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Archive: 4 December 2008

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More Workers Sacked in Central Java

As the Marie Antoinette of Jakarta said "Let them eat or if they are really starving, let them eat

Google brings cheese-look-alike search machines to RI

Fear not, it was defragged last night

Indonesia: Fifth to Pirate Software in Asia

Originally Posted By: KuKuKaChu Originally Posted By: Roy's Hair Fuck Microsoft and their shitty products. What's all this Ubuntu about then? i'm glad you asked me that, RH. Ubuntu is the future. http://ubuntu-indonesia.com/ Follow Ubuntu with a t and you have "You ass".

Google brings cheese-look-alike search machines to RI

Imagine all the pron the search engine would turn up after trawling through the average indonesian workplace computers. I wonder if they have a "work safe" search setting.

Indonesia: Fifth to Pirate Software in Asia

Originally Posted By: chewwyUK how dare you RH ... they are a fine company and one I have a lot of respect for. only because you're locked in with the bastards for the next gazzilion years!

Indonesia: Fifth to Pirate Software in Asia

Originally Posted By: Roy's Hair Fuck Microsoft and their shitty products. What's all this Ubuntu about then? i'm glad you asked me that, RH. Ubuntu is the future. http://ubuntu-indonesia.com/

Indonesia: Fifth to Pirate Software in Asia

how dare you RH ... they are a fine company and one I have a lot of respect for.

Indonesia: Fifth to Pirate Software in Asia

Good ol' Microsoft .... love those guys and their Anti Piracy stand

Google brings cheese-look-alike search machines to RI

Originally Posted By: KuKuKaChu [ "Local businesses and organizations can now utilize Google's search technology to search across their internal content," Tan Bee Loon, head of Google Enterprise for Southeast Asia, said Tuesday.

Google brings cheese-look-alike search machines to RI

The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The world's leading search engine company, Google Enterprise (Google), is making its debut in the Indonesian market with the introduction of the so-called Google Search Appliance (GSA), an intranet search engine server. "Local businesses and organizations can now utilize Google's search technology to search across their internal content," Tan Bee Loon, head of Google Enterprise for Southeast Asia, said Tuesday.

Govt team to work on U.S. rules for wood certification

Mustaqim Adamrah, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The government has set up a team to address issues in relation to certification requirements imposed by the United States on wood-based products originating from Indonesia.

The economy is slowing, but future contraction unlikely

Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa, Economist The latest data indicates that the economy is slowing. However, from a positive aspect, household purchasing power has improved. This helped prevent economic growth from falling below 6 percent in the third quarter (Q3) of 2008. Going forward, the economy is likely to continue slowing, although the chances of a severe slowdown appear to be remote. The economy grew by 6.1 percent in Q3 2008, lower than the 6.4 percent growth in Q2 2008.

AGO to check losses from web graft

The Attorney General's Office (AGO) said Wednesday it would recalculate the state losses incurred as a result of a graft scandal centering on a legal administrative website operated by the Justice and Human Rights Ministry. Assistant attorney general for special crimes Marwan Effendy said his office needed to recalculate the losses to determine whether the income generated by the website could be classed as non-tax revenue.

Half of civil servants are unqualified, says minister

Responding to discouraging results of recent public service surveys, State Minister for Administrative Reforms Taufiq Effendi revealed half of the country’s four million civil servants were unqualified. He said his office was preparing to reassign two million unqualified officials to other government jobs in an effort to tackle bureaucratic inefficiencies that leaked money.

RI committed to developing sustainable palm oil industries

Nusa Dua, (ANTARA News) - Indonesia is committed to developing oil palm plantations and industries in environment-friendly and sustainable ways to facilitate the export of its key commodity particularly to the European Union (EU), a minister said. "The Indonesian government in cooperation with the private sector has made every effort to conserve the environment.

RI`s eastern regions yield half of nat`l fishery export earnings

Makassar, S Sulawesi, (ANTARA News)- Fishery exports from Indonesia`s eastern regions in the January- (early) December period in 2008 generated earnings totaling Rp15 trillion or half of the national fishery export target of Rp30 trillion, a senior fisheries official said. The country`s fish exports had so far gone to the United States, Japan and European Union, said Martini Huseini, director general of fish marketing and processing at the Maritime and Fisheries Ministry, here on Wednesday.

World Bank supports RI`s administrative reform efforts

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - The World Bank has expanded its support for Indonesia`s administrative reform program since 2006 by cooperating with the administrative reform (PAN) ministry and other public services institutions, a spokesman said. "The World Bank has been supporting reform in Indonesia`s ministry of finance since 2006.

Indonesia: Fifth to Pirate Software in Asia

Thursday, 04 December, 2008 | 11:33 WIB TEMPO Interactive, Bandung:Indonesia is currently in the fifth position for countries to pirate software in Asia. “We are in the 12th position in the world,” said License Compliance Manager of PT Microsoft Indonesia, Anti Suryaman. Despite the declining trend in piracy, Anti said, the level of piracy in Indonesia is quite high, being 84 out of 100 software users. That is why Microsoft Indonesia is supporting anti-piracy programs.

Malaysia Regrets HSBC Move on Palm Oil Lending

Kuala Lumpur. Banking giant HSBC’s decision to curb lending to oil palm projects in Malaysia is misguided and will hurt the bank more than it will hurt Malaysia’s palm industry, the country’s commodities minister said. HSBC, under pressure from environmental groups to brush up its green credentials, said on Tuesday it would cut ties with a third of forestry clients such as palm oil, soy and timber companies.