Indonesian Political, Business & Finance News

Archive: 4 December 2008

19 articles found

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: KuKuKaChuOriginally Posted By: Roy's HairFuck 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: chewwyUKhow 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 HairFuck 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, JakartaThe 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.

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, EconomistThe 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Indonesia: Fifth to Pirate Software in Asia

Thursday, 04 December, 2008 | 11:33 WIBTEMPO 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.

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.