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Google Goes Offline with Mail and Calendar

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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Going Green Part 2 – Getting Seriously Energy Efficient

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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Phishing – How To Avoid Being Scammed Via Email

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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Obama Campaign iPhone App

As most of you know, we at Computer Courage are quite fond of our iPhones and the applications that can be downloaded for the iPhone.   We’re currently using a slew of new applications such as WootWatch, Facebook 2.0, Sportacular, and FlyCast (listen to radio over WiFi or cellular network – very cool!) Barack Obama says...
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AVG Power Tip – Disable Notifications

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...
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Get Big Discounts on Dell and Other Computer Stuff @ GotApex.com

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...
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