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Invitation to connect on LinkedIn
by nick wambugu 16 Aug '10

16 Aug '10

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Invitation to connect on LinkedIn
by nick wambugu 16 Aug '10

16 Aug '10

LinkedIn ------------nick wambugu requested to add you as a connection on LinkedIn: ------------------------------------------ Mulutu, I'd like to add you to my professional network on LinkedIn. - nick Accept invitation from nick wambugu http://www.linkedin.com/e/nlu5iq-gcx4yx4b-4z/XqwhZ3Ffzi6Tax09giG2G5ucHu2sPa… View invitation from nick wambugu http://www.linkedin.com/e/nlu5iq-gcx4yx4b-4z/XqwhZ3Ffzi6Tax09giG2G5ucHu2sPa… ------------------------------------------ Why might connecting with nick wambugu be a good idea? nick wambugu's connections could be useful to you: After accepting nick wambugu's invitation, check nick wambugu's connections to see who else you may know and who you might want an introduction to. Building these connections can create opportunities in the future. ------ (c) 2010, LinkedIn Corporation

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Introducing PC Tech Magazine (East Africa)
by Albert Mucunguzi 16 Aug '10

16 Aug '10

Dear members, I would like to introduce to you PC Tech, a monthly technology magazine, that is published in Uganda, but now circulated in Rwanda and Kenya. The magazine focuses on features of personal and enterprise technology initiatives, product and software reviews and research on information and communication technologies in Africa. The magazine seeks to tell the African ICT story by documenting and presenting the use of information technologies (ICTs) by private and public institutions/companies in Africa. It also details consumer interests and perspectives on technology in the East African region, and the continent as a whole. Beyond technology adoption and usage, the magazine discusses how private and public businesses/institutions address contemporary business challenges and remain innovative and competitive. In practice, the discussions are aimed at enabling other African business to learn from best practices and creating avenues for collaboration between these businesses. In research the discussions are aimed at offering educators and students sound case studies for learning. On our website (www.pctechmagazine.com) we have downloads of previous issues available, as well as any more information about the magazine and its initiatives. Comments and contributions can be sent through the address, ed(a)pctechmagazine.com. See downloads here: http://pctechmagazine.com/magazine/download-archives _______________________ Kind Regards, Albert Mucunguzi Executive Director PC Tech Magazine P.O. Box 32180, Tel: +256 712619812 Kampala, Uganda. Email: ed(a)pctechmagazine.com Website: www.pctechmagazine.com

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Moderation of this list
by David Mugo 16 Aug '10

16 Aug '10

Skunks, Am writing this am not even sure it will get published but am really pissed off at how this list is moderated. Today i posted a thread that was OT and stated so on the subject, it was not published. It had a link to a site, but its not the first thread i have seen with links. Am seeing too much personalization of this list and to be honest, getting a little tired of the route its taking. There is need to save this list from personalization and benefiting specific individuals. I happen to think we are even entertaining corruption. David. -- ------------- http://blog.majibu.com

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yahoo spams
by Thomas Odol 16 Aug '10

16 Aug '10

Hi guys i keep getting yahoo spam messages in your account and i wanted to know how to get rid of them any ideas? the come in like this: is this you? http://msnhot.net/photos.php Is this you on pic? http://elfarah.net/photos.php Kind regards, Odol

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PHP and Zend Framework; Thread #1
by Peter Karunyu 16 Aug '10

