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		<title>Megaupload loses petabytes of data as Euro host pulls plug</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:01:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Davies</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Petabytes of Megaupload data trapped on one hosting company&#8217;s server has been deleted without warning, outspoken founder Kim Dotcom has revealed, meaning a huge number of predominantly European users have likely seen the end of their content. Leaseweb, one of several server providers Megaupload paid to store files, wiped 690 servers Dotcom told TorrentFreak, giving  <p><a href="http://www.slashgear.com/megaupload-loses-petabytes-of-data-as-euro-host-pulls-plug-19287093/" class="more-link">Read The Full Story</a>]]></description>
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		<title>FBI ordered to return confiscated hard drives to Kim Dotcom</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 May 2013 16:08:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Craig Lloyd</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been quite the journey for Mega founder Kim Dotcom, but it seems like things are slowly coming to a conclusion. The High Court of New Zealand has ordered the FBI to return confiscated hard drives that were taken from Dotcom&#8217;s home when it was initially raided last year. They have also ordered the US  <p><a href="http://www.slashgear.com/fbi-ordered-to-return-confiscated-hard-drives-to-kim-dotcom-31284430/" class="more-link">Read The Full Story</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Mega under Hollywood fire: Google tapped to block search results</title>
		<link>http://www.slashgear.com/mega-under-hollywood-fire-google-tapped-to-block-search-results-28283923/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 May 2013 16:01:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Craig Lloyd</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We knew it would end up getting criticism from the start, but Kim Dotcom&#8217;s recently-launched Mega website is getting the stink-eye from movie studios in Hollywood. While Dotcom claims that his new service is completely legal, studios like NBC Universal and Warner Bros. think the contrary, and have asked Google to take down the website  <p><a href="http://www.slashgear.com/mega-under-hollywood-fire-google-tapped-to-block-search-results-28283923/" class="more-link">Read The Full Story</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Megaupload shutdown increased legal movie downloads, according to study</title>
		<link>http://www.slashgear.com/megaupload-shutdown-increased-legal-movie-downloads-according-to-study-08273086/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Mar 2013 16:59:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Craig Lloyd</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What once was a haven for illegal downloading is now just an afterthought. After the shutdown of Megaupload last year, it seems users are starting to resort to legal downloading means, according to a study from Carnegie Mellon University. The study suggests that studios saw a boost in digital movie and music sales since the  <p><a href="http://www.slashgear.com/megaupload-shutdown-increased-legal-movie-downloads-according-to-study-08273086/" class="more-link">Read The Full Story</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Kim Dotcom can sue the New Zealand GCSB says courts</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2013 14:30:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shane McGlaun</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new wrinkle has been unveiled in the legal saga of Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom and his battle against extradition to the United States. Dotcom and other members of the Megaupload team stand accused of copyright infringement among other things and face huge fines and prison time. A court in the Zealand ruled this week  <p><a href="http://www.slashgear.com/kim-dotcom-can-sue-the-new-zealand-gcsb-says-courts-07272931/" class="more-link">Read The Full Story</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Mega now accepts Bitcoin as payment, also hints at e-mail, chat, voice expansion</title>
		<link>http://www.slashgear.com/mega-now-accepts-bitcoin-as-payment-also-hints-at-e-mail-chat-voice-expansion-16269596/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Feb 2013 21:02:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Sin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kim Dotcom has just announced through Twitter that Mega, his successor to Megaupload, will now be accepting Bitcoin as payment for its cloud storage services. You can purchase your Mega service with Bitcoin through Mega&#8217;s newest reseller, Bitvoucher. Bitcoin is a P2P digital currency that allows you to instantly make a payment to anyone, anywhere  <p><a href="http://www.slashgear.com/mega-now-accepts-bitcoin-as-payment-also-hints-at-e-mail-chat-voice-expansion-16269596/" class="more-link">Read The Full Story</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Mega search engine listings appear as files get the axe</title>
