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A year of dangerous living as seen from within

by Budi Putra, Indonesia

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Bill Gates scheduled to visit Jakarta on May 8

May 7, 2008 16:59

Microsoft Corporation founder and chairman Bill Gates is scheduled to visit Indonesia on May 8 to 9, 2008. According to Coordinating Minister for People's Welfare Aburizal Barkrie, Gates will be visiting Indonesia to reciprocate President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's tour of the Microsoft headquarters in Seattle last year.
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The end of the YouTube drama in Indonesia

Apr 14, 2008 09:02

Last week, Indonesian users suddenly either could not view or upload videos onto YouTube, Google's online video-sharing service. The country's Government already blocked YouTube, targeting the 17-minute Fitna which splices images of terrorist attacks with quotes from the Koran.

The Dutch lawmaker Geert Wilders has sparked protests in several Muslim countries since it posted on the Internet last month.

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Two days, two Web sites defaced

Mar 29, 2008 09:49

During two days, there were two Web sites hacked, apparently in reaction to Indonesia's new online pornography law. The official Web site of the Communications and Information Ministry was hacked for several hours Thursday and the Golkar Party's official Web site was defaced Friday.
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Indonesia's CDMA fast growing

Mar 17, 2008 15:18

Ah yes. Nowadays, CDMA2000 1x is no longer a new kid on the block in Indonesia's mobile industry The Jakarta Post (its print edition) reported today that PT Bakrie Telecom, the publicly listed telecom behind CDMA mobile brand Esia, saw its subscriber base increase 147 percent last year.
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Indonesia's free blog services

Mar 4, 2008 10:17

One thing I feel so happy about now is that Indonesia's blogosphere has become more interesting and exciting. There are new blogging and Web 2.0 services offered and warmly welcomed by Indonesian bloggers.
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About Budi Putra

Budi Putra is Jakarta-based tech writer and blogger. The journalist-turned-blogger already launched the Indonesia-based blog network, Asia Blogging Network. He is also a contributing writer for the Jakarta Post. He maintains several blogs including budiputra.com, Blogging Line,theGadget, and 3GWeek .