Misc

SOPA Day at MediaFire

By Tom | January 17, 2012 |

Today MediaFire joins millions of Internet users, entrepreneurs and the growing number of responsible internet companies including Google, Facebook, Reddit, Twitter, Wikipedia, Mozilla and Yahoo in opposition to the proposed HR3261 (SOPA) and S968 (PIPA). These two proposed legislations – the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in the U.S. House of Representatives, and the PROTECT…

How to Stay Organized in 2012 with MediaFire

By Tom | January 1, 2012 |

From all of us here at MediaFire to all of you and yours – Happy New Year, everyone! Here are some tips you can use with MediaFire to help you stay better organized in 2012: Archive old files Information overload isn’t just a catch-phrase. The longer you have your system, the more stuff you collect…

Back to School with MediaFire

By Tom | September 16, 2011 |

It’s that time of year again, parents are ushering kids around department stores picking out pens and pencils, backpacks and lunch boxes. Older students are stocking up on dorm room snacks, ramen noodle packets or moving in to their first apartments away from home. Professors too are getting their class notes together and putting the…

MediaFire Reseller Program

By Tom | March 24, 2010 |

If you’re looking for a way to make a little extra cash online, or if you would just like to add another revenue source for your business by reselling a fast and reliable file hosting solution, look no further than MediaFire’s reseller program. We’re proud to now be accepting applications to become a reseller of…

DDoS Attack on MediaFire Servers

By Tom | April 26, 2009 |

Hi everyone, Just a quick update on our status. Starting Saturday April 25th at 12:00pm CST MediaFire came under attack by a large Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack that denied services for some customers. The DDoS attack is utilizing over 40,000 70,000* separate computers continuously sending valid requests to MediaFire’s servers in an attempt…

Google Chrome – works great with MediaFire

By Tom | September 2, 2008 |

As I’m sure many of you have heard, Google just launched their new web browser called “Chrome.” After playing around with it a little today, I have to admit, I’m really impressed. Since Chrome is designed explicitly for web applications and contains an entirely new JavaScript engine called “V8” it’s perfect for rendering your My…