By MARK SCOTT

In a privacy report, the British telecom company said that the authorities in certain countries had direct access to its networks without having to use legal warrants.

Published: June 6, 2014 at 12:00AM

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By NICK WINGFIELD

Atari, the pioneering video game company, emerged from bankruptcy last December and is now developing new products in a bid to make itself relevant to a generation that wasn’t alive during its heyday in the 1970s.

Published: June 5, 2014 at 12:00AM

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By NICOLE PERLROTH

Just days after federal agents seized two computer networks used to distribute ransomware, security researchers said a new exploit kit was being used to distribute ransomware with disturbing success rates.

Published: June 5, 2014 at 12:00AM

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By NICOLE PERLROTH

Just two months after Heartbleed, a new bug in OpenSSL, the widely used encryption protocol, has been discovered. But this bug was exploitable for far longer.

Published: June 5, 2014 at 12:00AM

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By NICOLE PERLROTH

The phone once coveted by the elite and the powerful is becoming an object of ridicule as Androids and iPhones corner the smartphone market.

Published: October 16, 2012 at 12:00AM

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