Internet

Finally, YouTube Blocked in Indonesia

See the reactions from Indonesia’s blogoshpere:

YouTube Blocked in Indonesia.
Youtube Terakhir.
Welcome To The Dark Ages, My Friend (Youtube Is Officially Dead By Moron Government).
Good bye YouTube.
YouTube Diblokir.

Two days, two websites defaced

During two days, there were two websites hacked, apparently in reaction to Indonesia’s new online pornography law.

Golkar website hacked over porn law - The Jakarta Post
Ministry website hacked in reaction to online porn law - The Jakarta Post

Bye bye Google Adwords: Indonesia’s entrepreneur

My friend Rendy Maulana finally decided to stop using Google Adwords for his Internet hosting business campaign.
Check-out my original post on budiputra.com.

Free Wi-Fi for Indonesia’s N-series users

Nokia Indonesia offers free Wi-Fi connection for N-series users by establishing a project called “1,000 Nokia NSeries WiFiZone”.
Nokia has teamed up with the three giant network and Internet providers, Telkom, IM2 and CBN. Nokia signed the joint agreement today with IM2 and CBN, after a similar agreement with Telkom two months ago.
Check-out my CNET Asia […]

HP Indonesia aims to help governments check IDs

Elisa Lumbantoruan smiled while holding a cafe latte.
“Of course, it’s not a new concept. People from Hewlett Packard, have explained this many times in workshops for journalists here,” said the Director of Hewlett-Packard Indonesia in response to my question.
He is convinced that a country like Indonesia needs a national identity system (NIS).

Indonesia’s broadcasting goes digital

Indonesia’s analog broadcasting, on both radio and television, will migrate to digital technology soon.
By enacting Law No. 32/2002, the country’s broadcasting will become digital. According to State Minister of Communications and Information Sofyan Djalil, trials for radio and television digital broadcasting as well as digital TV in mobile phones are in progress.

Telkom’s market capitalization amounts to US$22.3 billion

PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia Tbk (Telkom) managed to book US$22.3 billion in market capitalization as of December 28, 2006.
PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia Tbk., is the largest InfoCom company and full service and network provider in Indonesia. Telkom and its affiliated companies provide fixed wire line, fixed wireless, mobile service, data & internet and other multimedia services, and […]

Power supply in Jakarta to return normal in a week

Many electricity customers suffered blackouts due to massive flooding in Jakarta and environs at the week-end. State electricity company PT PLN will restore normal power supply within one week, PLN President Director Eddie Widiono said Tuesday.
It’s a good nice for me since I can do nothing in my home, mainly to have my PC and […]