News tagged with house arrest

Company: Cost of hosting Megaupload data untenable

(AP) -- The company hosting the frozen data of millions of users of the file sharing site Megaupload says somebody needs to pay the company's bill or allow it to delete the data.

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created Mar 22, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

US prosecutors file for extradition of Kim Dotcom

(AP) -- Federal prosecutors in the United States have filed papers in New Zealand seeking the extradition of Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom and three of his colleagues, whom they accuse of making a fortune by helping Internet ...

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created Mar 05, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Internet has become 'surveillance machine': Assange

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange blasted the mainstream media, Washington, banks and the Internet itself as he addressed journalists in Hong Kong on Monday via videolink from house arrest in England.

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created Nov 28, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 8

3 plead guilty in BetOnSports online gambling case

(AP) -- Three former executives of the online sports gambling Web site BetOnSports, including two of the company founder's siblings, pleaded guilty to federal racketeering charges.

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created Jun 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Kim Dotcom allowed back online in New Zealand

(AP) -- The founder of file-sharing website Megaupload, Kim Dotcom, is being allowed back online.

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created Apr 02, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 2

Chinese netizens flood Obama's Google+ page

Hundreds of Chinese have flooded US President Barack Obama's Google+ page, apparently taking advantage of a glitch in China's censorship system to post about human rights and green cards.

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created Feb 26, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (6) | comments 7

Kremlin TV to air Julian Assange's new show

(AP) -- Wikileaks founder Julian Assange's new talk show will be broadcast on RT, the Kremlin-funded English-language television station said Wednesday.

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created Jan 25, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1