Hey guys and gals, I just realised that I have a R700 google adword voucher that expires today and that I have no use for it.

So to stand a chance to win the voucher just leave a comment to this post and I will pick a winner by 5pm today.

So spread the news and you could stand a chance to win R700 worth of free google advertising.

Terms and Conditions for the voucher here.

UPDATE

Looks like I’m not the only one with this, check out http://www.webaddict.co.za/2009/08/31/try-google-adwords-free/ and your chances will be even bigger to win.

WebAfrica will be testing their very own Tier-1 ADSL network within the next 30 days and they need you to help them test it.

WebAfrica is giving away 10GB adsl account to users willing to help test their brand new Tier-1 ADSL network. The accounts are absolutely free, but are limited to the first 5000 signups.

To sign up fo this free trial please visit http://www.webafrica.co.za/trial/. Login details will then be sent to you via email or sms as soon as the trial begins. Users can keep up to date on discussions surrounding the trail and receive customer support on the WebAfrica Trial Forum, available at http://forums.webafrica.co.za/networktrial.

For more information regarding the Trial visit the WebAfrica Blog. Please not that there is only 5000 signups available and already 1,843 has signed up, so hurry to get your free 10GB trial account.

I signed up for my account on Friday already and will be giving feedback throughout the trial right here on iGeek.

Hi guys, I would please like to urge you al making use of the ZA-Portal proxie and services to refrain from futher use.

We have received allegations about potential fraud committed by ZA-Portal. The matter is still being investigated and awaiting feedback from all the parties, but you may be well advised to stop using the service until all the parties have given their views.

Acording to Elitehost ZA-Portal owner was using several fraudulant credit cards to fund this whole scheme, he even used different identities to register with all the different ISPs.

If you used the service with internet banking and entered any credential please be adviced and change these details.

Facebook 3.0 for the Apple iPhone and iPod Touch was released yesterday afternoon on the Apple AppStore.

The new Facebook 3.0 application bring users a freshly new redesigned user interface. Many of the new features was requested by users, such as a customizable Facebook home screen, and the ability to Like user posts.

Facebook Version 3.0 was designed to be easier to navigate on the iPhone, enhanced the post feed view, added the ability to RSVP to event invitations, and more.

Facebook 3.0 for the iPhone and iPod Touch is free and available for download from Apple’s AppStore

Great news for local The Killers fans, they will be doing two shows right here in South Africa this December.

Capetonians and Johannesburgers will have the privilege to go see The Killers live on tour right here in South Africa this December brought to us by Heineken and 94.7 Highveld Stereo.

Social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter had been filling with news that The Killers will be comming to South Africa, and now it is comfirmed that they are set to perform in Cape Town and Johannesburg.

The Killers has released three albums and has numerous hits such as Mr. Brightside and Human, aswell as a number of awards behind them.

Fans of The Killer can catch them in Johannesburg at the Coca Cola Dome on the 4th of December and Cape Town fans can check them out at Val De Vie Polo Estate in Franschhoek on the 6th of December. Tickets go on sale at Computicket from tomorrow, 28 August, or if you are a KFM club VIP member you can already get a prime spot by purchasing a ticket through the Club VIP website.

Its that time of the year again where Makro is going insane with birthday specials.

Makro is running its birtday special from Sunday 23rd August to Monday the 31st of August. Some of the items on sale worth looking at is the Fujitsu 20″ LCD Computer screen for a mere R999 aswell as the Sinotech 47″ LCD TV for only R9799.

For more information on all the great specials go check out Makro’s nice E-Catelogue here

Braai4Heritage is an initiative that calls all South Africans to actively celebrate their common heritage by braaing on Heritage Day, 24 September. After all, braaing is a deep-rooted tradition in South Africa that cuts across all demographic groups.

This initiative has the potential to become a contemporary means of celebrating South African-ness, especially considering that braaing is a positive feature in most South Africans’ lives – being the fun-loving, social and hospitable nation that we are. Cooking food on an open fire is an international phenomenon, but to braai is a truly unique South African past time that penetrates racial, cultural, religious and social boundaries. The National Heritage Council (NHC) supports this call and acknowledges that there’s currently a need for a cross-cutting approach to heritage, which helps to build and highlight social cohesion. The NHC encourages initiatives of this nature to be supported by corporates as a contribution to preserving memories of a great nation from today’s generation to the future. Celebrating our heritage is important to preserve our national identity particularly among our youth. Countries with strong social cohesion become strong nations. This is why we believe it’s important to celebrate our common national heritage…

Die Heuwels Fantasties a Afrikaans band from the Northern Suburbs of Cape Town, Bellville Rock City has collaborated with Soweto Gospel Choir, HHP and JR to bring us a nice song called “Our Heritage” to celebrate the day.

You can download the song here.

Remember to light up a fire and have a nice South African braai on the 24th September.

Some of you may remember the post I did a while back about ZA-Portal the local site that offers free proxy servers to browse international sites. The good news is that the services is still well alive and running, just that the urls have been changed for some reason.

ZA-Portal now even offers http proxies for use, which makes it possible to view youtube videos and even download large files all with local only cap.

Below are the new proxy servers , if you encounter errors please let the owner know by replying to this thread on MyBroadband with a much detail as possible.

PHPWeb Proxy Servers:

Server 1:http://www.phpwebproxy.co.za
Server 2:http://www.phpwebproxy2.co.za

Rapidleech Servers:
Main Server: http://www.rapidleech.co.za/index.php
Server 2:http://www.phpwebproxy.co.za/rapidleech
Server 3:http://www.phpwebproxy2.co.za/rapidleech

Rapidleech Config:

Delete Files: Disabled
Auto-Delete Files: 48 Hours (2 Days)

HTTP Proxy:
IP: 196.41.132.28
Port: 3128

HTTP Proxy 2:
IP: 196.41.26.122
Port: 3128

HTTP Proxy 3:
IP: 196.41.26.123
Port: 3128

HTTP Proxy 4:
IP: 196.41.26.124
Port: 3128

ZATorrents opened it doors today to the public. ZATorrents is a new initiative by owner of ZA-Portal, the free local proxy service that allows you to browse and download content with local only cap.

ZATorrents is having a new signup competition, and I decided to help out a bit. The ZATorrent competition is a refer contest , the top 3 members to refer the most users get a prize as listed below.  To refer someone is quite easy , during signup you just put your name into the refer box and that is it.

Prizes:
1st Place: 5GB International – Unshaped
2nd Place: 5GB International – Shaped
3rd Place: 3GB International – Shaped

All account SAIX Based.

The contest will end on 28th August 2009! and the winners will get their prize exactly at 7:00PM.

So this is what I propose, go sign up to ZATorrent and use referer name igeek. Then if igeek gets one of the prizes, I’ll have a small competition for you guys to win the prize.

UPDATE

If there is no referer box simply pm the user ZAPortal with the words Referer: igeek

So by now a whole lot of Capetonians made plans to head out to Ceres this weekend to go watch and play around in some snow on Matroosberg.

If you are interested in seeing what it currently looks like up there, the people of Matroosberg nature reserve has set up webcams, you can have a look at the images here. It contains images of photos taken by the webcams on Matroosberg. Images are updated frequently so check back often to see if its worth going up to Matroosberg in Ceres.

A friendly reminder to people heading to Matroosberg, Ceres please keep it calm on the roads. Do not drive fast as roads are slippery and be aware of pedestrians alongside the roads. There will be long queues up to the mountain as allot of Capetonians are heading up to go have some fun in the snow.

See you there, and watch out for the snowballs.