All Blog Posts Tagged 'computer' (5)

One of the minor reasons I began researching on the internet was because I hoped it would improve my brain function. I felt like I was living the old axiom "If you don't use it, you'll lose it." A recent article has brought to light a study that seems to prove my efforts may not have been in vain. The Research TechRepublic reported Tuesday, December 1, 2009 that a small UCLA study… Continue

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Stanford University's bold research project called Folding At Home is your chance to sit back, do nothing, and help them discover the keys to disease, and someday maybe even their cures. *Alzheimer's Disease *Parkinson's Disease *Cancer… Continue

I am not technically savvy. That's the territory of my son and hubby who do computers for a living and live and breathe them when not at work. I am happy to keep my Migraine foggy brain clear of the clutter of technical jargon and most anything else relating to the computer... until I need something. #1 son is too busy now to help me, as is his father, so I'm now forced to spend countless hours online trying to figure out simple things that would take the average first grader 5 minutes. One su… Continue

Most likely the first recorded computer assault resulting in physical harm to targeted individuals, computer 'Griefers' (termed Hackers in the article) used forum posts to trigger Migraine and Epileptic seizures in unlucky visitors to a nonprofit group called the Epilepsy Foundation on Saturday, March 22, 2008. "Hundred of messages on their forum were embedded with flashing animated gif images which triggered seizures and headaches i… Continue