		<link>http://www.slashgear.com/mega-search-engine-listings-appear-as-files-get-the-axe-31267645/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2013 19:17:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Abent</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kim Dotcom&#8217;s Mega is off to a high-profile start, but today we&#8217;re hearing of seemingly inevitable copyright woes for the site. Mega has only been officially up and running for 11 days, but according to ComputerWorld, the website has already received 150 copyright warnings for 250 files. Since Mega lacks a search function and requires  <p><a href="http://www.slashgear.com/mega-search-engine-listings-appear-as-files-get-the-axe-31267645/" class="more-link">Read The Full Story</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Kim Dotcom: Mega will &#8220;take encryption to the mainstream&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.slashgear.com/kim-dotcom-mega-will-take-encryption-to-the-mainstream-23266446/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2013 16:52:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Burns</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week the next-generation iteration of online file hosting known as Mega has taken hold, its creator Kim Dotcom making it clear in an interview that this is no Megaupload, his goal being to usher in a new era for the web. This interview took place with the Wall Street Journal and included no lack  <p><a href="http://www.slashgear.com/kim-dotcom-mega-will-take-encryption-to-the-mainstream-23266446/" class="more-link">Read The Full Story</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Mega launches with issues all around, &#8220;smooth experience&#8221; coming soon</title>
		<link>http://www.slashgear.com/mega-launches-with-issues-all-around-smooth-experience-coming-soon-21266074/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2013 16:06:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Craig Lloyd</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kim Dotcom&#8217;s second brainchild officially launched yesterday, and while everything was obviously supposed to go smooth, it didn&#8217;t. It turns out, the new service claimed that one million users signed up on day one alone, and when you&#8217;re not expecting that big of a crowd, things can get cluttered fairly quickly. Many users reported issues  <p><a href="http://www.slashgear.com/mega-launches-with-issues-all-around-smooth-experience-coming-soon-21266074/" class="more-link">Read The Full Story</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Mega claims 1 million users on day one</title>
		<link>http://www.slashgear.com/mega-claims-1-million-users-on-day-one-20265995/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jan 2013 19:26:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Burns</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to none other than Kim Dotcom himself, Megaupload&#8217;s replacement Mega has attained 1 million users in the first day it&#8217;s been active. This of course includes those users that got early access, and the announcement was made at Dotcom&#8217;s own mansion in New Zealand at a conference clad with fireworks and scantily clad ladies.  <p><a href="http://www.slashgear.com/mega-claims-1-million-users-on-day-one-20265995/" class="more-link">Read The Full Story</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Mega goes live: Megaupload reborn with focus on file safety</title>
		<link>http://www.slashgear.com/mega-goes-live-megaupload-reborn-with-focus-on-file-safety-19265954/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jan 2013 18:44:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Davies</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kim Dotcom&#8217;s Mega cloud storage service has launched, cocking a snook at federal investigators who shut down Megaupload last year, and offering huge quantities of anonymous, encrypted storage for the web generation. The new site offers 50GB of free capacity to each user, though will have various tiers of paid service over that as the  <p><a href="http://www.slashgear.com/mega-goes-live-megaupload-reborn-with-focus-on-file-safety-19265954/" class="more-link">Read The Full Story</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Kim Dotcom&#8217;s Mega launches for early-access users</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2013 17:37:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Craig Lloyd</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Remember Megaupload? It was the file-sharing service created by Kim Dotcom that ended up being shut down and resulted in Dotcom&#8217;s house being raided, along with some more shenanigans of some kind. However, the dust as settled and Dotcom is back with a new service called Mega that looks to take on Dropbox and other  <p><a href="http://www.slashgear.com/kim-dotcoms-mega-launches-for-early-access-users-18265880/" class="more-link">Read The Full Story</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Instra Corporation announces that it will provide technical and customer support for Mega</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2013 07:56:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brittany Hillen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The New Zealand registrar Instra Corporation has announced that it will provide customer support and billing for Mega.co.nz, the replacement for Megaupload set to launch on January 19. This comes after the aforementioned cloud storage service &#8211; largely the home of copyrighted content &#8211; was taken down by the US government. The new iteration of  <p><a href="http://www.slashgear.com/instra-corporation-announces-that-it-will-provide-technical-and-customer-support-for-mega-18265815/" class="more-link">Read The Full Story</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Canadian court rejects US request for Megaupload server data</title>
