I am happy to announce that there are some exciting changes upcoming with Geoff’s IT Products. As we are now celebrating our 5th Anniversary, I look forward to expaning more of our means of communications with our propects and our clients. Things that are on the go right now:

1. Our website will start to see more frequent blogs and changes to the store inventory as I expand my stock of hardware and software items.

2. There will be more action going on with our Geoff’s IT Products Facebook Page and Twitter page.

3. My Ebay Store will now expand in our products section to bring more software selection to my clients and my prospective clients as well.

4. I have started our mobile website project which will be coming soon to bring Geoff’s IT Products to the mobile world.

So, some exciting things to come in 2012 as we are now celebrating our 5th Anniversary. We thank all of our clients for their continued patronage and we look forward to continuing to work with you throughout the year.

Here are 5 ways to stay productive:

1. Don’t get benched. Before checking scores online or participating in game-related activities at work, review company policies so you know what’s acceptable and what’s not.

2. Take the occasional time out. If your firm allows it, enjoy quick breaks to discuss tournament highlights with coworkers, but don’t let these talks sideline you from other responsibilities. If you’re a die-hard fan, consider requesting time off to watch the playoffs.

3. Set up a game plan. If you want to take a day off to enjoy a sporting event, ask your supervisor as far in advance as possible so workloads can be managed. There may be many others with the same idea.

4. Don’t step out of bounds. Review your company’s policy and find out ahead of time if your employer is okay with decorating your workspaces to support your favorite colleges.

5. Be a good sport. Regardless of team allegiances, show proper sportsmanship in the office. Leave your overly competitive streak at home.

Strong passwords are important protections to help you have safer online transactions.

Keys to password strength: length and complexity

An ideal password is long and has letters, punctuation, symbols, and numbers.

• Whenever possible, use at least 14 characters or more.
• The greater the variety of characters in your password, the better.
• Use the entire keyboard, not just the letters and characters you use or see most often.

For more information on passwords and security, feel free to contact me today!

Remind your child that whatever they post will be there forever for college admissions and potential employers to see.
· There is no private life in cyber space.
· Technology is wonderful but it can also be harmful, therefore understand where your child is online and who they are talking to.
· Google your child’s name to see what information is out there
· Check out their social networking accounts
· Do not allow your child to get their own email address

For more information on tips and security software that is available to help you with securing your home environment, contact me today.

Here are some good ways to protect yourself agains virus’ and suspecious emails:

1. Do not install more than one anti-virus software.  More than one antivirus will slow down your system.

2. Do not open any email attachements that you don’t recognize.  Just delete them as suspecious emails will more than likely be virus’.

3. Do not download anything that is free which pops up on your screen.  It is a very good possibility that these downloads  are a form of spyware.

4. Do not trust any emails that look like they are coming from your local banks.  Banks do not send generalized emails to their clients.

5. Avoid pop up ads that try to help or resolve an error or virus that it claims it found.  It is more than likely a hoax and it will install more spyware or virus’ onto your system.

For more information or best practices – contact me today.

Here are some really useful Desktop Gadgets that you can download free for Windows 7. If you are not too familiar with Desktop Gadgets, they are basically widgets, or small programs that run in the background that you can keep on your desktop. Here are some gadgets to monitor information, get updates from social networks, and keep up to date on news. Below are 7 gadgets that can be very useful.

Weather Underground
Password Vault
Atom / RRS Newsfeed
Pandora
Earth Phase
Twitter Explorer
Side Tris

I will feature one of these every day for the next week.
Stay tuned.

Back To School Specials:

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