Oops — police searches at MegaUpload founder Kim Dotcom’s house were illegal, judge says

June 27, 2012 10:57 PM John Koetsier
John Koetsier

The wheels of justice may grind slowly, but they do grind. Who they grind, of course, is another matter.

And whether or not you believe that Kim Dotcom’s file-sharing business MegaUpload was a legal business or a thin front for …

FirstRain $6.4M funding shows cutting your losses can pay

August 2, 2011 4:24 PM Meghan Kelly
Meghan Kelly

FirstRain announced a $6.4 million round today, its fifth from Oak Investment Partners.

FirstRain is an example of a dot-com era company that sought out a new focus with the hope of becoming profitable. Penny Herscher (pictured left) became the …