		<link>http://www.slashgear.com/canadian-court-rejects-us-request-for-megaupload-server-data-17265673/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2013 11:20:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shane McGlaun</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve been following the saga of Kim Dotcom and Megaupload for a long time now. While most of the coverage is focused on attempts by the United States to extradite Dotcom and other managers of Megaupload to the US to stand trial, it&#8217;s been easy to forget about the data confiscated. Recently the United States  <p><a href="http://www.slashgear.com/canadian-court-rejects-us-request-for-megaupload-server-data-17265673/" class="more-link">Read The Full Story</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Mega launch event to be held at Kim Dotcom&#8217;s massive New Zealand mansion</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Dec 2012 11:20:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shane McGlaun</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Megaupload&#8217;s Kim Dotcom is still facing significant legal trouble from the United States over alleged copyright infringement. That case won&#8217;t move forward until sometime next year. Dotcom has been hard at work on his next service simply called Mega. Back in November, the on-again, off-again Mega service came back with a New Zealand web address.  <p><a href="http://www.slashgear.com/mega-launch-event-to-be-held-at-kim-dotcoms-massive-new-zealand-mansion-31262578/" class="more-link">Read The Full Story</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Megaupload Search Warrant shows no consideration for legitimate user rights</title>
		<link>http://www.slashgear.com/megaupload-search-warrant-shows-no-consideration-for-legitimate-user-rights-19257527/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Nov 2012 11:45:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shane McGlaun</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As more details surface about the case against Megaupload and Kim Dotcom, the more it seems that legitimate users of the service have been ignored by the legal system. Recently, an entrepreneur named Kyle Goodwin asked courts to return his files to him. As part of his request to have his data returned, Goodwin&#8217;s attorney  <p><a href="http://www.slashgear.com/megaupload-search-warrant-shows-no-consideration-for-legitimate-user-rights-19257527/" class="more-link">Read The Full Story</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Kim Dotcom&#8217;s Mega returns with New Zealand domain</title>
		<link>http://www.slashgear.com/kim-dotcoms-mega-returns-with-new-zealand-domain-12256582/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2012 17:17:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Abent</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kim Dotcom has experienced a few ups and downs in the past couple of weeks. First he announced that he would be launching the successor to Megaupload, simply called &#8220;Mega.&#8221; Before the new site could launch, however, when Gabon&#8217;s government decided that it didn&#8217;t want Kim Dotcom to set up shop and suspended the Me.ga  <p><a href="http://www.slashgear.com/kim-dotcoms-mega-returns-with-new-zealand-domain-12256582/" class="more-link">Read The Full Story</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Kim Dotcom&#8217;s Me.ga domain killed before new site could launch</title>
		<link>http://www.slashgear.com/kim-dotcoms-me-ga-domain-killed-before-new-site-could-launch-07255945/</link>
		<comments>http://www.slashgear.com/kim-dotcoms-me-ga-domain-killed-before-new-site-could-launch-07255945/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2012 10:51:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shane McGlaun</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kim Dotcom is still fighting a legal battle in New Zealand against the United States over alleged copyright infringement and piracy. Dotcom&#8217;s website MegaUpload remains closed and the fate of legitimate customer data stored on the company servers remains unclear. Dotcom had said that he would launch a new cloud-storage service in January using the  <p><a href="http://www.slashgear.com/kim-dotcoms-me-ga-domain-killed-before-new-site-could-launch-07255945/" class="more-link">Read The Full Story</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Kim Dotcom&#8217;s &#8220;Mega&#8221; site overloaded soon after launch</title>
		<link>http://www.slashgear.com/kim-dotcoms-mega-site-overloaded-soon-after-launch-01255250/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2012 21:05:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Craig Lloyd</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom has created another new file-sharing website, only this time he dropped the &#8220;upload&#8221; from its name. The service is set to officially launch in January, but Dotcom launched the Mega domain name and put up a splash page for the time being. However, the website soon became overloaded and went down  <p><a href="http://www.slashgear.com/kim-dotcoms-mega-site-overloaded-soon-after-launch-01255250/" class="more-link">Read The Full Story</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Mega announced by Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom</title>
