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The most (and least) popular domains on the internet
by Daudi Were 08 Jun '10

08 Jun '10

>From Economist.com: http://www.economist.com/node/16307532 THE .net domain is the most popular on the internet, with more than 260m hosts counted by the most recent Internet Domain Survey<http://ftp.isc.org/www/survey/reports/current/bynum.txt>. Hosts are separate computer “addresses” that are contacted when a website or domain name is called up. Japan's top-level domain .jp has the most hosts, counting over twice as many as Italy's. The biggest generic top-level domains are .edu, used by education institutions across the world, and .mil, which is used only by the American military. At the other end of the scale, only 47 hosts with the Afghanistan suffix .af were recorded, fewer than the Holy See's 67. Iraq and North Korea are even less popular, ranking joint 251st and 261st out of a possible 268 domains. And two went unused: .sj and .pm. Kenya stats: Domain Hosts = All - Dup Level 2 Level 3 Hosts Names Domains Domains ke 44934 67083 22149 6 745 -- Pamoja e:daudi.were@gmail.com <e%3Adaudi.were(a)gmail.com> skype: d.were

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What does Apple have,up its sleeve for 2010?
by Judy Okite 07 Jun '10

07 Jun '10

in this years WWDC (World Wide Developers Conference) currently taking place in San-Fransisco, Carlifornia, it is higlhy anticipated that the iPhone 4G will be unveiled......follow Christopher Null's blog for latest updates... http://news.yahoo.com/s/ytech_wguy/ytech_wguy_tc2428 <http://news.yahoo.com/s/ytech_wguy/ytech_wguy_tc2428>Kind Regards, -- “To live is to choose. But to choose well, you must know who you are and what you stand for, where you want to go and why you want to get there.” Kofi Annan

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Real-Time Linux Workshop
by John Matogo 07 Jun '10

07 Jun '10

Dear colleagues, Kindly see below information regarding a Real-time Linux conference in October. Sorry for cross posting. Regards, John Matogo. ======= Twelfth Real-Time Linux Workshop October 25-27, 2010 Strathmore University Nairobi Kenya Following the meetings of academics, developers and users of real-time and embedded Linux at the previous eleven real-time Linux workshops held world-wide (Vienna, Orlando, Milano, Boston, Valencia, Singapore, Lille, Lanzhou, Linz, Guadalajara and Dresden) - the Real-Time Linux Workshop for 2010 will come to Africa for the first time. It will be held at the Strathmore University in Nairobi, Kenya, from October 25 through 27, preceded by one week public seminars. Rationale Embedded and real-time Linux have been rapidly gaining traction in consumer electronics and made significant advance into industrial computing. Today, Linux runs a wide range of industrial applications including real-time and safety-related systems. This vast pool of technology not only has the potential to improve the capabilities of computer systems in general but also has the ability to include new regions of this world into this creative process. These regions have been excluded so far due to the economic constraints involved with proprietary development models. Opening the door for the creative potential of engineers in Africa, exchanging ideas between diverse technical cultures is an essential contribution to advancing the capabilities of Open Source. Call for papers Authors from academics, industry as well as the user community are invited to submit papers on original work related to Open Source real-time systems. Such work may deal with general topics related to Open Source and free-software based real-time systems but also with research, experiments and case studies, as well as with issues of integration of Open Source real-time and embedded systems. A special focus will be on industrial case studies and safety-related systems. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: * Modifications and variants of the GNU/Linux operating systems extending its real-time capabilities * Contributions to real-time Linux variants, drivers and extensions * User-mode real-time concepts, implementation and experience * Real-time Linux applications, in academia, research and industry * Safety-related FLOSS systems * Work in progress reports, covering recent developments * Educational material on real-time Linux * Tools for embedding Linux or real-time Linux and embedded real-time Linux applications * RTOS core concepts, RT-safe synchronization mechanisms * RT-safe interaction of RT and non RT components * IPC mechanisms in RTOS * Analysis and benchmarking methods and results of real-time GNU/Linux variants * Real-time networking with COTS * Medical applications using COTS and FLOSS * Debugging techniques and tools, both for code and temporal debugging of core RTOS components, drivers and real-time applications * Real-time related extensions to development environments Abstract submission If you wish to present a paper at the workshop, please submit an abstract using the submission page at http://www.osadl.org/RTLWS12-Abstract.submission-form.0.html. Final paper to be included into the RTLWS12 Proceedings Upon acceptance of an abstract by the RTLWS12 Program Committee, the author will be invited to submit a full paper in a form defined by http://www.osadl.org/paper.tgz. A detailed description of the editing and formatting process will be provided along with the notification email. Web pages http://www.realtimelinuxfoundation.org/ http://www.osadl.org/ ________________________________ Strathmore University provides all-round education in an atmosphere of freedom and responsibility. This email and any files transmitted with it are intended solely for use by the recipient(s) to whom it is addressed and may contain confidential information. If you have received this email in error please notify the sender immediately and permanently delete this email and/or any files attached to it from your computer. Please note that any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Strathmore University. The University accepts no liability whatsoever for any loss or damages incurred, or suffered, resulting, or arising, from the use of this email and/or its attachments. The University warrants neither the integrity of the e-mail nor its freedom from errors, viruses, interception or any other form of interference. ............................................................................ Website: www.strathmore.edu

