Pak pigeon has police in flutter

Amritsar, May 29 — This gives a whole new meaning to cross-border infiltration, but it’s not clear if it will add a feather in the cap of the Punjab police. In an era of spy planes and satellites, the Amritsar (rural) police have detained a white pigeon that could have been – the police claim – used as a Pakistani spy.

The pigeon was reportedly spotted in Ramdas, a tiny town close to the Indo-Pak border, with a Pakistani stamp imprinted and a Pakistani phone number written on its feathers. Excited residents took the bird to the nearest police station.

The pigeon’s fate will be decided once officials there decide what to do with it. With news of the low-tech ‘spy’ spreading, the police have kept the bird in a special cage.

It was earlier simply locked in a room. “The people of the area had come with the pigeon that had a Pakistani stamp and telephone number on it,” said Jagjit Singh, station house officer of Ramdas police station.

Pigeon races are known to be held across the border, and it was possible that this particular pigeon took a longer route in one such race and lost its way, a police official suggested.

Man linked to Times Square bomb plot had Shahzad’s phone number

New York, May 21 (ANI): A Pakistani man suspected of helping the failed bombing attempt in Times Square had bomb suspect Faisal Shahzad”s phone number on his cell phone, a federal immigration attorney revealed at a hearing Thursday.

The New York Post and the FOX News Channel reported that investigators also found an envelope with the name “Faisal” written on it in Aftab Ali Khan”s apartment.

The possible link between Khan, 27, and Shahzad was revealed at a hearing Thursday where Khan faced charges of violating immigration law by staying in the country on an expired visa.

Sources told FOX News that Khan admitted to the immigration judge that he was inside the United States illegally and offered to leave the country voluntarily.

Khan”s lawyer denied his client had any connection with Faisal Shahzad or had ever heard his name.

Khan is one of three Pakistanis believed to have helped Shahzad by providing money. The three men were arrested May 13 after a series of FBI raids across the northeastern U.S. (ANI)

Peter Andre warns fans of ‘fake Facebook Peter Andre’

London, May 18 (ANI): Peter Andre has warned his fans on Facebook of a man who is posing as him in order to seduce women.

The ‘Mysterious Girl’ singer was shocked to know of the incident.

“I’m not sure if you read about this, but I was absolutely furious to discover last week that a man has been pretending to be me on Facebook, in order to seduce vulnerable, young woman.

“He set up a fake account in my name and asked one girl to send him pictures of herself, along with her email address and phone number.

“He even tried to get her to meet up with him. I can’t stress enough how careful everyone should be when they’re chatting to people on the Internet.

“Luckily this girl realised this guy was a fake before it was too late but who’s to say this guy won’t try his luck with someone else. Just be careful everyone,” The Mirror quoted him as telling new! Magazine. (ANI)

Facebook board member’s account hacked

London, May 11 (ANI): Jim Breyer, who is a Facebook board member and investor, was a victim of a hack attack.

According to reports, his account was hacked into, and several messages were then sent to his 2,301 contacts. The messages read: ‘Would you like a Facebook phone number?’ with a link to ‘see more details and RSVP’.

“This was a phishing scam Jim’s account appears to have been compromised. The issue has since been resolved and we’re actively trying to block this activity,” The Telegraph quoted Larry Yu, a Facebook spokesperson, as saying.

According to BusinessInsider, the attack couldn’t have come at a worse time what with Facebook under the microscope for its privacy policies.

Last month Zuckerberg announced Facebook’s plan to replace its Facebook Connect platform with a new set of social plugins which will extend Facebook’s influence and presence on the web, allowing its service to be more deeply embedded into third party websites.

The new service launched at the company’s annual F8 developer conference in San Francisco with 30 partners including several UK brands such as LoveFilm and Sky.

Facebook users will be able to click a ‘Like’ button on stories, photos, music or videos they want to share with friends, via the site. The ‘Like’ will then be kept by Facebook and can then be released back to the third party’s website, for them to use and tailor a more personalised online experience for that individual and their friends. Facebook estimates that it will serve one billion ‘Likes’ buttons by the end of its first day.

Zuckerberg said the changes were intended to put Facebook’s users and their friends at the “centre of the web”. (ANI)

Jesse James’ mistress Michelle McGee ‘thinks he’s a snake’

Washington, Mar 31 (ANI): Michelle McGee, the first women to come out in open about her affair with Sandra Bullock”s husband Jesse James, now thinks that he is a “snake”, revealed her father.

McGee”s father Dennis said that Michelle is completely done with the West Coast Choppers CEO after she came to know that she was not the only “other” woman in his life.