		<link>http://www.slashgear.com/mega-announced-by-megaupload-founder-kim-dotcom-01255140/</link>
		<comments>http://www.slashgear.com/mega-announced-by-megaupload-founder-kim-dotcom-01255140/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2012 08:10:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brittany Hillen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Back on October 18, we reported that Megaupload&#8217;s founder Kim Dotcom planned to launch a new file sharing service named Mega. Mega will replace the banned Megaupload file-sharing website, which now displays nothing more than a spiffy FBI notice. The new file-sharing network has been announced, and is set to launch in January. The new  <p><a href="http://www.slashgear.com/mega-announced-by-megaupload-founder-kim-dotcom-01255140/" class="more-link">Read The Full Story</a>]]></description>
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		<title>SlashGear Evening Wrap-Up: October 18, 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2012 00:50:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Abent</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Welcome to Thursday evening, everyone. This afternoon we had a bunch of quarterly reports hit, and some were better than others. Google posted its quarterly report a little prematurely, a blunder that had a hand in driving down the price of the company&#8217;s stock. Later on in the day, we heard from Microsoft, which managed  <p><a href="http://www.slashgear.com/slashgear-evening-wrap-up-october-18-2012-18252735/" class="more-link">Read The Full Story</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Megaupload founder creates new file-sharing service, calls it &#8220;Mega&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.slashgear.com/megaupload-founder-creates-new-file-sharing-service-calls-it-mega-18252659/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2012 18:43:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Craig Lloyd</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom has faced a lot of grief lately from pretty much everyone with a badge. His house was raided, and he was thrown in jail for a bit. However, he&#8217;s back and isn&#8217;t even close to getting out of the business that got him in trouble in the first place. Along with  <p><a href="http://www.slashgear.com/megaupload-founder-creates-new-file-sharing-service-calls-it-mega-18252659/" class="more-link">Read The Full Story</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Inquiry into spying on Kim Dotcom ordered by NZ Prime Minister</title>
		<link>http://www.slashgear.com/inquiry-into-spying-on-kim-dotcom-ordered-by-nz-prime-minister-24248947/</link>
		<comments>http://www.slashgear.com/inquiry-into-spying-on-kim-dotcom-ordered-by-nz-prime-minister-24248947/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Sep 2012 10:20:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shane McGlaun</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We talked a lot about the drama centering on Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom. The New Zealand Prime Minister has ordered an official inquiry into claims that the New Zealand Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB) unlawfully spied on Dotcom. New Zealand Prime Minister John Key has called efforts to intercept communications sent by Dotcom illegal. Key  <p><a href="http://www.slashgear.com/inquiry-into-spying-on-kim-dotcom-ordered-by-nz-prime-minister-24248947/" class="more-link">Read The Full Story</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Department of Justice, FBI seize three Android pirate sites</title>
		<link>http://www.slashgear.com/department-of-justice-fbi-seize-three-android-pirate-sites-22243611/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Aug 2012 17:45:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Abent</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The federal government has continued its crack down on piracy, with the Department of Justice announcing that three different sites which market pirated Android apps have been shut down. The websites in question &#8211; applanet.net, appbucket.net and snappzmarket.com &#8211; are now all under the government&#8217;s control, and all three display the same copyright notice that  <p><a href="http://www.slashgear.com/department-of-justice-fbi-seize-three-android-pirate-sites-22243611/" class="more-link">Read The Full Story</a>]]></description>
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		<title>SlashGear Morning Wrap-up: August 9th, 2012</title>
		<link>http://www.slashgear.com/slashgear-morning-wrap-up-august-9th-2012-09242405/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Aug 2012 15:40:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Burns</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This morning it&#8217;s time for the leaks to come rolling in, starting with the Sony Xperia Tablet &#8211; all thin and new looking. Two &#8220;pre-human&#8221; species have been found in another awesome day in science that&#8217;ll be bringing new understanding to us on the whole &#8220;where did we come from&#8221; question. There&#8217;s still a bunch  <p><a href="http://www.slashgear.com/slashgear-morning-wrap-up-august-9th-2012-09242405/" class="more-link">Read The Full Story</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Megaupload Dotcom mansion raid video released</title>
