim Dotcom's new Mega file sharing service, which includes the pricing for premium services and word on what features will be added in the next few months. Read more...

Kim Dotcom: Mega to offer 50 GB of cloud-based file storage for free

John Callaham — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 19:24:53 +0000

When Kim Dotcom's upcoming file sharing web service Mega launches on Sunday, it will offer up 50 GB of file storage space for free to its customers, but there's no word yet on premium services. Read more...

Kim Dotcom shows off Mega's file upload-download accelerator

John Callaham — Sun, 13 Jan 2013 21:48:47 +0000

Kim Dotcom has posted up another screenshot of Mega's interface, which will have an accelerator for uploads and downloads of file for his upcoming cloud service. Read more...

The Top 10 Tech News Stories of 2012

John Callaham — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 17:46:55 +0000

As 2012 comes to an end, we give our picks for the top 10 biggest stories in the tech industry in the past 12 months, featuring the launch of Windows 8, the reveal of Microsoft's Surface and more. Read more...

Kim Dotcom to hold Mega press event at his infamous mansion

John Callaham — Fri, 28 Dec 2012 15:27:49 +0000

Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom will hold a press event for his next website, Mega, at the New Zealand mansion which was raided in January by law enforcement as part of the Megaupload shutdown. Read more...

Screenshots of MegaUpload's successor, Mega, released

John Callaham — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 20:06:19 +0000

MegaUpload creator Kim Dotcom has posted up some new screenshots of Mega, the successor to his now shut down file sharing website, on his public Twitter account. Read more...

MegaUpload shutdown bad for the Box Office business?

Alfonso Maruccia — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 20:19:31 +0000

A new research digs deep into the box office revenues highlighting some interesting finds: blockbuster films improved their performance, while smaller products were hurt. Read more...

Kim Dotcom's extradition case could go all the way to July 2013

Paul Ferson — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 22:32:30 +0000

Kim Dotcom's extradition to the United States hearing could be pushed all the way back to July 2013, with the family's case reaching box-office proportions in terms of plot twists and turns. Read more...

MegaUpload heir gets a new domain

Alfonso Maruccia — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 21:59:30 +0000

Kim DotCom's new on-line service will have a New Zealand-based domain, the entrepreneur confirms. And it will work with the due respect of the local laws. Read more...

Dotcom's Mega loses domain before launch

Vlad Dudau — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 16:31:18 +0000

Megaupload's successor, Mega, isn't even out the door and is already running into problems. Months before launch it has lost its me.ga domain but owner, Kim Dotcom says a backup was already in place. Read more...

Kim Dotcom promises free fiber for New Zealand ISPs

Tyler Holman — Sun, 04 Nov 2012 17:45:15 +0000

Even as Kim Dotcom prepares to launch a successor to his ill-fated Megaupload, he's working on other exciting projects, like building a fiber system for New Zealand - and it's free, at least to ISPs Read more...

US Government: All your cloud data are belong to us

Tyler Holman — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 06:41:45 +0000

Kim Dotcom might be gearing up to launch his new venture, but the EFF's fight for Megaupload users' data is far from over, and now the government is saying that they don't really own their cloud data. Read more...

Kim Dotcom's Mega "will change the world" on January 20

Andy Weir — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 10:10:56 +0000

Kim Dotcom has launched a preview site for 'Mega', the file sharing service that will rise from the ashes of MegaUpload, and which promises to "change the world" when it launches next year. Read more...

Kim Dotcom reveals details of MegaUpload successor Mega

John Callaham — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 07:35:11 +0000

Kim Dotcom, the founder of the shut down file sharing website MegaUpload, revealed the first details of the site's successor, Mega, even though Dotcom is still facing online piracy charges. Read more...

Megaupload data might be released to owners

Andrew Stevenson — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 08:23:59 +0000

For users who lost access to files at the time of Megaupload's shutdown, there may yet be some hope that they can retrieve their data from the petabytes of data still available to the server's hosts. Read more...

New Zealand's Prime Minister says, "Sorry" to Kim Dotcom

John Callaham — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 14:04:53 +0000

New Zealand's Prime Minister, John Key, apologizes to MegaUpload founder Kim Dotcom, after it was found that the country's government illegally spied on Dotcom's activities. Read more...

Kim Dotcom teases the future of Megabox

Paul Ferson — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 17:16:26 +0000

Kim Dotcom, the now-famous internet media mogul, has revealed further details on Megabox. Anyone interested will be disappointed to discover the supposedly revolutionary service is "coming soon". Read more...

New Megaupload 90% finished, launching soon

Tyler Holman — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 21:02:06 +0000

Megaupload is coming back, and sooner than you think. Founder Kim Dotcom says that the new, decentralized and 'unstoppable' service is 90% coded, and servers are already being deployed. Read more...

MPAA: Hotfile is the 'most blatant inducer of copyright infringement'

Paul Ferson — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 06:53:30 +0000

The Motion Picture Association of America has deemed file-sharing hub Hotfile the "most blatant inducer of copyright infringement" during legal proceedings, beating even Megaupload and torrent sites. Read more...

Filesonic goes offline with no explanation provided

Paul Ferson — Mon, 03 Sep 2012 20:48:01 +0000

Filesonic, previously one of the major file-sharing websites on the internet, has been gone for the past few days with no explanation, and the main domain having suddenly changed hands. Read more...

Kim Dotcom to receives up to $6 million from government for legal battle

Paul Ferson — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 14:20:43 +0000

Kim Dotcom is to receive up to $6,000,000 from the New Zealand government to aid his legal battle for the future. This money will be secured from $10,000,000 in bonds that were frozen back in April. Read more...

Kim Dotcom claims he's going to 'turn this world upside down'

Paul Ferson — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 14:07:43 +0000

Kim Dotcom has shared some of his extremely ambitious plans with the internet via his Twitter account, indicating that he isn't going to give up on his goals for the future. Read more...