Ever since her public disclosure about the affair, several women have come forward saying they too were James’s mistresses.

“She doesn’t care [about Jesse’s other mistresses]. She thinks he’s a snake now. She did care when she thought she was the only one,” Radar Online quoted Dennis McGee as saying in an exclusive interview.

Dennis, who works as a barber in Ohio, said that he talks to Michelle “at least twice a day.”

He claimed that his daughter is “doing great” but has had to make some major changes in her life since news of her affair with James broke.

“She changed her phone number. The paparazzi were doing this GPS thing on her phone and she had guys showing up at her place around the clock. So she changed her number,” said Dennis.

“She told me she went to the park this weekend and had the first bit of peace and quiet she’s had in a long time and it felt great not to have all those guys hounding her,” he added. (ANI)

Samuel L. Jackson slams online critics

London, July 10 (ANI): Samuel L Jackson has challenged his online critics to talk to him personally.

In fact, the actor has given them his phone number too.

“All these people can sit at home and can say bad things about me online.

I don’t know who they are but they know who I am. It’s totally unfair,” the Sun quoted him as saying.

The ‘Pulp Fiction’ star is annoyed with the criticism he has been receiving on the net.

He said: “So I tell them, ‘I know my face, you know my face. I want to see you. Meet me at this place here and let’s have that discussion. And if you don’t believe it’s me call this number.’

Jackson mentioned that he wants to keep the critics busy, he added: “I enjoy engaging critics in that way.” (ANI)

Oz kids more savvy about cyber safety, says study

Melbourne, Jul 9 (ANI): A new study has revealed that even though Aussie kids are becoming more conscious of the danger lurking on the Internet, their parents are still worried about what they are doing online.

The research carried out by the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) reveals that many children as young as eight view the Internet as an extremely important part of their lives and go online regularly.

The ACMA survey from June to November last year reveals that younger kids are more likely to want to play games online while the overwhelming majority of teens use social networking sites.

It showed kids appeared to be aware of online risks with 75 per cent saying they knew not to give out their address or phone number online and were aware of the potential for online impostors.

“Nevertheless, despite the high level of awareness . . . some young people were prepared to engage in these high risk behaviours,” News.com.au quoted the report as saying.

More than half of 12 to 17 year olds said that they had received “friend requests” from strangers online, and almost two thirds of 16 to 17 year olds said that they accepted the approach.

Almost one in five 16 to 17 year olds had experienced cyber bullying, compared with 16 per cent of those aged 12 to 13, and most said they told their parents. (ANI)

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Talk about a serious outage. Payment gateway service provider Authorize.net has been down and out for several hours. It has big implications: since the service is used by tens of thousands of e-commerce vendors to accept credit card and electronic checks payments on their websites.

A fire in Seattle’s Fisher Plaza appears to be the reason what has taken down Authorize.net.

With its website down, Authorize has set up a new Twitter account to provide updates and address the many customer complaints and questions.

Many of the tweets can be boiled down to, “The team is working hard to get things running again, but I don’t have a timetable”; the company is also trying to reassure customers, “yes we have fully redundant data center” (sic), and also just said, “Transactions are up except for Global processing and Concord. No ETA on those, but we are working on in.”

Meanwhile, TechFlash notes the travel section of Microsoft’s Bing “decision engine” is also down due to the fire. The Bing Travel website says the site should be back up at 5pm Pacific time today.

With the site down people are searching for Authorize.net Phone Numer to contact them….

New York mum retaliate against daughter’s rival using online sex ad

Washington, May 9 (ANI): A woman in New York has been accused of using a fraudulent Web ad to send sex clients to the mother of a girl, with whom her own 9-year-old daughter had had a clash.

Margery Tannenbaum, of Hauppauge on Long Island, has been booked for aggravated harassment after she allegedly posted a classified ad on Craigslist offering sex with men.

Police have revealed that whenever any reader of the ad sent Tannenbaum an e-mail, she gave out the phone number of the other mother, reports Fox News.

Tannenbaum and her attorney were unavailable for comment. (ANI)

Fame forces Susan Boyle to change phone number

London, May 5 (ANI): Britain’s Got Talent’s singing sensation Susan Boyle has had to change her phone number following her fame, which has kept her from getting a good night’s sleep.

Boyle, 48, who was in the phonebook in the small town of Blackburn, West Lothian, kept on getting calls from fans around the world, and when she was given a mobile by telly bosses, she was too nervous about using it.

