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Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia announced today the launch of five new mobile phones for its Nokia Life Tools, as well as that of the service in Indonesia, starting with early December 2009. The service, as many of you might already know, is aimed at consumers in small towns and rural areas, and has just been enhanc... |
4 November 2009
03:54 GMT |
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According to experts at the American space agency, it may be that the space rock that exploded over Indonesia earlier this month is the largest to have hit the Earth since 1994. The asteroid did not exactly hit the surface, but rather exploded in the atmosphere, far away enough to not cause any damage or casualties. ... |
30 October 2009
02:28 GMT |
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On Friday, the American space agency released a full report, in which it gave details about the asteroid that exploded high in the planet's atmosphere on October 8, in the skies over Indonesia. According to NASA, the asteroid blew up with the strength of 50,000 tons of TNT, an explosion about three times more po... |
27 October 2009
03:35 GMT |
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Bitstream Inc. has announced today that its BOLT browser will be included as the default solution on mobile phones delivered by K-Touch Mobile Indonesia. The license agreement between the two companies shows that the browser will be used on all types of handsets, and that all new devices delivered by K-Touch to the I... |
14 October 2009
02:17 GMT |
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According to the latest scientific study on the matter, it would appear that the famous Komodo Dragon, which currently lives mostly in Indonesia, first appeared and developed in Australia. Experts believe that the creature then migrated westwards, until it finally reached its current location, where it set up a perma... |
7 October 2009
01:45 GMT |
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Dede, the Indonesian man from Java who has most of his arms and legs covered in gnarled warts, as well as a part of his body and face, still requires at least two surgeries per year, his doctor says, even if a previous operation in August removed some 13 pounds (6 kilograms) of warts from him. After returning home, i... |
20 December 2008
05:42 GMT |
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In these times of economic turmoil, there are still people who are completely unaffected by the market price drop and soaring gasoline prices. The Baduy population, living only a few miles of Indonesia's capital city of Jakarta, is an example of such a group. Their life style is archaic, to say the least, and th... |
28 November 2008
03:34 GMT |
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The worsening condition of the environment around the Indonesian city of Balikpapan has prompted local authorities to introduce a "green" system – as they call it – of granting fiancées wedding certificates, and birth certificates to new parents. In order for these people to get what they want, the... |
25 November 2008
03:26 GMT |
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Apple opened this week new online stores in Asia, proving that Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam and the Philippines are big fans of its iPods and Macs. Thanks to Softpedia reader gagahput3ra, we are now able to confirm the fifth online store kicking off in Asia, namely in Indonesia. Not differing one bit from the other As... |
13 November 2008
02:46 GMT |
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The Indonesian Lusi mud volcano, which erupted on May 28, is still spilling out millions of liters of mud each day. However, the theories that are trying to explain what happened range from the influence of an earthquake to the misconduct of a drilling company prospecting for natural gas in the area, Lapindo Brantas.... |
3 November 2008
08:36 GMT |
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While for some countries global warming is only a distant concept, for others it's a harsh reality and a major threat, as demonstrated by the fact that several Indonesian islands have already sunk, while many more are in danger of disappearing in 20 to 40 years, due to sea level rises, caused by global warming. ... |
3 November 2008
04:27 GMT |
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The Bangka-Belitung Islands, a part of Indonesia off the coasts of Sumatra, looks like it was just hit by a severe carpet bombing. Helicopter views show large holes in the ground, surrounded by miles and miles of slurry soil dotted by turquoise-colored lakes that are highly-acidic in nature, as a direct by-product of... |
22 October 2008
05:02 GMT |
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After being released in several European countries as well as in Canada, RIM's newest high-end smartphone, the BlackBerry Bold 9000, is getting ready to conquer Asia. The handset was officially announced for Singapore and Indonesia, thus it will become available (theoretically at least) to almost 240 million pos... |
3 September 2008
03:14 GMT |
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Research In Motion and Indosat, the second largest mobile carrier in Indonesia, have announced the availability of a new prepaid service for Indonesian BlackBerry users. Called "BlackBerry On Demand", the new service comes to offer business users and companies an improved solution for enjoying all the features that t... |
7 August 2008
09:15 GMT |
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Indosat, a leading Indonesian mobile operator, together with Nokia Siemens, will expand and enhance its nationwide wireless network in order to better respond to the "unprecedented subscriber growth" in the last months. Nokia Siemens Networks will deploy a mobile softswitching solution, allowing Indosat to give ... |
5 August 2008
06:23 GMT |
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Although this is not the first time when a species of monkeys are spotted fishing in rivers, the discovery of a silver-haired primate in Indonesia which exhibits similar behavior is definitely a first. In the last eight years alone on at least four occasions researchers have observed long-tailed macaques capturing fi... |
11 June 2008
03:45 GMT |
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Telkomsel Indonesia has chosen Ericsson to improve its nationwide network by deploying its MSS (Mobile Softswitch Solution) in order to increase the network's performance, coverage and capacity. The Mobile Softswitch Solution of the Swedish company will offer a core network platform for both of Telkomsel's... |
13 May 2008
12:15 GMT |
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Google's video sharing service YouTube got banned on Monday after an anti-Islam clip called Fitna was published on its official website, drawing protests from its Indonesian users. Last week, the Indonesian government set a Monday deadline to YouTube's administrators in order to allow them to remove the cli... |
11 April 2008
04:38 GMT |
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It seems like the YouTube representatives and the Indonesian authorities couldn't reach an agreement over the long criticized anti-Islam movie appearing on the video sharing service. Today, IndosatM2 along with other Internet service providers based in Indonesia announced that they have imposed restriction for u... |
8 April 2008
06:02 GMT |
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Google and YouTube are once again in trouble after a video uploaded by the Dutch MP Geert Wilders caused protests in Indonesia as lots of Muslims considered the clip offensive for their nation. Geert Wilders became famous for his criticism of the Islam culture because he had always struggled to stop Muslims from movi... |
3 April 2008
05:38 GMT |
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Hackers are always looking for new targets for their attacks but, in case somebody instigates them, hacking a certain website becomes their main priority. This is what probably happened in Indonesia where some hackers attacked the official website of the country's information ministry after the government tried ... |
31 March 2008
04:49 GMT |
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West of Sumatra, away from the main trade routes, Mentawai Islands seem ideal for maintaining a life style known in other places 10,000 years ago. The largest island of the group is Siberut, located at 10 hours of boat traveling from Sumatra. Siberut is 110 km (68 mi) long and 50 km (30 mi) wide. Until the beginning ... |
17 March 2008
17:26 GMT |
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Most of the populations of Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Polynesia, Micronesia, Melanesia and other parts of the southeastern Asia speak Malayan. These people originated in a migration of Mongoloid tribes coming from Taiwan. They first entered Philippines and, from there, colonized the whole Pacific and Indonesia... |
14 March 2008
18:16 GMT |
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1.The populations of Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines and other parts of the southeastern Asia are called Malayan. These people originated in a migration of Mongoloid tribes coming from Taiwan. They first entered Philippines and from there colonized the whole Pacific and Indonesia. But before the Austronesian migrati... |
23 February 2008
02:56 GMT |
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Ericsson have just managed to land themselves a new deal for providing their services and solutions on a new market from now on. Indonesia will have to benefit too from their evolved telecom solutions for the GSM/GPRS and WCDMA/HSPA network in the country.Ericsson has just closed a three-and-a-half-year frame agreeme... |
6 August 2007
08:17 GMT |
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