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PC Tech's Technology of the year awards nominations now open
by Albert Mucunguzi 14 Oct '10

14 Oct '10

?Dear All, PC Tech's Technology of the year awards nomination forms are now available. Members are encouraged to nominate individuals and organizations for the various categories indicated. Please click the link below to download the nomination form. http://pctechmagazine.com/downloads/cat_view/64-pc-tech-awards As a reminder, registration for the Africa Internet and Mobile Entrepreneurs' Conference, 2010, scheduled to take place on December 10th, 2010 is now in progress on the conference website, www.afriec.com. Thank you. _______________________ Regards, Albert Mucunguzi Executive Director PC Tech Communications P.O. Box 32180, Tel: +256 712619812 / 700 297031 Kampala, Uganda. Email: ed(a)pctechmagazine.com Website: www.pctechmagazine.com / www.albertmucunguzi.com

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M-PESA deposits uninsured against bank failure?
by Haggai Nyang 14 Oct '10

14 Oct '10

Interesting and thorough analysis, thought I should let fellow skunks aware... I thought there was another insurance mechanism for M-PESA cash held by Safaricom apart from the Deposit Protection Fund. Read on... http://www.mit.edu/~tavneet/M-PESA.pdf

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Google trying out Self-Driving Cars
by Dennis Kioko 14 Oct '10

14 Oct '10

For those of you who have missed the news, Google has been trying out for several months , in the streets of San Francisco, cars that drive themselves. You got to give it up for thinking far into the future while we are locally blaming Safaricom for taking away jobs that we never did well and charged highly (Thread on Safaricom Hosting) -- with Regards: The Hacker whose people troubled Paypal http://www.cio.co.ke/view-all-main-stories/1999-the-hacker-whose-qpeopleq-t…

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C++ Builder
by Watson Kambo 14 Oct '10

14 Oct '10

Hello guys, Anyone who can help me out with a Builder?? Borland would be fine ... -- Watson Kambo

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Butterfly Wi-Fi Blackout
by SkunkWorks KU Followers 14 Oct '10

14 Oct '10

anyone from KDN here? ... KU [kenyatta uni] hasn't had butterfly connectivity since the current semester started... 6 weeks ago. You can see it on your list of wireless networks... and your PC will connect to it, but thats it. it will not receive any DHCP data (.. like IPs for the DNS and gateway and etc). i guess its coz the link between the butterfly infrastructure in KU and KDN HQ is down. ... and yeah, we've called support enough times on 020-500002, and we've been promised prompt action all of those enough times by sami, or nora, or pato [...gai, i even know they're names coz of calling them soo many times :D!]. anyway, most guys here [mainly the IT students] we're willing to pay for butterfy-- most of them are highly unfit geeks who would rather pay to surf from they're beds than walk all the way to the labs, lol ... anyhows, i hope this gets to the right people. our HELB money is quickly running out :) CHEERS! simon : 0771-556-909

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OT: Just A thought
by Ericko 14 Oct '10

14 Oct '10

http://www.designlaunches.com/gadgets/gesture_remote_by_lunar_design_future…

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by nancy bosire 14 Oct '10

14 Oct '10

-- Sincerely yours, Nancy Bosire Managing Director Blueline Synergy Limited Tel: 020 2317230/29 Mobile: 0721907995 info@bluelinesynergy.com,nancy@bluelinesynergy.com http://www.bluelinesynergy.com Domain Registration.Web Design & Hosting.Software Development.LAN/WAN setup.Maintenance.Projectors. New/Used PCs & Laptops.Computer Accessories.Office Stationary "Your consistent thoughts create your consistent results." "Whatever your mind expects and demands, it will find a way to produce it." - Napoleon Hill Mahatma Gandhi once said:- First they ignore you, Then they laugh at you, Then they fight you, AND THEN YOU WIN!!!

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Re: [Skunkworks] ZUKU NOT WORKING
by Joel Musungu 14 Oct '10

14 Oct '10

The reason is really very straightforward. They use mainly wired systems with dedicated and redundant leased lines. In some cases they use wireless but in each and every contract they have an SLA for service delivery. The ISPs must provide a certain level of service to contract customers but most of us retail customers are not on any form of SLA except for AK. With AK all they'll do is not guarantee you uptime but they guarantee that youll not pay for any downtime you experience. With banks etc they must guarantee UPTIME Message: 1 Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2010 11:59:36 +0300 From: gisho <gichuhie(a)gmail.com> To: skunkworks <skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke> Subject: Re: [Skunkworks] ZUKU NOT WORKING Message-ID: <AANLkTi=reJ8SL5w_rg3Gt++vNCxwkzK_C_rhWFjmdHwE(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 People, not a week ends without a service provider being banged in this very list. Funny enough, big companies like Zain, Safaricom, --banks etc don't seem to have these kinds of frequent downtimes. Now, does this mean they use different links (to rest of the world ) from what the kawaida mwananchi uses or is it the quality of wiring done by our over qualified networking engineers or is it that they use very low quality equipments to cut on costs (think profits) or is it that there are waaaay too many subscribers (which i doubt) or is it that the people complaining cannot afford a quality service (#justsaying) Is anyone one running a webserver or something similar service from Kenya and if any what provider do you use? (yes, i know about Wananchi so i just want to 'hear' about something else) seriously this is wanting on other matters, anyone has any info about .ke TLD? -erastus When the righteous Prosper, The City rejoices but when the wicked perish there are shouts of JOY

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help me get a job
by rachel tati 14 Oct '10

14 Oct '10

help guys,please assist me to get a job. i have done a diploma in It from JKUAT and currently left where i was working .am good website design any any IT related job will be ok with me. your help will be appreciate please.

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OT: A techie Joke
by James Kagwe 14 Oct '10

14 Oct '10

*I found this funny. At least it made me appreciate that we have quite a number of mobile providers.... we are spoilt for choice * *Safaricom:* The annoying wife you'll never leave * Zain:* The comforting clande you keep running to *YU:* The enticing secretary you keep thinking of hitting *Orange**:* The neighbours wife you wonder about how anyone can love and marry such a hag *Telkom:* The neighbouhood mboch you are hitting at and you dont want anyone to know about.

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