“The past month has been manic and her house phone has been red hot,” the Sun quoted a source as saying.

“Because Susan has become an international star, she was getting calls in the middle of the night.

“Now she has a number which only relatives, close friends and producers from the show have.

“It’s fair to say Susan is a bit of a technophobe – she’s never even used the Internet.

“Show producers have told her to use a mobile but she doesn’t have a clue how to, so never has it on,” the source added. (ANI)

Porn star eyes Louisiana Senator seat with ‘Listening Tour’

Washington, May 2 (ANI): Porn star Stormy Daniels is set to launch her “Listening Tour” across the state of Louisiana in the US for a probable chance of running against Senator David Vitter.

The 29-year-old would “meet with Louisiana men and women and listen to the issues and concerns they struggle with everyday”.

Daniels is yet to have a party affiliation but that has not dampened her spirits.

“I wanted to take over the world and I guess ‘senator’ is a good place to start, right? I’ve been handed a golden opportunity and I should take advantage of it,” Politico quoted her as saying.

Meanwhile, she is allegedly crossing her fingers that her porn star past would not block her possible political career, especially considering Vitter has had a sexual past of his own.

Vitter’s phone number had been found in the published phone log of the “D.C. Madam”, Deborah Jeane Palfrey in July 2007.

Though he never confessed any specific wrongdoing, he admitted, in a statement: “a very serious sin in my past for which I am, of course, completely responsible.” (ANI)

Now, call the Taliban to marry against your family’s wishes in Swat !

Islamabad, Apr.16 (ANI): After publicly executing men, women on charges of having illicit relations, the Taliban has now taken up the job of arranging marriages too.

According to a BBC report, the insurgent group has set up a ‘marriage centre’ in Swat for those boys and girls who want to choose their life partners according to their own will, but their family members are against it.

“We have specified a phone number for this purpose. On that boys and girls contact and express their willingness for marriage. Taliban after registering them contact their family members,” Taliban’s spokesperson told the BBC.

Khan said that according to the Islamic law, every Muslim has the right to marry.

He said currently 300 boys and girls have enrolled their names at the center, and about eleven couples have already been married in the last nine days.

Interestingly, a local resident revealed one incident when a boy proposed a girl in his own colony, but the girl family members were against the relationship.

The boy then contacted Taliban, who forced the family members of the girl to formalize their marriage, The Nation reports. (ANI)

Gary Lineker’s girl says she won’t stand love rivals

London, April 12 (ANI): Gary Lineker’s girl Danielle Bux has warned fellow ladies against stepping in between her and her footie ace fiancée.

The lingerie model revealed though she understood her 20-year-senior lover was a ladies-magnet yet she would not stand for love rivals.

The 29-year-old, who has been with the former striker for just a year, narrated one such incident.

“Gary gets a lot of female attention,” News of the World quoted her as saying.

“We were at a charity event the other night and a man came over and shook Gary’s hand. After we left, Gary told me that the man had slipped him the phone number of the woman he was with.

“He didn’t dare tell me at the time because he knew I’d have marched straight over to the woman and had it out with her. I just won’t stand for that. There’s flirting and then there’s downright deceitful behaviour.

“At the end of the day, I’m a girl from a council estate in Wales. I have no problem standing up for myself. I’m not having women like that thinking they can get away with it,” she added. (ANI)

Geri Halliwell’s stalker fear

London, April 10 (ANI): Former Spice Girl Geri Halliwell is said to be terrified after being targeted by a crazed stalker.

The singer has tightened security at her north London house to protect herself and two-year-old daughter Bluebell from the loner, who hangs around outside at all hours.

Halliwell also had to change her phone number after constant nuisance calls.

“Geri has become increasingly concerned over recent months. This individual has been loitering around her home almost continually and it’s really upsetting and scaring her,” the Sun quoted a friend, as saying.

“Her burglar alarm has gone off a number of times when she’s been out and she’s worried about her and Bluebell’s safety.

“The phone was ringing at all hours of the day and night so she had to get a new number,” the friend added.

This isn’t the first time Halliwell, a UN Goodwill Ambassador, has been threatened.

Last year in June, she was abused by a raving woman at a glitzy bash in London.

A source said: “Geri is acutely aware that life in the public eye brings with it certain unwelcome elements.

“She has been in the spotlight for around 15 years so knows perfectly well that some members of the public can get a little too devoted.

“When she was in the Spice Girls they were trailed night and day by obsessional fans.

“But this latest episode is a little more serious than that and she’s not prepared to take any risks with her daughter’s wellbeing,” the source added. (ANI)