| Group seeks to save data on Megaupload servers
(Reuters)
- Reuters - The Electronic Frontier Foundation on Thursday asked federal prosecutors and lawyers for the Megaupload.com file-sharing service to allow users who uploaded material to retrieve it as long as it was not copyrighted material.
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:15:24 GMT
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| IBM planning major job cuts in Germany: union
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Reuters - International Business Machines is sounding out plans to cut thousands of jobs in Germany and other countries to reduce costs and raise earnings, a German union official said.
Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:13:01 GMT
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| Megaupload users: EFF wants to help you recover lost files
(Digital Trends)
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Digital Trends - As of Monday, it seemed all but guaranteed that the files stored on the servers used by Megaupload, which was seized by the US government on January 19, were gone for good. This includes the data of people who used Megaupload for legitimate purposes, like distributing work documents, or their own photo and video creations. But thanks to a collaborative effort between the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and Carpathia Hosting, which owns and operates many of the servers used by Mega in the US, users who lost their files may now have a way to get them back.
Tue, 31 Jan 2012 19:16:17 GMT
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| Romanian prosecutors probe man who hacked Pentagon
(AP)
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AP - Organized crime prosecutors say they are investigating a 20-year-old Romanian suspected of hacking into several Pentagon and NASA servers.
Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:24:30 GMT
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| Upload at your own risk: Most cloud storage services offer no data guarantee
(Digital Trends)
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Digital Trends - It’s become increasingly clear that users who lost files due to the US government’s seizure of Megaupload will, most likely, never get their files back. First of all, Megaupload’s hosting company, Carpathia Hosting, will allegedly begin deleting files on Thursday due to non-payment by Megaupload. Second — and here’s the stickler — Megaupload never guaranteed that files stored on its servers would remain accessible to users in the first place.
Mon, 30 Jan 2012 23:01:51 GMT
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