Malaysian Police have 124 speed cameras worth RM23.5m, says Hisham

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 20 — The police have 124 units of speed trap cameras with each unit costing hundreds of thousands of ringgit, the Home Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein has told Parliament.

“...since 1995, PDRM has been supplied with speed trap cameras in stages. Up till now, the total of such cameras is 124 units.

Source :  Malaysian Police have 124 speed cameras worth RM23.5m, says Hisham

Anonymous leaks personal information of 5,000 Israeli officials

Internet hacktivist group Anonymous has declared cyberwar on Israel, posting personal data of five thousand Israeli officials online.  ­The group used their Anonpaste.me site to address a message to the Israeli government before linking to the page with names, ID numbers and personal emails of 5,000 officials.

The message said: "It has come to our attention that the Israeli government has ignored repeated warnings about the abuse of human rights, shutting down the internet in Israel and mistreating its own citizens and those of its neighboring countries." 

Source : Anonymous leaks personal information of 5,000 Israeli officials

Why Facebook's about to slow down (and that's probably good)

Your Facebook page is likely about to slow down. Good news: The change will help keep online thieves away. According to a recent blog post, Facebook is in the process of moving all of its users in North America -- and soon the rest of the world -- to a type of Internet connection that is more secure but also tends to slow down Web browsing a bit.

Called HTTPS, as opposed to less-secure HTTP, it's the connection you see on online retail sites when you're about to enter credit card information or a password. Sometimes a little lock icon appears in the browser window when you're connected to a site with HTTPS. (The "s," by the way, stands for "secure.")

source :  Why Facebook's about to slow down (and that's probably good)

Pakistani court throws out blasphemy charges against Christian girl

A Pakistani court on Tuesday dismissed blasphemy charges against Rimsha Masih, a Christian teenager whose case prompted international outrage.

"She is a free woman, like any ordinary citizen," said Abdul Hameed Rana, one of Rimsha's lawyers. The high court in the Pakistani capital of Islamabad found that the accusations against her were legally unsound, he said.

source : Pakistani court throws out blasphemy charges against Christian girl

Rebels seize control of Goma amid clashes in Democratic Republic of Congo

Rebels in the Democratic Republic of the Congo took control Tuesday of the city of Goma, including its airport and the border with Rwanda, after days of clashes, a Congolese reporter on the ground said.

The M23 rebel group, which has been engaged in heavy fighting with Congolese army forces, has also taken control of the government radio station, said the reporter, who can't be named for security purposes.

 

source : Rebels seize control of Goma amid clashes in Democratic Republic of Congo