Stories by John Ribeiro

India concerned about Google Maps

The easy availability online of detailed maps of countries from services such as Google Earth can be misused by terrorists, according to Indian President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam.

Microsoft Research aims to ease development

Microsoft Research is working on a technology that will enable software developers and system integrators (SIs) to develop and modify enterprise business applications at a higher abstraction level than basic coding, according to a researcher at Micro...

NEC in joint venture with India's HCL

Japanese electronics maker, NEC, is setting up a software joint venture in India with HCL Technologies, an Indian software services company.

Indian professor proposes alternate open-source license

Finding the GNU General Public License (GPL) too restrictive with regard to derived works, a professor at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Mumbai is working on an alternative license that will allow people to take commercial benefit from w...

360 to import content from non-Yahoo services

Yahoo plans to add the capability to import content, such as photos and music, from non-Yahoo applications to its new Yahoo 360 social networking and blogging service, according to an executive of the company.

Amazon cooking up search, Web products in India

Amazon.com has pulled back the curtain on its new development center in Bangalore, India to reveal it is focused on developing technologies in the area of search and Web services, according to an executive of the company.

Terrorists targeted India's outsourcing industry

India's software and services outsourcing industry is a likely target for a terrorist group operating in the country, local police warned on Sunday. But Indian outsourcing and software companies said they are prepared to cope with the threat.

CEO at eBay India subsidiary is released on bail

The Delhi High Court granted bail on Tuesday to Avnish Bajaj, the chief executive officer of Baazee.com India, a Mumbai-based subsidiary of eBay.

Experts criticize arrest of Baazee.com CEO

Industry organisations and legal experts are criticizing the Friday arrest of the chief executive officer of eBay subsidiary Baazee.com India in connection with the sale of a pornographic video CD (VCD) on the Indian portal site.

CEO of eBay-owned India auction site arrested

Delhi police Friday arrested Avnish Bajaj, the chief executive officer of Baazee.com India, an eBay owned Indian online auction portal, for allegedly allowing the sale of pornographic video CDs (VCDs) that showed two Delhi minors in a sexual act.

Barrett: Good business models vary widely

Peer-to-peer (P2P) sharing would never have gathered momentum if the music industry had adopted models for distribution over the Internet, said Intel Chief Executive Officer Craig Barrett, addressing IT executives in India Friday.

Apple gadfly PlayFair up and running again

The PlayFair free software project is back online, with both the maintainer of the project and the hosting service willing to face a legal challenge from Apple Computer.

Free software project undaunted despite Apple threats

The PlayFair free software project is likely to come online again soon, despite efforts by Apple Computer to close it down.

Yahoo may continue AltaVista site, executive says

Yahoo Inc. may continue with the AltaVista Web site (www.altavista.com) after it completes its acquisition of Overture Services Inc., and may use some of AltaVista's search technologies on its own portal sites, according to an executive of Sunnyvale,...

HP dabbles in Indian art

Hewlett-Packard (HP) is dabbling in art, and hopes to generate a revenue stream from it. The company announced Tuesday that it has started a pilot program for the digital preservation and dissemination of Indian art in tandem with the Pune-based Cent...