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STOCK OPTIONS AND WARRANTS (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2012
Disclosure Of Compensation Related Costs, Share-Based Payments [Abstract] |
Schedule of summary of the changes in warrants outstanding and the related prices for the shares of common Stock issued to non-employees of the company |
|  |  |  |  |  | Warrants |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  |  |  |  |  | Outstanding |  |  | Weighted |  |  |  |  |  | Exercisable |
|  |  |  |  |  | Remaining |  |  | Average |  |  | Weighted |  |  | Weighted |
| Exercise |  | Number |  |  | Contractual |  |  | Exercise |  |  | Average |  |  | Average |
| Prices |  | Outstanding |  |  | Life (Years) |  |  | Price |  |  | Exercisable |  |  | Exercise Price |
$ | 0.03088 |  |  | 1,619,171 |  |  |  | 5.17 |  |  | $ | 0.03088 |  |  |  | 1,619,171 |  |  | $ | 0.03088 |
$ | 0.03283 |  |  | 355,421 |  |  |  | 5.14 |  |  | $ | 0.03283 |  |  |  | 355,421 |  |  | $ | 0.03283 |
$ | 0.04 |  |  | 3,000,000 |  |  |  | 2.92 |  |  | $ | 0.04 |  |  |  | 3,000,000 |  |  | $ | 0.04 |
$ | 0.04405 |  |  | 2,009,081 |  |  |  | 4.79 |  |  | $ | 0.04405 |  |  |  | 2,009,081 |  |  | $ | 0.04405 |
$ | 0.04750 |  |  | 5,052,652 |  |  |  | 5.79 |  |  | $ | 0.04750 |  |  |  | 5,052,652 |  |  | $ | 0.04750 |
$ | 0.05529 |  |  | 904,322 |  |  |  | 5.27 |  |  | $ | 0.05529 |  |  |  | 904,322 |  |  | $ | 0.05529 |
$ | 0.06 |  |  | 12,000,000 |  |  |  | 2.38 |  |  | $ | 0.06 |  |  |  | 12,000,000 |  |  | $ | 0.06 |
$ | 0.071 |  |  | 1,000,000 |  |  |  | 2.32 |  |  | $ | 0.071 |  |  |  | — |  |  | $ | 0.071 |
$ | 0.09 |  |  | 9,900,000 |  |  |  | 3.92 |  |  | $ | 0.09 |  |  |  | 9,900,000 |  |  | $ | 0.09 |
$ | 0.10 |  |  | 1,500,000 |  |  |  | 0.48 |  |  | $ | 0.10 |  |  |  | 1,500,000 |  |  | $ | 0.10 |
$ | 0.50 |  |  | 8,500,000 |  |  |  | 0.34 |  |  | $ | 0.50 |  |  |  | 8,500,000 |  |  | $ | 0.50 |
|  |  |  | 45,840,647 |  |  |  | 2.97 |  |  | $ | 0.14 |  |  |  | 44,840,647 |  |  | $ | 0.145 |
Schedule of transactions involving warrants |
|  | Number of Shares |  |  | Weighted Average Price Per Share |
Balance, September 30, 2010 |  |  | 69,207,946 |  |  | $ | 0.237 |
Granted |  |  | 11,897,334 |  |  |  | 0.044 |
Exercised |  |  | — |  |  |  | - |
Cancelled or expired |  |  | (22,900,000 | ) |  |  | (0.384 | )
Balance at September 30, 2011 |  |  | 58,205,280 |  |  | $ | 0.140 |
Granted |  |  | 1,075,000 |  |  |  | 0.071 |
Exercised |  |  | (5,039,633 | ) |  |  | (0.045 | )
Cancelled or expired |  |  | (8,400,000 | ) |  |  | (0.161 | )
Balance, September 30, 2012 |  |  | 45,840,647 |  |  | $ | 0.145 |
Schedule of summary of the changes in options outstanding and the related prices for the shares of common Stock issued to employees of the company under the 2005 Incentive Stock Plan |
| Options Outstanding |  |  | Options Exercisable |
| Exercise Prices |  | Number Outstanding |  |  | Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life (Years) |  |  | Weighted Average Exercise Price |  |  | Number Exercisable |  |  | Weighted Average Exercise Price |
$ | 0.05 |  |  | 29,000,000 |  |  |  | 2.65 |  |  | $ | 0.05 |  |  |  | 29,000,000 |  |  | $ | 0.05 |
$ | 0.0585 |  |  | 50,000,000 |  |  |  | 5.79 |  |  | $ | 0.0585 |  |  |  | 31,250,000 |  |  | $ | 0.0585 |
$ | 0.06 |  |  | 30,100,000 |  |  |  | 2.76 |  |  | $ | 0.06 |  |  |  | 22,500,000 |  |  | $ | 0.06 |
$ | 0.065 |  |  | 634,825 |  |  |  | 4.18 |  |  | $ | 0.065 |  |  |  | 634,825 |  |  | $ | 0.065 |
$ | 0.068 |  |  | 5,724,000 |  |  |  | 4.17 |  |  | $ | 0.068 |  |  |  | 5,724,000 |  |  | $ | 0.068 |
$ | 0.07 |  |  | 2,850,000 |  |  |  | 2.67 |  |  | $ | 0.07 |  |  |  | 1,187,500 |  |  | $ | 0.07 |
$ | 0.09 |  |  | 1,500,000 |  |  |  | 3.92 |  |  | $ | 0.09 |  |  |  | 1,500,000 |  |  | $ | 0.09 |
$ | 0.11 |  |  | 5,400,000 |  |  |  | 0.71 |  |  | $ | 0.11 |  |  |  | 5,400,000 |  |  | $ | 0.11 |
|  |  |  | 125,208,825 |  |  |  | 3.94 |  |  | $ | 0.06 |  |  |  | 97,196,325 |  |  | $ | 0.06 |
Schedule of summary of transactions involving stock options issued to employees |
|  | Number of Shares |  |  | Weighted Average Exercise Price Per Share |
Outstanding at October 1, 2010 |  |  | 66,900,000 |  |  | $ | 0.060 |
Granted |  |  | 53,750,000 |  |  |  | 0.060 |
Exercised |  |  | — |  |  |  | - |
Cancelled or expired |  |  | — |  |  |  | - |
Outstanding at September 30, 2011 |  |  | 120,650,000 |  |  | $ | 0.060 |
Granted |  |  | 6,558,825 |  |  |  | 0.067 |
Exercised |  |  | (500,000 | ) |  |  | (0.08 | )
Expired |  |  | (1,500,000 | ) |  |  | (0.08 | )
Outstanding at September 30, 2012 |  |  | 125,208,825 |  |  | $ | 0.060 |

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