As our loyal customers know, we at Computer Courage are big fans fo AVG Antivirus Free Edition. We also like to educate everyone about viruses, spyware, and virus removal.
Some of our customers have been complaining about AVG’s update warnings recently. Sure enough, we’ve also noticed that AVG doesn’t always manage to successfully update its virus definitions every day. This can be pretty annoying. The good news is that as AVG always eventually gets the job done, and it’s probably not too dangerous to be a day or two behind on virus definitions.
Still, we’ve come up with a quick guide to make AVG a little less annoying. Follow these steps to disable the AVG warnings. This way, you won’t be notified every time AVG can’t do an update. Caution - use this power tip at your own risk and always pay attention to AVG’s status - you want to take action immediately if AVG does find a virus.
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Everyone is trying to do their part for the environment these days, and we get a lot of questions about the impact of computers on the environment. Here are a few tips that can help you out.
The biggest environmental impact your PC makes is power. Every hour your PC is on is more energy burned. So the number one trick for reducting environmental impact is TURN IT OFF. If you can turn off your PC at night, you’re already reducing the power consumption by half.
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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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