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Advert: Asus Transformer Pad TF300 Price Reduced!!
by Brian Munyao Longwe 19 Feb '13

19 Feb '13

Hi people, My friend has decided to reduce the price on this to Kshs. 60,000 firm. If I had the chums I would buy it myself! On Tue, Jan 8, 2013 at 10:55 AM, Brian Munyao Longwe <blongwe(a)gmail.com>wrote: > A friend needs to offload this asap... > > The beauty is going for 75,000/= > > Have you heard about the hybrid tablet/notebooks? Bringing the best of > both worlds, full tablet (slimmer than the new Galaxy Tab 2 10.1) and a > QWERTY keyboard mobile dock, 10 hours battery life etc etc etc... further > specs follow: > > > [image: Image][image: Image] > > > Torch Red in color > > Android™ (1) 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS) > > NVIDIA® Tegra® 3 T30L Quad-Core @1.2Ghz > > GeForce® 12-core, 3D stereo (built-in) > > 16GB EMMC + 8GB of free ASUS WebStorage space for life (2) > > RAM:1GB / ROM:16GB > > 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth v3.0 > > 10.1" WXGA (1280 × 800) LED Backlight IPS panel, 10 finger multi-touch, > 350nits > > 8MP Auto focus (rear), 1.2MP (front) > > 2-in-1 Audio Jack (head-out/MIC-in 2-in-1) > 1× micro-D HDMI 1.4a port / 1× microSD Card Reader / Built-in microphone / > High Quality Speakers > > 10 hours; 22Wh Li-polymer (3) > 15 hours with mobile dock; Dock: 16.5Wh Li-polymer (3) > > Mobile Dock with full QWERTY Keyboard (Optional) > > G-Sensor, Light Sensor, Gyroscope, E-compass, GPS > > 263 × 180.8 × 9.9mm ; 635g (pad only) / 263 ×180.8 × 10.2 mm ; 546g (dock > only) > > >

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Programming error results in free parking
by Peter Muchemi 19 Feb '13

19 Feb '13

http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/local/neighborhoods-city/programming-er… -- Peter Muchemi Software Developer Electra Software Ltd http://www.software.co.ke +254 722 320986

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ICT Masterplan dubbed Connected Kenya 2017 launched
by Paul Kukubo 19 Feb '13

19 Feb '13

Listers Full Master Plan Document Can be Downloaded Here..<http://www.ict.go.ke/docs/MasterPlan2017.pdf> The government’s effort towards transforming the country into a knowledge based economy through<http://www.ict.go.ke/index.php/ict-masterplan/516-government-launches-the-n…>digital empowerment was on 14th February 2013 endorsed with the launch of the first National ICT Masterplan, Connected Kenya 2017. A five year plan that seeks to drive citizen adoption of the Vision 2030 priorities through ICT policies and initiatives, the master plan projects that by 2017 Kenya’s ICT industry will be contributing an estimated US$2 billion (some 25 percent of Kenya’s GDP) and have created around 500 new tier-1 ICT companies and over 50,000 jobs. “As a step towards its realization, the ministry is working on standardizing business processes and developing sub-plans that will allow the delivery of innovative public services within government” said Information and Communication Ps., Dr.Bitange Ndemo“ Strong governance and increasing engagement between the government and private sector will help to remove barriers that would impede execution in order to deliver a society based on knowledge”, added Dr.Bitange Ndemo Guided by the ministry’s policy objectives and to achieve the intended full benefits of ICT, the Masterplan plugs into the vision 2030’s social and economic pillars in seven keyintervention areas. Under the social pillar are Education and Training, Health sector, Water and sanitation, Environment, housing and Urbanization, Gender, Youth and Vulnerable groups, Social Equity and poverty reduction. The economic pillar shall deliver on Tourism, agriculture, Wholesale and Retail Trade, Manufacturing, Business process outsourcing and financial services and the creative industry. What began as a stakeholder engagement on the hypothesis of what had been adopted in countries like Singapore has taken two years, culminating in the birth of the ICT Masterplan. “Indeed, the plan is ambitious and it is an attempt to infuse ICT s and knowledge into the Vision 2030 by enhancing citizen value. How? by availing channels that will stimulate the set-up of ICT related businesses and therefore employment creation” said Paul Kukubo,ICT Board CEO., At the core of this Masterplan are three strategic pillars that will be used as a measure of success. Enhancing public value through service delivery and access of public service, strengthening ICT as a driver of industry by establishing an ecosystem for ICT adoption and the development of ICT business that lead an understanding of the emerging market needs. “The plan is really just a guideline and availing it to the public means that we are open for further deliberation and feedback .We intend to review the document annually to review progress and realign the same to the day’s priorities”, added Paul Kukubo The Launch of the National ICT Masterplan comes just two days after a draft National Cyber Security Masterplan roundtable, a final review session for the country’s first document that seeks to establish a regulatory and policy framework in information security. The Strategy and Plan play a fundamental role in managing risks to government processes through securing the information assets. . <http://www.ict.go.ke/docs/MasterPlan2017.pdf> 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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IBM Staffing
by Claude D'souza 19 Feb '13

