by Roberta | Jun 30, 2009 | IT for Small Business, Tech Tips for Small Business
There’s an interesting article in the NY Times today about the trend of local governments mandating recycling of electronics. Coming soon to New York and New...
by Roberta | Mar 30, 2009 | Cybersecurity, What's New at Geek Girls IT Services
By now you’ve probably heard about the Conficker (aka Downadup) virus that is supposed to start wreaking havoc some time after April 1st hits. It’s been on 60 Minutes and in the NY Times. What should you do to protect yourself? First, take a deep breath....
by Roberta | Mar 25, 2009 | IT for Small Business, Tech Tips for Small Business
It’s very important to keep all electronic equipment, not just your computer, plugged into a surge protector to protect it from surges and spikes on the line. I’m not an electrician, but my residential clients always assume I know about surge protectors...
by Roberta | Mar 15, 2009 | Tech Tips for Small Business
Many of our clients are using Genie Soft Backup Manager to automatically back up their computers to an external hard drive or ftp site. Most of them are not interested in learning how to use the software; they just want to know that it works and that their data is...
by Roberta | Mar 7, 2009 | Tech Tips for Small Business
A client asks whether it’s necessary to delete her browser cache after an online banking session, as her bank encourages her to do this. The reason the bank suggests deleting your browser cache is propably to make sure that personally identifying information...
