The next time bird flu, swine flu, or any other nasty bug strikes, it'll be possible to get a significantly better idea of the effects worldwide. Today, Google Flu Trends started processing information in eight more countries. Google decided to focus on the southern hemisphere - where it will soon be the winter flu season - with this update, and Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, Peru, South Africa, and Uruguay are the specific countries for which the company will now show national (and sometimes regional) estimates of flu activity.