With the cost of everything rising through the roof, everyone is looking for a good discount. I’ve been meaning to share one of my favorite resources for a while now – GotApex.com. GotApex, which has a very strange name, is one of those discount sites on the internet that scours for coupons and deals and posts them to their site. They make money by advertising on the websites.
These guys really scour the Dell.com website carefully. You can reap the benefit. Just go to www.gotapex.com when you want some Dell products, and take a look at their listings. They almost always have a deal on a Dell laptop and a desktop. They give nice, careful instructions on exactly how to benefit from the discount.
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It’s no secret that Computer Courage is a big fan of the iPhone. While the news about the new, slightly faster iPhone 3G has been big news around the internet, we’re sticking with our old iPhones and enjoying the onslaught of new applications that are available for any iPhone. Here are a few of our favorites:
Name: JirboBreak
Price: Free
Type: Game
This is an awesome, free, fun game with unique controls. Sure, it’s basically BrickBreaker, but this is way more interactive and pretty than anything i’ve seen on other phones. And this is just the beginning.
Other notable games: Cro-Mag, Cube Runner, MonkeyBall.
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Anyone who has had an in-home appointment with the Computer Courage team knows that we take backup seriously. We believe in a two-way backup – one local, hard drive backup coupled with one internet-based backup. Our favorite online backup is Mozy. Mozy offers users a free 2 gigabyte account, a $5 per month account with unlimited backup, and terrific business solutions. Mozy silently and reliably backs up your data, with multiple versions per day. Contact Us and we’ll talk to you more about backup for your home or business.
This is just a quick update for Mac users of Mozy. Version 1.0 is finally out. If you’ve been using Mozy, you’ve been using a “beta” (test) version, which was all that was available until now. We highly recommend the upgrade, which is not yet automatic. The upgrade will give you more control over upload speeds, and more reliable performance overall. You can upgrade yourself by following these instructions:
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Computer Courage loves Mac and PC. We troubleshoot, educate, backup, secure, and optimize both systems. We’ve written in the past about Windows Vista vs OS X Leopard. While Windows is still king in the market percentage game, especially for low budget users and businesses, Macs have been making extraordinary gains in market share, especially in the laptop division. Schools are also an area where Macs are taking over, with over 60% of last year’s incoming UC Hastings class using Apple MacBooks.
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We at Computer Courage would like to throw in our official farewell and thank you to the man who revolutionized the personal computer, who created the role of engineer-CEO, who inspires entrepreneurs everywhere, and who now runs the worlds largest philanthropic organization – the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
Bill, you’ve been a part of it all. You’ve made magic happen, you’ve pissed us all off from time to time, you’ve got your hands into just about every tech industry there is. You’ve created great success stories and miserable failures. You are publicly pitted against your old friend Steve Jobs, but really you two are one in the same.
A few of our favorite Bill Gates memories:
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