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Microsoft bans purchase of Apple products
by David Kiania | Asentric Consulting Ltd 21 Mar '12

21 Mar '12

Turns out MS employees are even greater fans of Apple. Global CFO issued this memo 'Microsoft bans expensing Apple products, misses an opportunity http://t.co/NqgzYiah' Am loving this esp. after apple shares hit $609 on their way to $900 according to WallStreet analysts. #iLike Kiania D. -- [Asentric Consulting Ltd] http://www.shutterdiplomacy.com I ask not for a lighter burden, but for broader shoulders. -Jewish proverb

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Request for Help:- Testing an app on iPhone
by Peter Karunyu 21 Mar '12

21 Mar '12

Hello good people, I am kindly requesting anyone with an iPhone to help me test a web based PHP app. Pls drop me a line and I will give you the URL and credentials. Much thanks!

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SERVER CO-LOCATION IN NAIROBI
by Moses Muya 21 Mar '12

21 Mar '12

Good people, Does anyone know about companies offering server co-location services in Nairobi?Could you please give me details about the services offered(e.g Bandwidth,Data transfer allowance,Network latency,Power,Security,Public I.P addresses allocation,Access to co-located servers,e.t.c),the cost of the service and how your experience with them have been i.e how their services measure-up to their promises? If I could get a service provider with an S.L.A that they actually stick to,that would be great. Thanks! -- Kind Regards, Moses Muya.

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OT - WTF KRA.co.ke Site ???
by ndungu stephen 21 Mar '12

21 Mar '12

What is this website http://kra.co.ke/ posing as the actual KRA website ? Try pressing any of the menu items - gives you a list of adverts [?].

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PHP Developers Needed
by Anna Berry 21 Mar '12

21 Mar '12

Hi Techies, Hope you are all doing very fine. I am looking for very good PHP developers who should be ready to start working immediately. If you are one or know of any please send me your CV or ask them to send their CV's to my email. This is for a full time position. With kind Regards Anna

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Media Misleading Citizens?
by Barrack Otieno 21 Mar '12

21 Mar '12

Listers, I just saw this on the wall of a popular media house and i am appalled by the misinformation, why can't our dear journalists do more research before publishing info, i see why Prof Nyong'o was so agitated during the Interview on Citizen TV, this is really dangerous? below is the text.. The Communications Commission of Kenya could have access to your personal internet content by July this year, if a plan they have set in motion succeeds. The CCK has signed a 32.6 million shilling deal with the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) to install a system that will monitor all incoming and outgoing internet content in Kenya, and has already requested local internet service providers and telecommunications institutions to install it. Do you think this is right? Hope the concerned will react on time. -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254-20-2498789 Skype: barrack.otieno http://www.otienobarrack.me.ke/

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MacBook Pro 13" Power supply Wanted
by Brian Ngure 21 Mar '12

21 Mar '12

Hi All, I am looking for the following power supply for a MacBook Pro 13". Model number is A1278. Any help would be appreciated. http://www.cheap-laptop-adapters.net/apple/macbook-pro-13--a1278-ac-adapter… -- Regards Brian Ngure

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Google Summer of Code
by Yonny Mutai 21 Mar '12

21 Mar '12

We should be having some local university students engaging in some of these projects. http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/homepage/google/gsoc2012

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Telkom: Let the fundraising begin
by Bernard Mwagiru 21 Mar '12

21 Mar '12

Oh dear..Telkom wants Sh10bn bailout from taxpayer: http://goo.gl/oqpOJ ./bernard

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KDN at it again
by m mugo 20 Mar '12

20 Mar '12

Hello skunks, kindly allow me to vent Despite one of the longest thread on this list being how terrible KDN support is, I went ahead and set up some hotspot service on their link. I'm regretting ever doing that... This month has been a total waste of money and my small business and reputation is ruined. Ever since the marine Fiber cuts, have been getting less than a quarter of the bandwidth I paid for. Add to that their crappy migration last week and the connection intermittent connection on the WiMax CPE since Tuesday last week. This is situated less than a kilometer from the Base Station. The most frustrating part of the all this is their support staff who seem to be under instruction to stall anyone that calls with a query with tickets and endless promises to call you back. I had a very bad weekend trying to get them to sort the link Wish me luck as I try to negotiate a refund for March despite money not being the only thing that I have lost... Regards, Mugo M.

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