		<link>http://www.slashgear.com/megaupload-dotcom-mansion-raid-video-released-09242351/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Aug 2012 11:24:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shane McGlaun</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve been talking about the legal drama centering on Megaupload owner Kim Dotcom and other executives with the file sharing company for a while. The legal battle has centered on having Dotcom and other managers of the website extradited to the United States to stand trial for alleged mass copyright infringement. As the case has  <p><a href="http://www.slashgear.com/megaupload-dotcom-mansion-raid-video-released-09242351/" class="more-link">Read The Full Story</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Steve Wozniak speaks: Megaupload frustrations, Microsoft praise and Google Glass lust</title>
		<link>http://www.slashgear.com/steve-wozniak-speaks-megaupload-frustrations-microsoft-praise-and-google-glass-lust-10237868/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2012 14:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Davies</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has spoken out on his frustrations around the Megaupload case, as well as praising Microsoft&#8217;s visual design as something Steve Jobs would be proud of. The outspoken exec voiced his dissatisfaction with the Kim Dotcom case while at the Entel Summit in Chile, FayerWayer reports, refusing to comment on whether he believes high-ranking  <p><a href="http://www.slashgear.com/steve-wozniak-speaks-megaupload-frustrations-microsoft-praise-and-google-glass-lust-10237868/" class="more-link">Read The Full Story</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Extradition hearing for Megaupload founders postponed until March 2013</title>
		<link>http://www.slashgear.com/extradition-hearing-for-megaupload-founders-postponed-until-march-2013-10237835/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2012 10:39:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shane McGlaun</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Extradition hearing for Megaupload&#8217;s Kim Dotcom and the other founders of the file sharing company was set for August 6 of this year. That date would&#8217;ve put the hearing roughly six months after Dotcom&#8217;s mansion was raided in New Zealand on a US warrant for alleged copyright infringement. That extradition hearing has now been delayed.  <p><a href="http://www.slashgear.com/extradition-hearing-for-megaupload-founders-postponed-until-march-2013-10237835/" class="more-link">Read The Full Story</a>]]></description>
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		<title>FBI rations Dotcom Megaupload evidence access</title>
		<link>http://www.slashgear.com/fbi-rations-dotcom-megaupload-evidence-access-06237452/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jul 2012 14:23:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Kersey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Back in May, the judge presiding over the extradition case between Kim Dotcom and the US government ruled that Dotcom was allowed access to the files and information that the FBI held on him. Lawyers from both sides met yesterday to argue exactly what would be handed over, the result being a 40-page document compiled  <p><a href="http://www.slashgear.com/fbi-rations-dotcom-megaupload-evidence-access-06237452/" class="more-link">Read The Full Story</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Megaupload case stalls as evidence seize &amp; share judged illegal</title>
		<link>http://www.slashgear.com/megaupload-case-stalls-as-evidence-seize-share-judged-illegal-28236190/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jun 2012 07:49:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Davies</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The massive US copyright infringement case against Megaupload founder Kim DotCom has found itself in choppy waters, after courts found search warrants used to seize data were invalid. In addition to New Zealand police acting without due process in their evidence collection, the New Zealand Herald reports, Justice Helen Winkelmann also decided that the FBI&#8217;s cloning of  <p><a href="http://www.slashgear.com/megaupload-case-stalls-as-evidence-seize-share-judged-illegal-28236190/" class="more-link">Read The Full Story</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Steve Wozniak supports Kim Dotcom in MegaUpload case</title>
		<link>http://www.slashgear.com/steve-wozniak-supports-kim-dotcom-in-megaupload-case-27235848/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jun 2012 16:18:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elise Moreau</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak is backing MegaUpload’s Kim Dotcom and bashing the US piracy case against him for alleged copyright infringement charges. While Dotcom still has yet to be extradited from New Zealand, his assets have been seized by US officials and they’re trying to keep him from paying for a legal defense with his  <p><a href="http://www.slashgear.com/steve-wozniak-supports-kim-dotcom-in-megaupload-case-27235848/" class="more-link">Read The Full Story</a>]]></description>
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		<title>US Department of Justice not keen on returning MegaUpload data</title>
