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The Official Google Enterprise Blog has released a thorough recap of all of the amazing benefits and features of Gmail and Google Calendar for Business. At Computer Courage, we use Google Apps on a daily basis – it sits patiently in the cloud allowing us to perform powerful email and calendaring tasks. Google’s list of...
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Our customers are always asking us for holiday gift ideas here at Computer Courage, so I thought I’d take a moment to give you all some recommendations on great tech gift ideas for the 2010 holiday season. I’ve personally used all of the products recommended here, and think any of them would make great gifts. ...
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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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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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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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