By Estelle Shirbon LONDON (Reuters) – A British computer hacker pleaded guilty on Tuesday to cyber attacks on targets including Sony, Nintendo , Rupert Murdoch's News International and the Arizona State Police. Ryan Ackroyd's plea meant his planned jury trial did not go ahead and, as a result, the court did not hear any evidence on the motivation behind the attacks he made using the persona of a …

Globe and Mail WikiLeaks founder Assange plans run for Australian Senate Globe and Mail For nine months, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been holed up in the Ecuadorean embassy in London knowing that if he leaves, he'll be extradited to Sweden to face questioning about sexual-assault allegations and then possibly sent to the United …