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Internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom has lost a bid in the New Zealand Court of Appeal to have a ruling, that found he could be extradited to the United States, dropped.

In 2014, Lizard Squad ruined the gaming fun for millions of Xbox and Playstation gamers with DDoS attacks - and it might happen again.

Web channel ‘Drama Alert’ has posted an 18 minute video featuring a live interview with members of Lizard Squad, Finest Squad, Anonymous and Kim Dotcom discussing the hack attacks that took down PSN and Xbox Live, which are now both back online.

After a tumultuous Christmas Day 2014 and Boxing Day, both the PSN and Xbox Live services finally appear to be back up and running again.

Kim Dotcom offered the PSN and Xbox Live hackers, Lizard Squad, vouchers to his MegaPrivacy service, which ‘stopped’ the attacks, but there are still issues preventing many from logging in to both services.

The man who broke the Internet’s copyright conventions long before Kim ‘DotKardashian’ pimped her shiny butt in Paper magazine, Kim Dotcom, says he is broke, but is it all just a disinformative joke?

The sensational allegation comes less than a week before the Kiwi election, in which Dotcom's Internet Party is standing candidates. Dotcom says it is contained in emails which also show that the New Zealand Government was systematically spying on its citizenry in a mass surveillance operation.

Kiwi based Internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom may have his menagerie of expensive cars returned to him. A New Zealand court has declined a request to extend a restraining order under which the assets were seized.

And then there were four. While the names Manning, Assange and Snowden are raising hackles in political power circles, Internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom is having the same effect among the corporate elites.

Twitter has announced a new more secure login process, introducing a two-step verification system for its users.

Mega guy Kim Dotcom is being very clever with his new site. What we can't see can't hurt us – and what he can’t see won’t hurt him. At least that’s the theory.

Controversial German-born Kim Dotcom, New Zealand resident and founder of the banned Megaupload, has launched a new version of the file sharing site.

New Zealand Prime Minister John Key has asked for an inquiry by the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security into the unlawful interception of communications of “certain individuals” by the Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB).

A last-minute stay-of-execution means users' files on Megaupload are safe for the moment; they just can't be accessed.