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Orange IEW3G+ (3G-)
by Jonas | Lamu Software 07 Jun '10

07 Jun '10

Skunks, I tried out Orange's IEW3G+ a few months back but it was not very reliable. Now I have tried again and I am quite impressed by the 7 day unlimited offer. This gives me an unlimited connection for 4,400 a month. I mean the name is still wrong - EVDO can't keep up with Safaricom's real UMTS 3G - but I get a steady speed of 60kBps (480kpbs) when I have a good signal - much better than the speeds Safaricom were offering on their now withdrawn unlimited offer. Not near the up to 3.1 Mbps promised (I guess there is a cap) but very good compared to my alternative with Access@Home 128kbps for 4,640. Do you have a better speeds when not on an unlimited bundle? With a 3G router (http://www.dovado.com/) I am able to plug in the modem (ZTE AC2726) and share the connection. Only annoying thing is that I have to reactivate the bundle every week and it is only available on pre-paid but the website makes topping up less of an operation than using SMS. Strange that Orange is requesting credit card information on an unsecure page that only require Basic Authentication though. I stick to scratch cards to keep my credit card info safe. Let's hope it stays.

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What your email address says about you (and yours)
by Christopher Kiagiri 07 Jun '10

07 Jun '10

Happy Friday everybody ... [image: emailaddress.jpg]

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Programming Intern Needed
by Peter Muchemi 07 Jun '10

07 Jun '10

Dear All, I am a software developer, developing code for small & medium sized companies. Projects are pushing us on the wall and we need extra hands. We are interested in training aspiring coders in Delphi/PHP/MySQL/PostgreSQL. Looking for guys btn 22 & 27 with a diploma in IT examined by KNEC. Basic accounting knowledge an advantage. If interested send your details to info(a)electra.co.ke -- Regards http://www.software.co.ke ------------------------------------------------------------------ "My Compiler Is My Life"

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Re: [Skunkworks] Hand Held Barcode readers
by Oliver Ndegwa 07 Jun '10

07 Jun '10

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CISCO - Multiple snmp server hosts
by m mugo 07 Jun '10

07 Jun '10

Hello skunks. Oh ye Cisco specialists, a quick one..... This is the snmp section of configs on my router snmp-server enable traps snmp authentication linkdown linkup snmp-server enable traps frame-relay snmp-server host xxx.xxx.xx.xxx public How can I enable the device to send traps to multiple snmp hosts; in my case two hosts. Is it snmp-server enable traps snmp authentication linkdown linkup snmp-server enable traps frame-relay snmp-server host xxx.xxx.xx.xxx public snmp-server host xxx.xxx.xx.xx public where each line represents each of the two hosts? Thanks. Regards, Mugo

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When it comes to innovative terms and conditions awards of the year, Safaricom leads again...
by Dennis Kioko 07 Jun '10

07 Jun '10

Terms of Idea Submission By Submitting your proposal to Safaricom, you agree: (a) That the submissions and its contents will automatically become the property of Safaricom, without any compensation whatsoever to you; (b) That Safaricom may use or redistribute the submissions and their contents for any purpose and in any way; (c) There is no obligation for Safaricom to review the submission; ...... more at http://safaricom.co.ke/innovation/terms.jsp -- with Regards:

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Invitation to connect on LinkedIn
by Isaak Mogetutu 07 Jun '10

07 Jun '10

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