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Kim Dotcom's Mega removing legitimate files
The newly launched Mega is already removing legitimate files, but the problem appears to lie with a third-party search engine.
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Facebook tries out emoticons
Some Facebook users can now go beyond simply updating their status — they can put an emoticon on the moment.
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New Zealand fines its first illegal file sharer
New Zealand's Copyright Tribunal has slapped down its first "three-strikes" penalty — the guilty party must pay a NZ$616 fine for sharing a Rihanna song.
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Facebook has more mobile users than desktop
The Q4 report from Facebook shows that mobile users have now overtaken desktop users for the social-networking giant.
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World Trade Organisation decision supports 'legal pirate site' in Antigua
The recent World Trade Organisation (WTO) meeting in Geneva has brought Antigua’s plan to run a copyright-free download site for media one step closer to reality. 3
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Twitter unveils Vine, its six-second Instagram for video
Twitter acquired Vine last year, and today it unveiled the stand-alone iOS app. It offers short looping videos that can be embedded anywhere.
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Did Twitter's CEO just tease the company's own video hosting?
In a tweet this morning, Twitter CEO Dick Costolo included a video clip from Vine, a start-up that the company reportedly bought last year. Is this a sign of Twitter's own video service?
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Google's password proposal: one ring to rule them all
In a forthcoming paper, Google engineers float the idea of supplementing passwords with hardware that you wear. Or carry. Or slip onto a finger. 2
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Kim Dotcom's 'Mega' goes live
A year after file-storage site Megaupload was brought down by US law-enforcement officials targeting piracy, flamboyant founder Kim Dotcom has cut the ribbon on his new site, Mega.
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