Gold Coast Computer Repair | Computer Help | Virus and Spyware Removal | Remote Support

Cracking The Brain’s Numerical Code: Researchers Can Tell What Number A Person Has Seen

By carefully observing and analyzing the pattern of activity in the brain, researchers have found that they can tell what number a person has just seen, or how many dots a person has been presented with. These findings confirm the notion that numbers are encoded in the brain via detailed and specific activity patterns….more

Don’t Get Web 2.0wned

A recent attack in which tainted banner ads served up rogue software for visitors of popular sites such as drudgereport.com, lyrics.com and horoscope.com is a stark reminder of the importance of keeping up-to-date on software patches.

According to Web vulnerability scanning firm ScanSafe, between Sept. 19 and 21, tainted ads that tried to foist malicious software cycled through some of the Web’s most popular destinations (drudgereport.com receives more a million visitors per day, according to compete.com).

Unlike the attack last week from rogue ads on the New York Times Web site – which heaved bogus anti-virus software onto visitors’ systems – this series of bad ads sought to drop a Trojan horse that hijacks the victim’s search results, ScanSafe found…..more

A DUST storm that smothered Sydney in a bright red blanket of haze this morning has invaded the Gold Coast today as it traveled north across the border into Queensland Causing flight cancellations and awe..

BOM information » NONE

Gold Coast Flight Information / Cancelations: » http://webfids.gcal.com.au/cgi-bin/webfids.pl

Gold Coast Bulletin Updates: » GCBulletin

Global Warming to blame? not so fast.. Weather scientists were today reluctant to directly link climate change (Global Warming) with extreme weather events such as storms and droughts, saying these fluctuated according to atmospheric conditions. When will the Gold Coast Dust Storm Clear? Conditions may also apply tomorrow according to current forecasts

Hulu.com – Free TV and movies over the Internet
Boxee.tv – Free TV and movies over the Internet
PlayOn.tv – Free TV and movies over the Internet via your gaming system

Forget caller ID… A coming wave of “social” mobile phones and Applications is likely to tell you everything you ever wanted to know and more about the person calling you.

An application called Robo.to, available in the fourth quarter on the iPhone and handsets that run Google’s Android operating system, offers a stream of information about callers, including personal videos, photos and their current location.

» Robo.To Website

Kim Clijsters of Belgium, the 2005 U.S. Open champion, defeated Serena Williams, the defending champion, 6-4, 7-5 in their semifinal match. Williams lost match point on a code violation.

Serena Williams a devoted jahova witness actually lost it and yelled four-letter rant at judge.. ‘Take this **** ball and shove it down your **** throat’…

Read More: http://www.nytimes.com?emc=na

(continue reading…)

Cyber criminals are taking advantage of swine flu fears with e-mails promising news on the illness which then infect computers with a virus, a Spanish computer security firm warned Friday.

The e-mails invite recipients to open a document with information claiming the H1N1 flu virus was developed by pharmaceutical firms seeking to make huge profits from the outbreak, Pandasecurity said in a statement.

But if the document is opened, a virus is installed on the person’s computer which can steal personal information like bank account data.

The amount of e-mails containing the virus circulating around the Internet exploded on Friday, the statement said.

Asked in an interview published in Spain last week about conspiracy theories that major pharmaceutical firms are behind the swine flu outbreak, the head of the World Health Organisation, Margaret Chan, said she “could not imagine” that they would be capable of generating a pandemic.

» More http://www.physorg.com/news171900811.html

This could be VERY addictive!

Google is teaming up with board game maker Hasbro to launch a Google Maps (Google Maps) version of Monopoly. Monopoly City Streets, which launches Wednesday, allows users to compete in a live, worldwide version of the popular game, creating the biggest Monopoly tournament ever played.

Game can be found here » www.monopolycitystreets.com

(continue reading…)

Electronics such as phones and laptops may start shedding their power cords within a year.

Wireless electricity may soon make tangled power cords a thing of the past.

 » CNN.com/Technology