		<link>http://www.slashgear.com/us-department-of-justice-not-keen-on-returning-megaupload-data-11233407/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jun 2012 00:30:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Raby</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Innocent bystanders who lost mountains of data, personal files, documents, and more when the popular but illegitimately operated cloud-based site MegaUpload was taken down, may end up being just plain out of luck, at least for a while. The US Deparment of Justice wants to block former user Kyle Goodwin from accessing his high school  <p><a href="http://www.slashgear.com/us-department-of-justice-not-keen-on-returning-megaupload-data-11233407/" class="more-link">Read The Full Story</a>]]></description>
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		<title>MPAA doesn&#8217;t want Megaupload data transferred</title>
		<link>http://www.slashgear.com/mpaa-doesnt-want-megaupload-data-transferred-03221249/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2012 10:31:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shane McGlaun</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not long ago the hosting company based in Virginia where Megaupload stored the 25 PB of data customers have uploaded sought relief from the courts. While Megaupload and its founder Kim Dotcom had been battling in court, the hosting company claims it is spending $9000 a day to retain the massive amount of data. The  <p><a href="http://www.slashgear.com/mpaa-doesnt-want-megaupload-data-transferred-03221249/" class="more-link">Read The Full Story</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Megaupload claims US Military uploaded 94,245 gigabytes</title>
		<link>http://www.slashgear.com/megaupload-claims-us-military-uploaded-94245-gigabytes-26220037/</link>
		<comments>http://www.slashgear.com/megaupload-claims-us-military-uploaded-94245-gigabytes-26220037/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2012 16:10:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Kersey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In an interview two weeks ago, Kim Dotcom revealed to Torrentfreak that a number of Megaupload’s users were from the US government. In new emails, Dotcom has given exact details as to which governmental bodies were using the service, as well as upload statistics. The information was uncovered as part of the Electronic Frontier Foundation’s  <p><a href="http://www.slashgear.com/megaupload-claims-us-military-uploaded-94245-gigabytes-26220037/" class="more-link">Read The Full Story</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Megaupload Copyright suits begin with ValCom for $42m</title>
		<link>http://www.slashgear.com/megaupload-copyright-suits-begin-with-valcom-for-42m-23219816/</link>
		<comments>http://www.slashgear.com/megaupload-copyright-suits-begin-with-valcom-for-42m-23219816/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2012 17:10:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Burns</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the saga between Megaupload and the United States government continues, lawsuits are destined to come down strong from creators and copyright holders associated with the filesharing sites found distribution selection. The amount of cash that the group ValCom, Inc. is seeking is just part of the massive half-billion in copyright losses and $175 million  <p><a href="http://www.slashgear.com/megaupload-copyright-suits-begin-with-valcom-for-42m-23219816/" class="more-link">Read The Full Story</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Dotcom gets $60k monthly for living expenses</title>
		<link>http://www.slashgear.com/dotcom-gets-60k-monthly-for-living-expenses-23219729/</link>
		<comments>http://www.slashgear.com/dotcom-gets-60k-monthly-for-living-expenses-23219729/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2012 10:26:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shane McGlaun</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For many people around the world $60,000 is a yearly salary, and in some areas a very nice yearly salary. In the world of Megaupload CEO Kim Dotcom $60,000 covers a month of living expenses. New Zealand courts have now granted Dotcom and his family $60,000 a month to cover living expenses. Judge Judith Potter,  <p><a href="http://www.slashgear.com/dotcom-gets-60k-monthly-for-living-expenses-23219729/" class="more-link">Read The Full Story</a>]]></description>
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		<title>MPAA may use retained Megaupload data for more suits</title>
		<link>http://www.slashgear.com/mpaa-may-use-retained-megaupload-data-for-more-suits-22219528/</link>
		<comments>http://www.slashgear.com/mpaa-may-use-retained-megaupload-data-for-more-suits-22219528/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2012 09:18:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shane McGlaun</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Motion Picture Association of America wants Megaupload&#8217;s hosting service to retain a whopping 25 PB of customer data that is stored on its servers. It&#8217;s allegedly costing the host, Carpathia based in Virginia, about $9000 each day to store the massive amount of user data. The MPAA&#8217;s court filing shows that Hollywood may use  <p><a href="http://www.slashgear.com/mpaa-may-use-retained-megaupload-data-for-more-suits-22219528/" class="more-link">Read The Full Story</a>]]></description>
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