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Megaupload users debate suing U.S. government over lost data

In the wake of the U.S. Department of Justice shutting down Megaupload for alleged copyright infringement, there has been talk of legitimate users suing the government over their lost data. As

How to stay off of WikiLeaks' radar

WikiLeaks' exposure of a massive number of U.S. embassy cables coupled with the organization's promise to expose a private company next time have businesses running for cover. Here are a few ideas

WikiLeaks plans to turn scope on business world

Of all the revelations unveiled by the latest WikiLeaks data dump, the most important may not be that Moammar Gaddafi pals around all the time with a "voluptuous blonde" Ukrainian nurse. The most

Cloud reliability, revisited

Remember the recent case of how a massive cloud failure reportedly wiped out all customer data on T-Mobile Sidekicks? Detractors of cloud computing are quick to jump at the opportunity to highlight

T-Mobile Sidekick: The case of the reappearing data

We reported earlier this week about how a massive cloud failure has wiped out the data from T-Mobile sidekicks. This was based on T-Mobile's repeated assertion that their data "almost certainly has

Cloud failure results in loss of data for T-Mobile Sidekick users

Highlighting the dangers of cloud computing, T-Mobile USA and Microsoft find themselves in a public relations mess after T-Mobile USA customers using the Sidekick permanently lost their personal

Contractor loses details on tens of thousands of criminals

In yet another major data-loss fiasco, details of all prisoners in England and Wales, including tens of thousands of offenders, were lost in a memory stick that held the data in an unencrypted