New charges have been filed of copyright infringement and fraud against Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom and other employes. The file sharing site was shut down last month. The Justice Department said on Friday that eight additional charges of copyright infringement and wire fraud against Dotcom, six Megaupload employees and two related companies were added to the original indictment. The superseding indictment says [...]

LG has officially announced its new 5-inch LG Optimus Vu smartphone, challenging the Galaxy Note. LG Optimus Vu features a 5-inch 1024 x 768 IPS screen, a 1.5GHz dual-core processor, an 8-megapixel camera, and will support LTE. The phone will come with 32GB of storage — and the full dimensions. The device measures in at 5.49 inches [...]

British born Glenn Mangham, 26, has been sentenced eight months in prison for hacking into Facebook servers several times last year. Glenn Mangham admitted infiltrating Facebook from his bedroom at his house. The ruling underlines an incredible conclusion to a costly joint investigation by Facebook, the FBI, and Scotland Yard. Social Media giants Facebook spent nearly $200,000 dealing with Mangham’s crime. [...]

Blackberry makers Research In Motion is set to announced the much expected BlackBerry PlayBook 2.0 software update on February 21st. If details from a leaked information are to be believed, the BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0 is a big release. According to documents obtained by Engadget the update is believed to be available on Tuesday morning.The documents, which the tech blog [...]