Monthly Archives: May 2008
Arun Sarin is leaving Vodafone
Arun Sarin is leaving Vodafone. The chief executive departs as the mobile group’s profits pass £10bn for the year. Vodafone made revenues of £35.5bn, up 4.2 per cent, and adjusting operating profit of £10.1bn in the year ended 31 March 2008. Earnings per share were up 11 per cent to 12.5p. Sarin will be replaced … Continue reading
Google hands over user information in India
An Indian man is facing five years in jail for making an “offensive” comment after Google handed his personal data to local police. Rahul Krishnakumar Vaid, a 22 year-old IT consultant, was arrested after posting derogatory comments on Google’s Orkut social networking site. Vaid was posting in a forum called ‘I hate Soniya Gandhi’ and … Continue reading
Obscene Orkut Post Lands Youth in Prison
An obscene message about Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi on Orkut has landed a Gurgaon youth in prison. The message was allegedly posted on a community called “I hate Sonia Gandhi.” The probe began when a Pune Congress activist saw the message and notified the authorities, who in turn asked Google to provide them with … Continue reading
