Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:20:14 +0100 Kate Moss has topped a poll of the most talked about models online, despite her aversion to social networking. (Source: AFP Relax News)
Founder of online file-sharing site Megaupload.com Kim Dotcom ...
Wed, 25 Jan 2012 04:40:02 +0100 (Reuters) - Founder of online file-sharing site Megaupload.com Kim Dotcom (R), a German national also known as Kim Schmitz and Kim Tim Jim Vestor, stands during a hearing at the North Shore District Court in Auckland, in this still image taken from video January 25, 2012. A New Zealand judge ordered Dotcom to be held in custody for another month on Wednesday, saying the suspected Internet pirate posed a significant flight risk.
REUTERS/Television New Zealand (TVNZ) via Reuters TV (NEW ZEALAND - Tags: CRIME LAW SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY BUSINESS)
NO ACCESS NEW ZEALAND INTERNET SITES/ANY INTERNET SITE OF ANY NEW ZEALAND OR AUSTRALIAN-BASED MEDIA ORGANISATIONS OR MOBILE PLATFORMS. NO SALES. NO ARCHIVES. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS. MANDATORY CREDIT. NEW ZEALAND OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN NEW ZEALAND
Tue, 24 Jan 2012 17:50:13 +0100 PARIS (Reuters) - Courreges, the futuristic fashion brand of the 1960s, is poised to bring its vinyl boots and A-line mini-dresses back into vogue, relaunching the French name online. A year after the brand was sold for more than 10 million euros ($13.05 million) to two directors from advertising agency Young & Rubicam, Jacques Bungert and Frederic Torloting, Courreges is now also aiming to expand its perfume business. ... (Source: Reuters)
Flamboyant online tycoon kept low profile in rural NZ
Tue, 24 Jan 2012 13:50:09 +0100 COATESVILLE, New Zealand (Reuters) - Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom's online profile was larger-than-life, with fast women, faster cars and chartered planes, yet he lived like a virtual recluse in a sprawling, manicured estate on the outskirts of New Zealand's biggest city, Auckland. Dotcom, also known as Kim Schmitz, faces extradition to the United States over charges of masterminding a scheme that made more than $175 million by infringing copyrighted content without authorization on his online file-sharing website. ... (Source: Reuters)
Twitter index: online activists retaliate against FBI’s seizure of Megaupload
Fri, 20 Jan 2012 13:10:09 +0100 Hacker group Anonymous has launched its “largest attack ever” following the US government’s takedown of file sharing site Megaupload. (Source: AFP Relax News)
Zoom
