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Ipage.com
by Jayden Brayden 29 Apr '13

29 Apr '13

I would not recommend you use ipage.com I used to host several sites with them. When you initially setup an account with them, it is $45 USD or something close to that for one year of hosting. Then after the year is done and you wish to renew, the renewal fee is more than $120 USD. I asked them why the hight rates and I was told the initial $45 USD I paid was a promotional offer. Funny, why did they not tell me about that? I learned the hard way, and changed my hosting provider. I now use stablehost.com and couldn't be happier.

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Invitation to use Google Talk
by Google Talk 29 Apr '13

29 Apr '13

----------------------------------------------------------------------- You've been invited by mwei gideon to use Google Talk. If you already have a Google account, login to Gmail and accept this chat invitation: http://mail.google.com/mail/b-83615ce953-cff60ec1f2-lr2Kz-YmDVBCbw7-yzWn4p2… To sign up for a Google account and get started with Google Talk, you can visit: http://mail.google.com/mail/a-83615ce953-cff60ec1f2-lr2Kz-YmDVBCbw7-yzWn4p2… Learn more at: http://www.google.com/intl/en/landing/accounts/ Thanks, The Google Team

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Data capture and Management system
by mwei gideon 29 Apr '13

29 Apr '13

good morning Techies! my client would like to have a data capture, update and compare system. ie person details capture,services given, previous records on the person, compare the persons previous and current status. kindly send me names of systems that you recommend and the dealers of the same. With Regards Mwei.

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Who is using Telkom Orange Jambonet Internet connections?
by Jac 29 Apr '13

29 Apr '13

Hey Skunkers! Anyone using the Jambonet Internet Connection and how reliable is it i.e. in Mombasa(CBD) and Mombasa(Tudor Area)? Thanks -- Jackson Gathoni

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Airdroid 2.0
by Dennis Kioko 29 Apr '13

29 Apr '13

In addition to doing the following on measly Android phones (iPhone use supreme European technology or something): - Read your SMS from your comp - Copy files to and from your phone - Open links on your phone The new version can - work remotely, you don't need to be in the same network (limit 100 MB dat atransfer for free or 1 GB for premium, 60 day premium trial available) - Access both back and front camera, without any sound or notification, even when phone is locked - Show the location of your phone (This and above feature are good for security) you can find it here http://goo.gl/RnpnG and to use on your comp https://web.airdroid.com Would like to know if there's a way to lock Cyanogen mod on your comp, or a way to prevent anyone from installing any ROM on your phone. This way, if anyone stole your phone, you would prevent them from flashing a different ROM. Is there a way to also lock an app such that it cannot be uninstalled - perhaps set it as a system app -- with Regards: blog.denniskioko.com <http://www.denniskioko.com/>

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Kenya police on /.
by Morris 28 Apr '13

28 Apr '13

a lot of educated people in public offices make "$$$" the subject of their procurement activities. The Amount on the invoice it never the cost of the goods being procured. To say the least people never care about the quality. As far as someone is putting some extra bucks in their pockets, that they are so greedy for, nothing will ever change; with academic qualifications or not.

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Nairobi Phone Thief Caught Red Handed - Phone App Takes His Picture As He Tried To Unlock It
by Kevin Omondi 27 Apr '13

27 Apr '13

Skunks, The story below is hillarious. Has anyone been able to trace a stolen phone using one of these apps ( e.g Lookout and Xtrasec) Regards Kevin 18 April 2013 , By noreply(a)blogger.com (nairobi wire) <http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-T6TZL9z0DyM/UXA-t-r0vxI/AAAAAAAAU4E/88HbVKd9oRg/s…> If you have a smart phone, then you can easily put a face on the person who will steal your phone, should it come to that. Several applications available on android market (Google Play) and iTunes, provide recovery solutions in case you report a phone as stolen. Some apps use the phone GPS to calculate its location and send the details to a provided email. Others alert the rightful owner when a different sim card is inserted, and even provide the number of that sim card. Others take a picture of the culprit using the front facing camera, if available. The effectiveness of this apps has not always been something to write about, but yesterday, a lucky phone theft victim received an email that will probably save many phones. Martin Githinji had lost his phone one week ago in a matatu at Kahawa Wendani, but luckily for him, he had installed XTraSEC, a phone security app. Yesterday, Martin received an email with a picture of the suspect. Yes, the app had worked. Apparently, as the suspected thief tried to unlock it, he made too many attempts, triggering the app to take the snapshot. Martin has now started a social media campaign to track the suspect down. According to the official XtraSec site, the application has the following features. ✔ Find Phone(with auto turn on GPS) ✔ Phone alert (make your phone scream!) ✔ Remotely SPY capture photo ✔ SPY Auto capture on invalid lockscreen password entered ✔ Detect SIM replacement ✔ Remotely turn on WiFi or 3G data using SMS ✔ Remotely check battery info ✔ Remotely check telephony info ✔ Remotely phone lock with PIN ✔ Remotely phone and SD data wipe ✔ Wipe proof (XtraSEC survive on factory restore) So now you cannot say you didn't know. Share this information and help your friends track down their phone thieves.

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Facebook Virus
by Norman Boinett 27 Apr '13

27 Apr '13

Hi Listers, there seems to be a virus targeting facebook accounts. A friends accounts has been jacked.(see Pic) -- *“And one should bear in mind that there is nothing more difficult to execute, more dubious of success, nor more dangerous to administer than to introduce a new order of things; for he who introduces it has all those who profit from the old order as his enemies,and he has only lukewarm allies in all those who might profit from the new. This lukewarmness partly stems from fear of their adversaries . . . and partly from the skepticism of men, who do not truly believe in new things unless they have actually had personal experience of them.” * (From Chapter VI of Niccoló Machiavelli,The Prince. Peter Bondanella and Mark Musa,translators. Oxford University Press revised edition, 1984, p. 21.)

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Innovation from the ground up
by Joseph Tintale 27 Apr '13

27 Apr '13

Inspiring story >> http://www.humanipo.com/news/5361/Google-chairman-praises-Kenyan-innovator

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3G bandwidth usage
by Michael Pedersen 27 Apr '13

27 Apr '13

Hi Skunks, For a new cloud product I am working on I would like to try and keep track the exact bandwidth/traffic used for each individual client. This is particular useful in a scenario where the access to the system is through a 3G bandwidth bundle (i.e. Safcom), and the owner is blaming the system for "eating" his bundle when in fact an employee's Facebook/Youtube activity is to blame ;-) To this end I would like to know a bit more about how the 3G traffic is measured and billed by local telcos, and I hope someone on Skunks have the insights needed: 1. Most billing is listed as per megabyte (i.e. 4kes per MB without bundle), but is it "per started megabyte", "per started megabyte per minute", or simply "per 1048576 bytes", or ? 2. When a bundle gives you 1.5Gigabyte does it then give you 1500 megabytes or 1536 megabytes as it should ? 3. Is the activity measured as the IP content actually transferred (the body of the TCP/IP package) or is the TCP/IP package overhead included ? 4. If it is in fact the full IP frame including overhead then what is the typical/maximum MTU size in a 3g network ? Enjoy. Michael Pedersen

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