16 Aug '10

*Objectives* My objectives at this time is to get a rough idea of how to get started using the framework, after which I will create an application which uses most of the features a PHP developer uses on a day to day basis, i.e. a login form, a HTML table showing data from a database table, editing that data on a form and maybe uploading some files or photos. *Pre-requisites* 1. Download Zend Framework (ZF), at the time of writing, this is 1.10.7. (http://framework.zend.com/download/current/) I choose the zip version of *Zend Framework 1.10.7 Full*. 2. I already have a working setup of XAMPP 1.7.2 set up and working. Apache has been set up with mod_rewrite You can get a working copy of XAMPP here (http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp.html) 3. Download the tutorial Getting started with Zend Framework from http://akrabat.com/zend-framework-tutorial/, revision 1.7.4. 4. IDE; I am using Eclipse 3.6.0 "HELIOS" with a number of additional plugins, most notably PHP *Configurations* I modified the System Path environment variable to point to the bin folder of ZF, while at it I also added the path to the XAMPP PHP folder. I also modified the include_path directive in php.ini to point to the library folder of ZF. To make future upgrades easier on me, I created a folder in c:\xampp\php and called it zendframework1-10-7 and in this folder, i copied the folders bin and library from the files i had downloaded. The changes to php.ini and the environment path both pointed to this one folder. Then i restarted my pc for the system path to take effect. Funny thing happens when I run the command *zf show version*, its showing its version 1.9.0, I am not sure whether this is the version of Zend Framework or Zend Tool. I will ignore it for now. *Getting started* I fired up my Eclipse, set up a new PHP project and pointed it to the zf-directory created by the Zend_tool as detailed in the tutorial (page 2 and 3). On running the command: *zf create action add Index*, I kept getting this error: *An Error Has Occurred A project profile was not found. Zend Framework Command Line Console Tool v1.9.0 Details for action "Create" and provider "Action" Action zf create action name controller-name[=index] view-included[=1] module* Searched the net and came across this http://akrabat.com/zend-framework-tutorial-18/ which suggests two solutions: 1. Use at least ZF 1.9.1 (I am using 1.10? Not sure) 2. Change the current directory to the project where you want the action to be created, in this case c:\xampp\htdocs\zf-tutorial. This didn't work, so i switched to c:\xampp\htdocs\zf-tutorial\application\controllers and still it didn't work. More searching revealed this is a Windows only setup and many more pips are having the same issue http://framework.zend.com/issues/browse/ZF-7465. Will take a break now. Just thought of a possible solution, instead of using the command *zf create project zf-tutorial* I will instead use the command *zf create project zf-tutorial zf-tutorial-profile zf-tutorial-profile*" as the zend tool manual says the command has the syntax *zf create project path name-of-profile file-of-profile* I will also try the recommendation given at http://forums.zend.com/viewtopic.php?f=59&t=2020 (the last post at the bottom) which says "*...My solution: type in cd <project name> and then the context of Zend_Tool will switch to your project.*" though i am not sure what cd <project name> means. If none of these work, I guess I will have to create the view scripts by hand. Or someone who has done this before could point me in the right direction...

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EMS Kenya website not working
by Brian Munyao Longwe 16 Aug '10

16 Aug '10

http://www.emskenya.co.ke/ is totally unreachable and seems to be down. Strange that such a vital site would be allowed downtime....seems our friends at Posta still have some of the old government tendencies of not maintaining their infrastructure, tsk, tsk. -- Brian Munyao Longwe e-mail: blongwe(a)gmail.com cell: + 254 722 518 744 blog : http://zinjlog.blogspot.com meta-blog: http://mashilingi.blogspot.com

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OpenSolaris en mort!
by Odhiambo Washington 16 Aug '10

16 Aug '10

http://sstallion.blogspot.com/2010/08/opensolaris-is-dead.html <http://sstallion.blogspot.com/2010/08/opensolaris-is-dead.html> -- 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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Eac Domain
by Derrick Wesonga 16 Aug '10

16 Aug '10

Eac partner states rooting for a regional domain http://allafrica.com/stories/201008130649.html

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Kenya IGF 2010, Discussions :Day 7 of 8 Theme:E-Crime, Online Privacy & Data Security- Continuation
by Judy Okite 16 Aug '10

16 Aug '10

Good Morning, As we near, closing these discussions we, feel free to contribute to the former threads by clicking on the correct subject/title. Today we continue with , - a) E-crime- situation in Kenya - b) E- Voting- where Kenya is @ And today we add c) c) Online privacy and data security i) Sim card registration- on the 21st June 2010 the government through CCK(Communication Commission of Kenya) declared it mandatory for all mobile users to register their Sim cards More info: http://www.cck.go.ke/news/2010/news_21june2010.html “The exercise is aimed at safeguarding the public against acts of insecurity, including the wide spread threats posed by terrorism, drug trafficking, money laundering, extortion, fraud, hate messages, and incitement that are now wide spread throughout the world, “said the Minister for Information and Communication. Currently we have 18million (I stand to be corrected ) mobile users in Kenya, In these forms, one has to give their residential area , their identity card number, their birth information etc… That is a whole lot of data on Kenyans… in short , a grand database! From yesterday’s discussions we saw that currently we have no LAW to guard this database. Q. What will stop the Authority from using my details wrongly? Q. What happens if I don’t register by 31st of July? I will be disconnected? Under what LAW? ii) When I send a SMS to 3007 with an ID card number, it returns with voter details, full names, place of voting and voter card number of the ID card holder, however, 1, the system put in place, does not verify in any way that it’s the real owner of the ID card, that has sent this query? a) Can this data be manipulated? Then what? A question, on top of my head, with all these ongoing, what creates demand for LAW?(if there is anything, like that) Your queries, comments, inputs, corrections are welcome! 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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