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We Were Voted Number 1 in Computer Services in the East Bay by the San Francisco Chronicle’s SFGate.com!

Computer Courage is proud to announce that we were ranked the number one “Computer Services” company in the East Bay and the number four company in the whole Bay Area in SFGate.com’s “Best of the Bay List“. See the results page here.  The top 3 companies are all San Francisco based, as you can see....
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Top 10 Reasons To Use WordPress.org For Your Website

We at Computer Courage are huge fans of WordPress.  For the last several years, we’ve programmed 90% of our sites on the WordPress.org platform. WordPress enhances websites at every step of the process: our users to save money, take control over their own sites (add/edit/remove content), incorporate advanced functionality (e-commerce, mapping, user submitted content, etc.)...
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Computer Courage is Hiring a Field Technician

Update: This position has been filled. Company Information: Computer Courage is a computer services company in the San Francisco Bay Area (Berkeley) servicing home and business users. We provide expert technical support services and web development.  Computer Courage was founded in September of 2006, and has seen its staff and customer base steadily increase each...
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Vote for us at SFGate.com!

Computer Courage is up for the “Best of BayList” contest at SFGate.com.  We’re going for “Best Computer Services”. It’s super easy to vote for us (just a quick 1 page registration), just go to our voting page here and click “VOTE”.  That’s it! Thanks for your support – please vote for us today! -Adam and the...
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How To Replace AVG Free Antivirus with Microsoft Security Essentials

Computer Courage has been recommending AVG Free Anvitivirus for years, but alas the times have changed.  We are crowning a new king of the free consumer antivirus world, and it comes from Microsoft (of all companies).  Computer Courage now recommends Microsoft Security Essentials for most home users.  It’s free, fast, and very effective.  If you...
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Following Up on Your Sent Emails – The “Resolved Sent” Technique

In today’s office, we’re all plagued by an ever-expanding inbox.  I’ve found this to be one of the most challenging aspects of my job as a manager.  Each email is essentially a task, or to-do, that someone else is assigning to me.  Everyone in business today spends a significant amount of time managing their Inbox...
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