19 Feb '13

Not exactly the first company (tech or otherwise) to do this...what are the group's views on how the perception that locals aren't 'good' enough can be changed? http://www.humanipo.com/news/3992/IBM-turns-to-US-for-Nairobi-lab-staff -- Claude A. D'souza Personal Mobile: 0722887311 Work Phone Kenya: 0202012707 LinkedIn: http://uk.linkedin.com/in/claudedsouza

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Office on Ipad
by Kivuva 19 Feb '13

19 Feb '13

Anybody who has seen a tool that works as a wordprocessor on iPad? Or is there anybody who has been able to domesticate LibreOffice/OpenOffice on the iPad? Ragards -- ______________________ Mwendwa Kivuva For Business Development Transworld Computer Channels Cel: 0722402248 twitter.com/lordmwesh www.transworldAfrica.com | Fluent in computing kenya.or.ke | The Kenya we know

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Foip or Fax sip client
by geoffrey gitagia 19 Feb '13

19 Feb '13

Hi All has anyone got a good foip client that can run on an Asterisk ? i want to get rid of our physical fax phone ... if you know how best to do this please share the knowledge -- GG

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win 7
by Ronnie kilel 19 Feb '13

19 Feb '13

Hi, A friend is selling 2 licences win 7 anyone intrested? -- Thanks *Ronnie Kilel* ronniekilel(a)gmail.com *squeaky wheel gets the grease** *

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SIP Trunk Providers
by Odhiambo Washington 19 Feb '13

19 Feb '13

Hello Skunkers, Does anyone on this list use the services of a SIP Trunk provider, who: 1. Can give you a number from any part of the world without restrictions 2. Charges reasonable fees for voice channels? 3. Has superb Support Team? 4. Has cheap calling rates 5. Gives reliable service I need to compare who you use with Novanet.net, with whom I am about to sign up. I have the feeling that paying USD 30 per voice channel is way too high so looking for able compez with good calling rates Anyone from a Call Centre?? Or other organization using SIP Trunks primarily? -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ I can't hear you -- I'm using the scrambler.

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XP, Vista force Proxy Settings
by Garr Patronas 19 Feb '13

19 Feb '13

Morning Skunks, For the Windows geeks out there, Setup: I have a LAN with XP & Vista workstations. Problem: I need to force all network traffic via a proxy (for reasons beyond my control, we can't place the proxy "directly" between the LAN and router, so the proxy is part of the LAN). Setting the same in the browser settings is not "fool-proof" [?] The only possibility is to force all LAN stations to pass through the proxy...somehow... Is there a fool-proof way to set the default proxy/route in Windows? Also, how do I restrict LIMITED users from changing the LAN settings? All your help will be appreciated. G.Patronas.

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Safricom's Intel Yolo - USB Tethering
by Samuel Wachira 19 Feb '13

19 Feb '13

Good day. Is it me or has anyone managed to do USB tethering on this device? I have tried Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 8 but still USB tethering is still not working. WR. ./Sam

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