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local server with Ubuntu Distro's?
by Watchman 11 May '12

11 May '12

Anyone have a location? -- ...and I shall shed my light over dark evil. For the dark things cannot stand the light.

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Free Software Foundation and Open Source..
by aki 19 Apr '12

19 Apr '12

After reading more, I have more respect for the FSA than Open Source. Seems I owe Freedom Software Foundation an apology for not having read the thin lines that get blurred between FSF and OSS, they have clearly defined their views. Free Software Foundation defines FREE SOFTWARE as FREEDOM and not FREE BEER! Bottomline. Really nice, these people seem to be following ethical lines of why they started out. Is OSS following ethical lines? I'm reading further, things like GPL keep coming into the research. If you practise commerce on Open Source, what are your limitations of licenses that built the OSS? A question to LINUX followers : Why did Linus build a Unix-Like kernel? Was the Unix Kernel not released to public use or what were the restrictions then? *Interesting times ahead......but please share your inputs.* Proprietary software seems is so easy to understand. As easy as our Mobile Developers going to see IP rights lawyers before they go see Telcom Operators? -- **Sent from my Microsoft/Intel based computer. Affordable & reliable computing for Decades**

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Managing Safaricom data bundles on the iPad
by Okechukwu 19 Apr '12

19 Apr '12

Hi All, Is it just me or anyone experiences the headaches of buying, checking, & managing data bundles on Safaricom on the iPad. For one, getting the website www.safaricom.com/bundles to detect the iPad is a pain - for some time, I only get the message that they are unable to detect my modem number. After talking to the care team on twitter, at first they were clueless and one even had the audacity to ask me to remove my battery and return it back - SMH. Then at long last, I was given very good instructions, add an APN: Safaricom with Username/Password: saf. And then make sure you take your device to Airplane mode if the site doesn't detect it - This worked perfectly, now my device is detected. And I managed once to load a 1.5Gb bundle since I wanted to stay for as long as possible to go through this. I did a skype video session which lasted more than an hour, the quality of both video & voice was perfect, and I had no regrets even with the huge consumption of the bundle. Now, I needed to do another session today and just checking how much bundle I have remaining was a pain. The device & number is detected perfectly, but the website stays stuck on 'Wait while we retrieve your details' It has been retrieving my details since 6:30am till now about 9:45am - Got tired and had to remove SIm card and buy the bundle on my phone before returning it to the iPad. I just cannot live with this - My question is, is there a provider who has a better way of bundles being managed on the iPad? I dont care even if the speed crawl, but at leaste I will be in peace with the process! if none, do I really have to live with this? what is the alternative since am not into the daily auto-renewal bundles on the iPad. frustrated ./Ok3ch

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Samsung Targeting A More Local Approach to the Region
by King'ori J. Maina 18 Apr '12

18 Apr '12

Wasup guys, Check out this article on the Business Daily<http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Samsung+targets+rural+folks+with+solar+c…> ; Samsung targets rural folks with solar charged laptop<http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Samsung+targets+rural+folks+with+solar+c…> I didn't even know that Samsung was here locally! Seems like Kenya, thanks to Ushahidi & iHub is quickly becoming the destination of choice for all these tech firms ... they've got a local Facebook ( http://www.facebook.com/samsungmobilekenya) and Twitter ( https://twitter.com/#!/SamsungMobileKE) accounts to engage their audience. What do you guys think about this move?

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Institute of Applied Project Management for PMP
by Phoebe Mutua 14 Apr '12

14 Apr '12

Hello guys, I just read a skunk on someone who was asking for a PMI Accredited institute in Kenya. I took my course at http://www.iapm.co.ke/ and just did my PMP exam on Monday 15th August 2011 and guess what, I PASSED :) Anyone who wants to be a PMP I recommend you try IAPM and believe you me you wont regret it. They have PMP trainers who are Subject Matter Experts in the field of Project Management, good study materials and a good learning environment. For quality and excellence, I recommend IAPM Phoebe Mutua.

