Indonesia

Tropical island paradise ponders tax-free 'Digital Nomad Visa'

Live and work in Bali, pay tax at home

Offbeat27 Jun 2022 | 29

'All digital token transactions carry higher inherent risks': Singapore government

Increases regulation on operators to stop money laundering and terror funding

Software06 Apr 2022 | 3

Xiaomi adds earthquake alert system to some smartphones

Customers in Indonesia promised warning of wobbles sooner than is otherwise possible

Personal Tech05 Apr 2022 | 3

Indonesia's new mega-telco to build 18,000km submarine cable to the US

Coming out party for Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison

Networks11 Feb 2022 | 6

Indonesia bars financial institutions from offering crypto services

Advises citizens to avoid 'Ponzi schemes'

Security27 Jan 2022 | 17

AWS flicks the switch on an Indonesian region

Does the cloud belong in a city that's literally sinking? Rent some servers and find out

Off-Prem14 Dec 2021 | 1

Indonesian President's COVID jab cert leaks – authorities argue that's perfectly reasonable

It's not as if politicians' birthdays aren't well known, and they get jabbed on live TV

Security06 Sep 2021 | 2

Indonesian authorities probe million-record leak from national COVID app

Someone didn't secure an Elasticsearch database, researchers allege

Security01 Sep 2021 | 2

'Condolences on the death of your conscience' says card from Indonesian delivery drivers to local Uber clone after payments slashed

Also sent lovely flowers as US$22bn GoTo Group cut driver bonuses

Personal Tech10 Jun 2021 | 17

US slaps tariffs on countries that hit Big Tech with digital services taxes ... then pauses them immediately

Applies pressure as negotiations on harmonized global web levies near conclusion

Legal03 Jun 2021 | 42

Indonesia’s national health insurance scheme leaks at least a million citizens' records

Tech Ministry trying to figure out just how much personal info has made it onto notorious RaidForums data-mart

Security24 May 2021 | 12

Indonesian web giants Gojek and Tokopedia merge to create Asian super-app

Combine as ‘GoTo Group’, will represent two percent of GDP and say scale will help them grow

Personal Tech17 May 2021 | 1

Tencent Cloud opens first Indonesian data center

Jakarta bit barn offers subset of services - CLI, GPU, some storage services, advanced security services and serverless aren't on offer

Off-Prem13 Apr 2021 |

Please stop leaking your own personal data online, Indonesia's COVID-19 taskforce tells citizens

Posting pics of 'I got the jab' certs, complete with their QR codes, has authorities worried

Security25 Mar 2021 | 14

Imagine Amazon, Uber and PayPal merging. Indonesia's rough equivalents are probably doing it

Tokopedia and Gojek deal reportedly close, as Indonesia courts Tesla and wrestles SpaceX

Off-Prem10 Mar 2021 | 5

Azure and AWS expand their cloudy Asian boot-prints

Japan doubles up for AWS, Indonesia warms up for Microsoft as Alibaba and Google lie in wait

PaaS + IaaS02 Mar 2021 |

When it comes to taxing tech giants, America is out, France is in, Canada and Indonesia are going their own way

With Trump on the way out, 2021 is going to be digital levy a-go-go time

SaaS02 Dec 2020 | 65

Microsoft flips big Indonesian e-tailer Bukalapak into Azure from Google cloud

Taking a strategic stake in the biz probably helped and shows how big tech is buying into Asia

SaaS04 Nov 2020 | 1

Indonesia’s black-market phone prevention plan bricks a whole bunch of handsets

Database recording legit handsets appears to have exceeded capacity

Personal Tech13 Oct 2020 | 32

Indonesia starts taxing Minecraft, Skype, Zoom and Twitter

Regional video streaming companies added to list of entities required to pay Digital Services Tax

Legal10 Sep 2020 | 7

Three Facebooks, four more Amazons and one Apple to collect Indonesia’s digital services tax

And so will TikTok and Disney, with more to come

Personal Tech11 Aug 2020 | 5

Indonesia slaps 10 percent tax on three Googles

But only on one AWS, one Spotify and one Netflix - and zero Microsofts

Legal09 Jul 2020 | 5

Indonesia’s capital city is literally sinking. Google just opened a new cloud region there anyway

Jakarta region is live now. And hopefully high and dry

SaaS24 Jun 2020 | 6

Indonesia imposes 10% digital services tax

To boost the post-pandemic tax base

Legal18 May 2020 | 18

Giga-hurts radio: Terrorists build Wi-Fi bombs to dodge cops' cellphone jammers

Explosives activated by wireless networking signals discovered amid election

Security17 May 2019 | 157

Vocus to build Singapore-Australia submarine cable

40Tbps link should see first light in late 2018

Networks06 Dec 2016 | 1

Chap cuffed after treating commuters to giant-screen smut

Traffic-stopping hack could mean six years inside under Indonesian 'Immoral act' law

