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How to Stay Safe on the Internet

These days, Internet users have a lot more to be concerned about than the simple viruses of yesteryear. Trojans, phishing scams, spoofing, and other forms of spyware or malware can all present a security threat that starts from simply clicking on a link. Unfortunately, antivirus and antispyware programs can’t protect us from all of these threats when we’re out there surfing, emailing, online banking or social networking. The following tips will help you stay safe on the Internet and think twice about the data you put out there that can put you at risk of fraud, identity theft, and other Read More →

SMS’ Can Relieve Stressed, Lonely People

SMS Text Messages Relieve Stressed, Lonely PeopleBERKELEY — Text messaging often gets a bad rap for contributing to illiteracy and high-risk behaviour such as reckless driving. But a social welfare professor at the University of California, Berkeley, has found an upside to texting, especially for people who feel stressed out, isolated and alone. Text messages in cognitive behaviour therapy can make people feel less isolated Adrian Aguilera, a clinical psychologist who treats many low-income Latinos for depression and other mental disorders, said his patients report feeling more connected and cared for when they receive text Read More →

Beware: Top 10 Internet scams

This article has been republished from The Star newspaper, Johannesburg. Ramon Thomas will be speaking on Channel Islam on Sunday, 18 March 2012 at 10h30 discussing solutions based on 19 years of experience on the Internet.

Internet Fraud online scams South AfricaThe more advanced the technology, it seems, the more imaginative the con. Unless you’re a recluse with no internet, cellphone, bank card or car, you will have encountered a fraudster intent on scamming you. The more advanced the technology, it seems, the more imaginative the con.

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Window above the Brain

Jon Rappoport creator Logic and Analysis courseThis week we have another guest post from Jon Rappoport, creator of the Logic & Analysis course. WINDOW ABOVE THE BRAIN AND THE MAGIC THEATER --for Tim Leary, after reading his autobiography, Flashbacks-- OCTOBER 31, 2011. I have written essays that make it clear the brain can't be the seat of thought if you want to retain the concept of free will. It's a rather easy argument. The activity of the brain is electrical and chemical and biological. Messages flow. Patterns are established. The brain Read More →

Why you should *spend money* on marketing…

Marketing spend Ramon ThomasThis came via a newsletter I receive on writing... Let's say the majority of your business comes from word-of-mouth. Good for you! It means that most of your past or current clients like your product or service. So you're doing something right. But what you're not doing is any other marketing... So it's possible that there's no other way for you to get clients. And that's not good. Here's a brilliant message, by Peter Carruthers, on the subject:
Whenever I talk to some intrepid entrepreneur about finding Read More →

INK Conference 2011, this December in India

Ramon Thomas with TED curator, Chris Anderson in 2007In 2007 I came a TED Fellow after attending TEDGlobal also known as TEDAfrica in Arusha, Tanzania. This has been a wonderful journey and many relationships have blossomed with TEDsters all over the African content. It's with great pleasure that I share this announcement from Chris Anderson below. Dear Global TED Community, By now you may have heard of the annual conference in India that has lots of links to TED. The INK Conference (which stands for INnovation and Knowledge) is being Read More →

Stand up for your freedom to install free software

Dear Supporters of Free Software, Free SoftwareThe free software movement has come a long way over the past 25+ years. While we still face many challenges ahead for us to create a world in which it is normal and expected for computer users to have freedom, we have made steady progress. Right now, however, there is a potential threat that could put us back years. Microsoft has announced that Read More →

Internet Addiction – What Are the Signs?

Internet addiction junkieThere is a growing need to identify the symptoms you experience when using Internet and mobile technology for extended periods. This a new direction that mental disorders are taking and psychologists and psychiatrists, as well as counsellors from organisations like Childline or LifeLine need to be prepared to deal with this. Professor Sherry Turkle in a TEDx talk joked about "phantom vibration syndro." which so many people in my recent talks for Omnia Fertaliser resonated with. - Ramon Thomas Internet Addiction Disorder or IAD is an impulse Read More →

Reuel Leach reviews Conquer CyberOverload

This week my friend Reuel Leach, who first published this report on Cellular Costs in South Africa, reviews a book sent me a while ago. We both are avid users of technology and enjoy helping people get more from real life, and technology second.
  • Book Title: Conquer Cyber Overload
  • Author: Joanne Cantor Ph.D
  • ISBN 9780984256808
  • Finished reading 29 June 2011
Joanne has addressed one of the almost incurable diseases of our time: addiction to technology, the very thing we thought Read More →

An Artificial World

This week we feature another deeply insightful piece by investigative journalist Jon Rappoport on artificial intelligence. He's been discussing genetics in his weekly radio show on PRN and on his own newsletters for several weeks now. investigative report Jon RappoportAPRIL 20, 2011. Futurists are inclined to predict a world in which AI (artificial intelligence) will take over a major portion of what is now human activity. In a matter of decades, for example, they say one computer will have more capacity than all the human brains on the Read More →