As Halloween approaches, we review some classic technology-related horror stories. The words “horror,” “Hell,” and “torture” have popped up in Network World headlines more often than one might think.

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Tommy Lee Wallace’s Halloween III: Season of the Witch was a divisive direction for the franchise. But looking back almost 40 years later, there is a scene that feels unassailably prophetic. The ...