Security06 Oct 2016 | 9

Jakarta be kidding me! Google gets $400m tax bill from Indonesia

Java no friend of the Chocolate Factory

On-Prem20 Sep 2016 | 12

Indonesian comms ministry orders 'gay emoji' block

First they came for the local IM services, then they came for the world's

Legal12 Feb 2016 | 44

Indonesian government cracking the whip on lazy telcos

Build networks or I'll cancel your license, says minister

Networks21 Jan 2016 | 5

Alphabet spells 'Loon' for Indonesia

Broadband balloons secure local operators for 2016 test

Networks29 Oct 2015 | 3

Bongfire of Inanity: Jakarta rozzers enforce mass chill-out

Pizza consumption and short-term friendships rise

Science27 Mar 2015 | 14

The electronics island where COPS shoot ARMY and workers are rioting

Where your kit gets made Reg man stumbles into eye of the storm in Indonesia

On-Prem21 Dec 2014 | 14

Apple's DIRTY SECRET isn't that secret, or that dirty

Comment Indonesia’s tin mining issues aren't the fruity firm’s fault, guys. Move on

Personal Tech20 Dec 2014 | 58

Boffins unearth the ultimate antique art - 500,000 years old

Early Homo was about more than being erect

Science05 Dec 2014 | 41

Apple goes after BlackBerry's last stronghold

Cupertinian outpost established in Indonesia

On-Prem26 May 2014 | 10

'Anons' cuffed by Australian Federal Police

Two arrested for attacks on Indonesian and Australian websites

Security22 May 2014 | 7

Indonesia considers smartphone tax to spur local mobe-makers

Foxconn's $1bn factory investment looking like a very smart move

Legal10 Apr 2014 | 6

Indonesia plans 10 Gbps FTTP as part of 20-million-premises broadband project

World's fourth-largest nation about to come online, bigtime

Legal11 Mar 2014 | 24

Conspiracy theories rage as 100 website defacements hit Singapore

Government sites left alone, opposition hit by 'Indonesian' attacker

Security20 Feb 2014 | 5

Apple RESURRECTS the iPhone 4: report

Cupertino needs a cheapie to win in India, Indonesia and Brazil

Personal Tech06 Feb 2014 | 56

Australia, Indonesia, make peace in the cloud

Telstra and Telkom Indonesia sign cloud services pact

On-Prem23 Jan 2014 | 1

Indonesia raises volcanic Defcon level as Mount Sinabung rumbles

Updated: Dormant for centuries, now raining gravel and gas on nearby villages

Science25 Nov 2013 | 10

Indonesia turns Twitter into very leaky diplomatic bag

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono unleashes epic rant against spying

Legal19 Nov 2013 | 19

Anonymous Indonesia claims attacks by Anonymous Australia

Warring factions in division by zero error

Security17 Nov 2013 | 13

Anonymous Indonesia gets it right, attacks Australian government

Spook sites go down, no suggestion of any secrets being purloined

Security12 Nov 2013 | 8

Anonymous threatens cyberwar with Anonymous

And it's all because of climate change and Edward Snowden

Security09 Nov 2013 | 84

APAC PC shipments plunge 12 PER CENT since 2012

Form factor innovation could help turn around fortunes, claims IDC

On-Prem22 Oct 2013 |

Indonesia becomes MOST DANGEROUS place on the internet

Tops China to claim crown as main source of poison packets in Akamai study

Security17 Oct 2013 | 4

Google driver flees after Street View car crashes

Camera-laden Googlemobile takes out three cars in Jakarta

Bootnotes19 Sep 2013 | 18

Cyber jihad as Indonesia and Bangladesh hack each other off the web

Hackers bring down hundreds of websites

Security30 Jul 2013 | 10

Indonesia ponders 5,000% SIM card price hike

Carrot, stick, come out to handle 50 million subscribers churning each month

Legal22 Jul 2013 | 9

Indonesia to build crack IT-trained military unit to deflect attacks

Defence force needed to deal with growing online threat

Legal30 May 2013 | 6

BSA targets Indonesian pirates

Thar be treasure...

Legal14 May 2013 |

Indonesia: e-commerce firms must have local domain

Show me some .ID, says Ministry

Networks28 Mar 2013 | 6

TodDANG! Rampaging monkeys storm Indonesian village

Seven people injured during surprise attack

Bootnotes31 Jan 2013 | 12