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Huawei E1750
by Johnny Tsunami 10 Apr '12

10 Apr '12

Is there anybody who know how to unlock Huawei E1750 modem? -- .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. Regards

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Reading this felt like being kicked in the face.
by Martin Chiteri 23 Mar '12

23 Mar '12

A must read if you consider yourself learned / educated AND living in Africa [ http://mindofmalaka.wordpress.com/2012/01/18/you-lazy-intellectual-african-… ], black or not. Martin.

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Zuku Bad Service
by Dennis Kioko 12 Mar '12

12 Mar '12

Apparently, you do not have to go far to find out how bad Zuku is. Their official Facebook Page is just enough for this purpose: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=26197882902&v=wall -- with Regards: The Chinese are known to be entrepreneurs, and coupled with some imagination, are now playing the role of nature in food and beverage production. http://gramware.blogspot.com/2011/01/chinese-way-to-become-imaginative.html

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Konza Technology City Request for Information & Interest
by Paul Kukubo 12 Mar '12

12 Mar '12

Listers The Kenya ICT Board wishes to make stakeholders aware of that the request for Information and Interest has been issued by the Ministry of Information and Communications for the services of a Master Developer for Konza Technology City. The advertisement was published in the Economist of this week and in the Daily Nation yesterday and has been posted online, www.konzacity.co.ke and on Scribd http://www.scribd.com/doc/55367200/Konza-Technology-City-Request-for-Inform…<http://scr.bi/iJxj3Z> Please pass on to interested parties. Regards Paul Kukubo Chief Executive Officer, Kenya ICT Board PO Box 27150 - 00100 Nairobi, Kenya 12th Floor, Teleposta Towers Koinange Street Tel +254 20 2089061, +254 20 2211960 Fax: +254 20 2211962 website: www.ict.go.ke local content project: www.tandaa.co.ke, www.facebook.com/tandaakenya twitter:@tandaaKENYA BPO Project: www. doitinkenya.co.ke Digital Villages Project: www.pasha.co.ke personal contacts _______________ Cell: + 254 717 180001 skype: kukubopaul googletalk: pkukubo personal blog: www.paulkukubo.co.ke personal twitter: @pkukubo ____________________ Vision: Kenya becomes a top ten global ICT hub Mission: To champion and actively enable Kenya to adopt and exploit ICT, through promotion of partnerships, investments and infrastructure growth for socio economic enrichment

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The Cloud Demystified
by Phares Kariuki 08 Mar '12

08 Mar '12

Does the term cloud computing cloud your thinking? Do you associate cloud computing to overcast weather? Are you tired of marketing buzzwords that are never explained like 'SaaS' (You read it as 'Sasa', a common Swahili greeting), PaaS (you assume this means a man from Western Kenya has had enough of his fowl), IaaS (Frankly, simply confuses you) etc? As EANOG (East Africa Network Operators Group), we have taken it upon ourselves (Yep, we are just nice guys :-) ) to explain and demystify these concepts. Think of it as the class in University you should have been taught, but were not. Think of it as MITx, by regular Wananchi, who speak your language! Who will be speaking? Simple people: 1. *John Gitau* - Nice guy. Loves farming, hiking, talking to people, taking long walks off short piers, a regular guy, who just happens to have a great understanding of networking (a Cisco CCIE, works for Safaricom, usual accolades, but speaks your language, from the grandmother, to the server room geek, he gets you). 2. *Phares Kariuki* - Again, nice guy. Loves his coffee, music, books and failed attempts at sarcasm. Tries to cook, but tragically succeeds in making dogfood (everything roasts). Happens to work in the virtualization field (has for the last five odd years), as a Business Manager for VMware in Westcon Africa, previously did pre-sales for VMware at Westcon Africa. Can additionally have a conversation with your great aunt and your geek about cloud computing. We at EANOG believe in keeping things simple. Keeping things straight forward. We will serve coffee. We promise to be simpler and more accurate than our esteemed Kenyan Meteorological Department :-). When? The 18th of February, 2011, at the iHub, from 10.15 am. Register below! http://cloudsmadesimple.eventbrite.com/ **DISCLAIMER* - Conversation may veer off anticipated topic, unfortunately an effect of Coffee & ADHD. Forgive us. There will be rules on how to get us back talking about clouds :-). -- Warm Regards, Phares Kaboro Kariuki

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