January 2010 - skunkworks - Skunkworks Site

Dell XPS 1330
by Michael Kamunge 26 Jan '10

26 Jan '10

Hi guys, Anyone stocking the above machine? Please holla offline soonest. Cheers, Mike

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Tulipe in the deadpool??Nilipe breaks into the scene
by Mbugua Njihia 26 Jan '10

26 Jan '10

I will have a video interveiw next week with Mr David Svarrerto promised to shed more light on ip and patent issues in kenya. David is the CEO of Digital Age Institute and he had some interesting insights at the meeting over at the Ministry. Agosto chipped in as well "get a good lawyer...carry your lawyer to every meeting"

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M-Pesa Upgrade News
by Odhiambo Washington 26 Jan '10

26 Jan '10

Hello skunks, I did not see the news on M-Pesa Upgrade<http://www.cio.co.ke/index.php/view-all-top-stories/500-m-pesa-upgrade-to-a…>posted here, or was it? Maybe Safaricom can now be called "the LISTENING, caring provider"?:-) This is very welcome news! -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ "If you have nothing good to say about someone, just shut up!." -- Lucky Dube

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Tulipe in the deadpool??? Nilipe breaks inot the scene
by Mbugua Njihia 26 Jan '10

26 Jan '10

After the meeting at the Ministry of Infocom yesterday where the ICTbrd, one VC, a Swdish rep, Ericsson reps and a handful of techies, I tried looking up Tulipe but their site seem sot have gone down. I have put the Nilipe presentation video on http://www.mbuguanjihia.com <http://www.mbuguanjihia.com/>

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Re: [Skunkworks] Mathematical Progression
by James K. Muturi 26 Jan '10

26 Jan '10

>> "I want to make 3 deposits to a bank. My first deposit was 11k, the > > 2nd was 33k. What will the 3rd deposit be?" It could be anything one's bank deems acceptable thus the need to know the name of the bank. One could even inquire into the type of account, as different accounts have different restrictions. JKM.

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Expression of Interests Invited: Computer and Network Maintenance
by Al Kags 26 Jan '10

26 Jan '10

This is an invitations to interested Companies to express their interest in offering basic Computer, Internet and Network (LAN) maintenance for a Kenyan Foundation, KCDF (www.kcdf.net) The Organisation has a 20 computer LAN that is served with Microsoft Exchange Server and has a back-up tape service. Any company Incorporated in Kenya that is interested and has the skill to offer this service on an annual contractual basis, please email your profile and basic quote to oliver.konya(a)kcdfoundation.org as well as a basic indicative quote to provide guidance. Thank you. Al Al Kags ----------------------- Author, Living Memories. “IF THERE IS SUCH A THING AS Kenya, these stories belong to us all, just as the pictures in Kenya Burning document the trauma of a nation during the post-election violence. The age of history written by white males is well and truly over.” - Star Columnist, Betty Caplan in the East African Weekly Newspaper. http://living.alkags.com

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Innovation HUB coming very soon?
by aki 26 Jan '10

26 Jan '10

" an open space for the technologists, investors, tech companies and hackers in the area. This space is a tech community facility with a focus on young entrepreneurs, web and mobile phone programmers and designers. It is part open community workspace (co-working), part investor and VC hub and part incubator. " *Seems ushaidi and others are working on this. Well done!* And congrats to David Mugo and the soon to launch mobile payment gateway for developers. Btw, does anyone know what happened to the guys who were developing TULIPE early last year? Comments/additions welcome. ( ps: kind of in a rush.....contribute comments in a few weeks time ) -- "If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses." - Henry Ford

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Mathematical progression
by Tech List Kenya 26 Jan '10

26 Jan '10

Hi guys, I heard this puzzle on the radio today and didnt quite agree with the answer given. I will try as much as possible to reproduce it as i heard it: "I want to make 3 deposits to a bank. My first deposit was 11k, the 2nd was 33k. What will the 3rd deposit be?" Share your answer and reason behind it. I will share the answer they gave later.

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Wind Generator Taxed?
by Watson Kambo 26 Jan '10

26 Jan '10

Hello Guys, Does anyone have an idea of how wind generators are Taxed? are they tax exempt ... Am planning to bring in one ..Am thinking 600w to 1Kw for a start the later comes with 4 100AH Batteries, I think this would offset my power bills big time ... Aki I might need your expertise here.. -- Watson wanjohi kambo

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Patents are Evil!
by Dennis Kioko 26 Jan '10

26 Jan '10

patenting is turning out to be more and more evil. It stiffles innovation and competition. Apple patented multitouch, that is the sole reason that no other smartphone in the US comes with it. With open source and a some flashing of this smartphones, any other smart phone will have such features. Patents are evil, Apple patented multitouch for the iPhone, therefore Apple is evil, do not buy evil products. let the Geek inherit the Earth. -- with Regards: Get your free technology e-magazine in pdf format: Tekniaonline: http://bit.ly/tekniaonline-2 Sterotyping: Abednego, tell the tribe by the name; visit the blog : http://gramware.blogspot.com

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