Java

Indonesia evacuates residents, shuts airport after Java volcano erupts

Indonesian authorities orders people living near a volcano to leave their homes on Friday and a major city closes its airport after the 5,500 metre (18,000 ft) peak send a column of steam and ash into the sky.

27 killed as bus crashes in Indonesia

At least 27 people died and 16 others were injured when a bus carrying domestic tourists crashed on the Indonesian island of Java, police said on Saturday.

Google defeats Oracle in Java code copyright case

Google wins a major US court battle with software firm Oracle after a jury ruled it did not unfairly appropriate parts of the Java programming language.

Women write better code, study suggests

Computer code written by women has a higher approval rating than that written by men - but only if their gender is not identifiable, new research suggests.

The Indonesian horse that acts as a library

Adult illiteracy in Indonesia is dropping, but one region has almost a million adults who cannot read. In central Java, one man and his horse are helping improve access to books.