The military has warned anti-government protesters in Burma to leave the streets or face “extreme action”, including the possibility of being shot.
Large crowds had once again thronged to the landmark Sule pagoda, angered by a series of dawn raids on Rangoon’s Buddhist monasteries.
But they were confronted by more than 200 of the military who fired warning shots before marching from the pagoda shouting orders through loudspeakers.
– The Telegraph
Computer analysis of a picture allegedly taken of Madeleine McCann in Morocco is unlikely to provide more evidence that it is her than simply looking at it, experts said today.
So-called ‘facial recognition’ technology – which analyses an image of a face and seeks to match it with existing images of the subject – was not capable of making a more accurate assessment of a photograph than a human.
At best, all that a computer might conclude was that “this was a photo of a person who resembles Madeleine McCann a bit,” Dr Simon Prince, a senior lecturer in the Department of Computer Science at University College London, said.
The quality of the image was not even good enough to allow for a match – or what referred to as a “facial verification” – using the criteria that are typically applied in the analysis of, say, CCTV footage, Dr Prince said.
– The Times
A small clothing store in Miami, Florida, was the gateway through which a gang of computer hackers were able to pull off the world’s greatest credit card heist, it has emerged.
TX Maxx, the discount fashion retailer, revealed in January that more than 45 million credit card details – including those of many Britons – had been stolen from its database by computer hackers.
Yesterday it emerged that the fraudsters had gained access to the rich trove of information through poorly secured ‘wireless networks’ at two small US stores owned by TK Maxx’s parent company, TJX
– The Times
Valuable goods are being shared out among Heathrow staff after being confiscated at security gates before flights, it has been claimed.
According to a watchdog group, items such pens costing up GB pound 200, have gone missing.
Perfume and men’s toiletries are also alleged to have “disappeared” the Heathrow Airport Consultative Committee claims.
– The Telegraph
Al-Qaida is taking advantage of Pakistan’s political turmoil to ramp up operations in the tribal belt and possibly plot fresh terrorist attacks abroad, western and Pakistani officials warn. As President Pervez Musharraf battles to retain power, violence is surging in Waziristan, where Osama bin Laden’s senior henchmen have taken shelter behind a corps of Taliban fighters.
– The Guardian
