facebook tries to triangulate their "privacy" policy

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RAW calls the shots in Pakistan: Imran Khan

Islamabad:  India's terrorist Intelligence (RAW) spy agency is calling the shots in the country, cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan says, adding that the government lacks moral courage, "giving the space to RAW to assert its powers". "The government lacks the moral courage, which has been giving the space to RAW to assert its powers in various affairs of the country," Imran Khan, who heads the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), said on Sunday. Talking to the media after PTI's central executive committee meeting, Mr Khan said that RAW is no.1 terrorist organization of the world which is also responsible for corruption in India. He said the corrupt practices of politicians had provided the RAW an excuse to meddle in the political arena,  Times of India reported. ...

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Defence of Pakistan Council announces to hold public meeting over issues of national security & defence

ISLAMABAD, (SANA): Pakistan Defence Council has announced to hold public meeting over the issues of national security and defence at Liaquat Bagh Rawalpindi. The council has announced to state cross-country protest against the granting of Most Favorite Nation status to India on Friday and supported sit-in protest at Wahga boarder and Ganda Singh in Qasoor. This announcement has been made in joint declaration in the “All Parties Pakistan Defence Conference” organized by Defence of Pakistan Council; meanwhile the conference was attended by more than 45 political, religious parties and more than 62 leaders of civil society, former military leadership and other important personalities. The joint declaration was read out by Amir Jamiat Ulema Islam-S Maulana Samiul Haq at the closing ceremony;...

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First female chief executive appointed in IBM

IBM named Virginia Rometty, the head of sales, marketing and strategy, to take over as chief executive on January 1, making her the first woman to head the legendary US computer company. Rometty, 54, who is also a senior vice president at IBM, will take over from current president and chief executive Samuel Palmisano, 60, on January 1, IBM said in a statement Tuesday. Palmisano, who was named IBM’s chief executive in 2002, will stay on as chairman of the board of directors. IBM said Rometty had also been elected to IBM’s board of directors, effective immediately. Rometty will be the ninth chief executive in the 100-year-old history of the company known as “Big Blue” and the first woman to hold the top post. She joins a select group of women...

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A huge amount of spam attack for Facebook users in shape of graphic images

Facebook said Tuesday that a “coordinated spam attack” was responsible for graphic images appearing in the news feeds of some members of the world’s largest social network. Facebook, which has more than 800 million members, said some users of the social network were tricked into unknowingly sharing the offensive content. “Recently, we experienced a coordinated spam attack that exploited a browser vulnerability,” Facebook said in an email statement to AFP. “Our efforts have drastically limited the damage caused by this attack, and we are now in the process of investigating to identify those responsible,” the Palo Alto, California-based company said. “We’ve built enforcement mechanisms to quickly shut down the malicious pages and accounts that...

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Wikileaks:Julian Assange files application to take extradition case to Supreme Court. Centers on "Judicial Authority"

Julian Assange’s team have raised the following points of law as grounds to appeal to the Supreme Court: 1) Whether a European Arrest Warrant issued by a partisan prosecutor working for the executive (i.e. not an independent judge or investigating magistrate in the civil law system) is a valid Part 1 Warrant issued by a "judicial authority" within the meaning of sections 2(2) & 66 of the Extradition Act 2003? This point argues that the decision goes against parliamentary intent in the 2003 Extradition Act (see High Court Appeal). 2) Whether a person in respect of whom no decision to prosecute has been taken can be said to be ’accused’ within the meaning of sections 2(3)(a) of the Extradition Act 2003? Read why these two points...

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