The name behind controversial streaming site Megaupload, Kim Dotcom, has hinted that the website may relaunch before the end of the year.

Yesterday (August 13) he tweeted: “I know what you are all waiting for. It's coming. This year. Promise. Bigger. Better. Faster. 100% Safe & Unstoppable.”

Megaupload was taken down by the US Department of Justice in January and the owners (including Dotcom) were arrested for allegedly operating as an organisation dedicated to copyright infringement.

Dotcom has since been ...