Weekend Reading: Top Web Hosting News from July 23 – 27, 2012
July 28, 2012 -- This week’s most notable web hosting industry news stories included news of several acquisition deals (including cPanel, VMware and cloud host Six Degrees) several high-profile...
View ArticleNew Zealand Court Orders US to Show Megaupload Evidence Prior to Kim Dotcom...
August 17, 2012 -- In yet another legal win for Kim Dotcom, the New Zealand High Court judge ruled this week that the United States must present all the evidence it has against Dotcom and the other...
View ArticleWeekend Reading: Top Web Hosting News from August 13 – 27, 2012
August 18, 2012 -- This week’s top web hosting industry news stories included Rackspace releasing a OpenStack-based private cloud software, the New Zealand High Court ordering that the United States...
View ArticleMegaupload Founder Kim Dotcom Planning “Massive Global Network,” Inviting Hosts
August 28, 2012 -- According to a series of Twitter posts made Tuesday, Kim Dotcom, the infamous and embattled founder of the Megaupload file sharing service (and self-styled “freedom fighter”) is...
View ArticleMegaUpload Designs Comeback Service Mega to Skirt Cloud Storage Liabilities
October 18, 2012 -- In an exclusive interview with Wired on Thursday, Megaupload has detailed its new technology, called Mega, that will allow users to upload, store and share large data files while...
View ArticleMegaUpload Founder Kim Dotcom Says Me.ga Plans Now Include Free Broadband for...
November 5, 2012 -- Kim Dotcom, the controversial figurehead responsible for MegaUpload, the file sharing site shut down last year by US authorities, revealed further details relating to the new...
View ArticleFile Sharing Service RapidShare Changes Traffic Model to Deter Piracy
November 9, 2012 -- File sharing service RapidShare announced this week that it would change its traffic policies, placing a daily cap on outbound traffic, a move the company says will further deter...
View ArticleWeekend Reading: Top Web Hosting Stories from the Week of November 5-9, 2012
November 11, 2012 -- This week's top stories were a good mix of news, features and video content, including a feature on some cool android apps released by hosting providers, a tour of RagingWire's...
View ArticleKim Dotcom Claims Megaupload Search Warrants Unlawfully Obtained by US...
January 4, 2013 -- Megaupload has submitted a filing to the US District Court on Wednesday that claims the US government misled the court when it used planted evidence to get search warrants.
View ArticleWeekend Reading – Top Web Hosting Stories December 31 – January 4
January 5, 2012 -- It was back to business this week, the first week of the new year, and the first week following a holiday break for many in the hosting business. The week saw a range of news,...
View ArticleCanada Withholds Megaupload Servers from US Authorities
January 17, 2013 -- Canada has told US authorities in the Megaupload case that it won't send over the data on 32 servers until it determines what files are stored on the machines. Megaupload's lawyers...
View ArticleInternet Service Providers, Web Hosts on Board with Launch of New Cloud...
January 21, 2013 -- Kim Dotcom celebrated his birthday and the one-year anniversary of his arrest by launching a new file storage and sharing site, Mega, over the weekend. The Mega website began...
View ArticleWhat Controversial Storage Service Mega Wants from Service Provider Partners
January 29, 2013 -- Around half a million people signed up for cloud storage and file sharing site Mega within the first 14 hours of it being live early last week. These numbers make it clear that...
View ArticleKim Dotcom Loses Against US in Extradition Evidence Case
March 1, 2013 -- A New Zealand court overturned a ruling on Friday that would have given Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom full access to the evidence the FBI plans to use against him in its extradition case.
View ArticleKim Dotcom Extradition Hearing to be Delayed Again
June 10, 2013 -- The extradition hearing for Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom may be pushed to April 2014, according to a report by Torrent Freak on Monday.
View ArticleLeaseWeb Responds to Claims It Erased MegaUpload Servers Without Warning
June 19, 2013 -- Netherlands-based web hosting provider LeaseWeb responded to Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom's claims made Wednesday morning via Twitter that LeaseWeb had "wiped ALL #Megaupload...
View ArticleMega Opens New Zealand Cloud Storage Node
September 3, 2013 -- Cloud storage service Mega announced via its blog that it has opened its New Zealand storage node, which also serves its Australian, Papua New Guinean, Fijian and New Caledonian...
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