“My name is Mrs Odhiambo*,” a middle aged woman, elegantly dressed introduced herself. “What I am going to tell you is very private and confidential. My husband has been using our home computer to surf…
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Protect yourself against cyber crime
Last week I received a distress call from one of our clients. The client’s email account had been hacked. The attacker changed the victims’ password and wrote e-mails to the victim’s friends and relatives that…
So you’ve bought counterfeit software, what now?
Scenario You went out shopping and you’re the proud owner of a shiny new laptop that comes with all the bells and whistles – built-in web camera, fingerprint reader, 320 gigabytes of hard disk space…
Compulynx unveils 2012 growth strategy
January 4, 2010 – Buoyed by continued fast business growth in the local Information and Communications market, an IT and business solutions provider CompuLynx Limited has unveiled a strategic business blueprint to enable it further…
Google adds translation to search engine
December 4, 2009 – Google on Thursday began weaving an automated language translation feature into its universal search service. A new “translated search” tool lets people direct Google to seek results from Web pages written…
Google's Top Searches of 2009 in Kenya
December 2, 2009 – Google announced its annual Zeitgeist on Wednesday, a look at 2009 through the collective eyes of the world on the web. The Zeitgeist offers a unique perspective on the year’s major…
Spotify launches application for Nokia
November 24, 2009 – Swedish streaming software Spotify announced on Monday the launch of a music application for the Symbian platform, used by the world’s biggest mobile phone maker Nokia and other smartphones. Only customers…
India plans fingerprint IDs for citizens
November 17, 2009 – India’s 1.16 billion people are each to receive their own identity number under a monumental plan designed to cut corruption and improve distribution of state benefits. The project — modelled on…
Samsung developing mobile operating system
November 17, 2009 – Samsung will be the next mobile maker to create its own mobile operating system, joining the ever-growing list of propriety open-platform mobile operating systems available to consumers. Samsung’s new platform will…
Xbox Live boots pirate videogame players
November 16, 2009 – Internet classified ad and auction websites were rife Thursday with Xbox 360 consoles modified to play pirated videogames in the wake of the devices being banned from Microsoft’s online game community….