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Standard Group Website Hacked

Today, Standard Group became the latest casualty of cyber attack. Their recently revamped website, standardmedia.co.ke was briefly inaccessible. For a short period, visitors to

August 23, 2012

featured·tech news

Twitter Goes Silent As Robert Alai Is Arrested

Robert Alai Under Arrest Yesterday, Twitter users experienced a period of unusual inactivity after ‘tweep in chief ‘, Robert Alai spent part of the

August 22, 2012

featured·News·tech news

Goal.com Launches Dedicated Kenyan Edition

Goal.com Comes To Kenya Kenya became the third African country to have a dedicated Goal.com edition. The hugely popular football news site set base

August 8, 2012

Sports·tech news

Robert Alai Under Attack For Not Paying 3 Month Electricity Bill.

Robert Alai And @RamzZy_ Exchange Unprintables Before Their Combined 28,000 Followers, Over An Allegedly Unpaid Electricity Bill. What started as one of the many

August 3, 2012

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Kenyan Hacker Arrested For Stealing Sh 200 Million Online.

A Kenyan based in the UK will spend 3 years in jail after he was arrested for involvement in a phishing scam that stole

July 23, 2012

tech news

Safaricom Subscribers Will Now Have Their Sim Contacts Backed Up.

“The service is in use by Safaricom employees on pilot basis” It will soon be easy for mobile phone users to recover their contacts

July 20, 2012

Business·tech news

How Safaricom Is Stealing Your Data Bundles.

99% of Kenya’s 6.5m internet users access it via mobile, of which Safaricom owns 77% market share. In Kenya, when you buy a 1.5Gb

July 18, 2012

tech news

Murang’a Police Spending Too Much Time On Facebook Warned By Their DC

Some Of Them Have Been Caught Unawares By Thieves While ‘Poking and Chatting’ Murang’a South DC Muktar Ali has told his officers to stop

July 18, 2012

News·tech news

16 Year Old Rwandese Hacks KBC Website.

The Kenya Broadcasting Corportation (KBC ), is the latest victim of cyber attack. A Rwandan hacker has hacked and exposed KBC’s database, revealing 2934

July 16, 2012

featured·tech news

IEBC To Invite IT Hackers To Penetrate Its Sytem.

By OLIVER MATHENGE Do you consider yourself an IT hacker? Then the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission will soon be looking for you. In November,

July 9, 2012

tech news

New ATM Theft Technique Gets To Kenya.. (MUST READ)

The following is pictorial evidence as to how thieves are draining money from your account without shedding any blood and surprisingly with your cooperation.

May 29, 2012

Business·featured·tech news

Kenya Politicians Websites Analyzed. Peter Kenneth Wins.

Peter Kenneth Takes The Lead. As opposed to 2007 elections, 2013 elections are being held during a period when Kenyans are the 2nd most

May 11, 2012

featured·Politics·tech news

Prezzo For BBA Pushes A Worldwide Twitter Trend.

Big Brother Stargame. Word going round is that musician Prezzo and actress Nini wacera, will represent Kenya at the Big Brother Stargame. Though nothing

May 3, 2012

Entertainment·tech news

Kenyan Campuses And Their Facebook Fan Pages.

University Fan Pages. If you want to find the most social media savvy people, then look no further than institutions of higher learning. University

April 21, 2012

featured·tech news

# Nairobi Tremor.. The morning Twitter Trend.

#NairobiTremor Kenyans on twitter, #KOT have made it a tradition to reach for their phones anytime anything happens. The best was when oil was

April 17, 2012

News·tech news

Tesco’s Wrongly Sells iPads For A Tenth The Price.

Retail giant Tesco, wrongly advertised the price of an iPad 4G, 64 GB, as £ 49.99 approximately $ 65, instead of £500. The huge

March 14, 2012

tech news

Kony 2012 Becomes Most Viral Video Ever.

Kony 2012, the video documenting the atrocities of Ugandan rebel leader Joseph Kony, has become the most viral video ever created. The video has surpassed 100

March 12, 2012

featured·tech news