Kim Dotcom Set to Win Damages Over NZ Government Privacy Act Requests
Following the raid on his Megaupload file-hosting site in 2012, Kim Dotcom and his former colleagues have been fighting legal battles on multiple fronts. Just last week, another chapter was closed after the Supreme Court ruled that while Dotcom, Mathias Ortmann, Bram van der Kolk, and Finn Batato can technically be extradited to the United States to face charges of criminal copyright infringement, the decision came with a caveat. In...
RIAA and MPA Want Domain Registries and Njalla on US Piracy Watchlist
Responding to a request from the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR), the RIAA and MPA have submitted their annual recommendations for the “notorious markets” list. The submissions identify online and offline piracy hubs to help guide the U.S. Government’s position towards foreign countries when it comes to copyright enforcement. Traditionally, copyright holders have reported typical pirate sites to the USTR. The position is...
How I use Cockpit for my home’s Linux server management
Cockpit is a service for Linux that provides a web-based interface for managing and monitoring hosts. It can be deployed in any size organization, even a small office, and it’s a great way for home users to maintain the family IT infrastructure. I use it to manage and monitor all of the computers in my house—including Raspberry Pi. Cockpit is a free and open source software project released under the LGPL v2.1+. It is sponsored...
Create your first Knative app
Knative is an open source community project that adds components to Kubernetes for deploying, running, and managing serverless, cloud-native applications. It enables more productive development with less interaction with Kubernetes’ infrastructure. read more Powered by...
Why I use Home Assistant for open source home automation
Home automation is a slippery slope; you have been warned! In this multipart series, I will discuss home automation using the open source project Home Assistant. This introductory article will cover my journey to Home Assistant, what the application does, and why it’s important. read more Powered by...
