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Not wanting to be left out, Computer Courage has joined twitter. You can follow our blog entries, site launches, random rants, and web design ideas over at https://twitter.com/computercourage. If you have questions about Twitter or other social networking tools, search engine optimization, web development, computer repair in the San Francisco Bay Area, etc., just contact...
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This is a quick note to our customers about the Conficker Worm. We have received a lot of questions about the virus and want to let you know what to do and how to protect yourself. The media has taken to the story that this virus will be attacking computers tomorrow, April 1st. The virus...
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Google’s products have always been terrific, but in recent months the internet juggernaut has made unbelievable progress in developing its offerings. Computer Courage strongly recommends many Google products such as Gmail, Search, Picasa, Calendar, and more. For businesses, we’ve been strong supporters (and users) of Google’s business-class mail/calendar/document system Google Apps (if you run a...
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Google’s products have always been terrific, but in recent months the internet juggernaut has made unbelievable progress in developing its offerings. Computer Courage strongly recommends many Google products such as Gmail, Search, Picasa, Calendar, and more. For businesses, we’ve been strong supporters (and users) of Google’s business-class mail/calendar/document system Google Apps (if you run a...
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(Update – The response to our yelp request has been fabulous – 2 days later we have 19 5 star reviews – thanks everyone – this is a wonderful response.) This is a quick message to our base of loyal customers and supporters, reminding you that if you are satisfied with our service, there’s a...
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We’ve been waiting for this one for some time. Google has finally released offline access for Gmail and Google Calendar. This is seriously cool stuff. As many of our clients know, we are firm beleivers in Google Applications. Gmail is fast and universally accessible, Google Calendar can be synced to any device, and Google Documents...
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We’ve posted about making your PC go green before, but recently I came across an impressively sophisticated piece of software that can be of great help. Called Edison, from Verdeim Software (http://www.verdiem.com/) this program will allow you to track your PC’s energy consumption, carbon footprint, and even energy savings, while supplying you with very sophisticated...
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For those of us out there who love Macs, but just can’t completely escape from the world of Windows, there are many really good ways to run Windows programs on a Mac. This week, one of our favorites just got better. Before I explain, let’s talk about how we Windows lovers (or those of us...
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Computer Courage will be sharing our wealth of knowledge with the people this Sunday, October 19th, from 10am to 5pm at the Spice of Life Festival in Berkeley. This is our first festival, so we’re coming out swinging. We’ve got free snacks and free computer advice – come ask us about anything and we’ll help...
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At Computer Courage, we help a lot of customers recover data and passwords, remove viruses and spyware, and restore computer systems. One thing we can’t help you with, however, is stolen identity and/or stolen funds. The modern age of computing has brought us many conveniences – I pay almost all of my bills online. Along...
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