The days of meeting with associates or clients in order to exchange business documents on a USB drive are long gone. Instead, you can upload your files to a file hosting service online, and have ...

As part of my day-to-day role, I am finding that the use of online file hosting services is increasing significantly on computer networks, and, in most cases, these networks host highly sensitive data ...

The landscape of data storage and maintenance is shifting. Despite significant company investments in secure, onsite data storage systems, today’s data storage environment can create challenges for ...

Internet users and online advertising have always had a complex relationship. The ads pay for the content and services that many users find essential, but on many sites, advertisements have become ...

File hosting service MediaFire has launched a Dropbox-like application for OS X and Windows today, MediaFire Desktop, which lets users upload files directly from their desktops to the cloud, and share ...

Four years ago, Hollywood's top piracy fighters were a dejected lot. They faced a new threat, one that made it easier than ever to access and share movies without paying for them. BitTorrent networks ...

Josh Lowensohn joined CNET in 2006 and now covers Apple. Before that, Josh wrote about everything from new Web start-ups, to remote-controlled robots that watch your house. Prior to joining CNET, Josh ...

When the Department of Justice shut down Megaupload.com last month, it wasn’t just Megaupload users’ files that went offline. The move prompted changes in the way other file-hosting sites share ...

BitTorrent and Bitcoin were made for each other. An article on TorrentFreak reports that PayPal is requiring private BitTorrent tracking sites to provide them free access for purposes of monitoring ...

Trend Micro researchers have discovered a piece of malicious software that automatically uploads its stolen data cache to the SendSpace file-sharing service for retrieval. Malware authors have used ...

Security researchers have traced a recent spike in FormBook infections to a new file-hosting service that’s been billed as a place for hackers to host their malware. Deep Instinct analysts say in new ...