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Don't Take Advice from Bloggers
2008-06-02 02:21:00 If you can get past my attention-grabbing blog post title, you might consider taking my advice about taking advice from blogs and forums on remedies for advanced technical computer problems.In the process of researching issues with Windows XP SP3 installation, compatibility and performance, I spoke with a number of industry experts. Their affiliations include Microsoft, Dell Technical Support, and The Geek Squad. I also scanned some industry and technical magazines, forums and blogs.In many blog comments and forum posts, I was shocked to find high-risk, but authoritatively-stated fixes to blue screen and Registry problems. Far too often, those detailed technical recommendations were not checked for typos or were authored by someone unknowingly giving bad advice.The average non-technical computer user gets flustered when his or her computer has a serious, unexpected malfunction. At that point, they are in the greatest danger of acting on bad advice and making their unfortunate situat...
Best Buy's Geek Squad jumps on 'Sex' fever
2008-05-29 21:24:00 A goofy marketing gimmick plants Geek Squad 'agents' in select cities' theaters near screenings for 'Sex and the City,' designed to help male patrons escape the chick flick. (Credit: Geek Squad) The movie spinoff of Sex and the City hits theaters Friday, and if the …
Dear Dumb Ass (An 11 year olds note to Geek Squad) view!
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By: Lame News
More on Best Buy VC News: Geek Squad Founder Speaks
2008-04-03 01:08:00 Tech~Surf~Blog – As a followup to my previous post about Best Buy planning to step up its corporate VC activity, I thought it would be good to get some additional perspective on this news. So, I sought out a couple of my contacts inside the company. I couldn’t think of anyone better… read more
Woman goes after Geek Squad for $54 million
2008-02-14 23:36:00 It looks like the boys in black and white at a Best Buy retail store D.C. have allegedly messed with the wrong woman. According to the timeline give by Raeyln Campbell, she brought a broken laptop to a Best Buy store to be repaired back in May of ‘07, which was stolen shortly after. As ...
By: SlipperyBrick
influx quote of the day- robert stephens- geek squad
2007-12-15 01:11:00 "Advertising is a tax you pay for unremarkable thinking."Robert Stephens, founder of GeekSquadVia Social Customer ManifestoPosted by Ed Cotton
By: Influx Insights
influx quote of the day- robert stephens- geek squad
2007-12-15 01:11:00 "Advertising is a tax you pay for unremarkable thinking."Robert Stephens, founder of GeekSquadVia Social Customer ManifestoPosted by Ed Cotton
By: Influx Insights
Why Firedog is better than Geek Squad
2007-11-27 11:39:00 Because he said so........2 Vote(s)
By: JeQQ it
TechIQ?s Founder: Leaping From Windows to Mac OS or Linux?
2007-11-16 15:14:00 Posted by Mike Perkowski: I have to admit ... I?ve always thought The VAR Guy was whining needlessly when it came to his lamentations about Windows XP and Vista. Why was he so ecstatic about dumping Windows for Mac and/or Ubuntu Linux? But then my own 3-year-old Dell desktop crashed at home this weekend -- and my outlook suddenly changed. Now, I need everyone?s input to help me decide what to do next: Vista, Mac OS or Linux?
By: The VAR Guy
Wal-Mart = Geek Squad? I Don't Think So
2007-10-10 02:16:00 Today @ PC World announced a story that Wal-Mart is teaming up with Hughes Communication to resell satellite broadband at their retail stores. Additionally, PC world says Wal-Mart is "rumored to be training a Geek Squad-like team of in-house Wal-Mart techies." Isn't that a scary thought? When I think of tech-savvy stores in my local community, I think of Best Buy and Circuit City. I know one of the last retail centers I'm going to think of with tech-savvy employee's is Wal-Mart. I don't know about your local Wal-Mart, but I would say the majority of those people employed by mine work there because they aren't qualified for other employment. My Wal-Mart is full of pimply-faced teenagers and people willing to accept a minimum wage job because that's all that is available. Do you really want someone working on your computer that couldn't find a job anywhere but Wal-Mart? And the fact that they need to train a team speaks volumes. It means they aren't willing to pay ...
Speakeasy + Best Buy + Geek Squad: How to Make It All Work
2007-09-20 15:58:00 Speakeasy + Best Buy + Geek Squad On paper this troika is a very good thing. One of the biggest issues all VoIP companies have is servicing the small business market on the installation end. The synergy being established here makes sense on paper. But it comes down to the execution. This story shows that there are still teething pains going on. My take is that if Best Buy can line up a relationship with DeVry Technical Schools then they could have a pipeline of Geek Squad members to help support the future growth.
Geek Squad City Tour
2007-09-13 09:30:00 So I just got back from the IdeaFestival kick off party at Geek Squad City and I?m pretty speechless. I?ll give the quick and dirty since I?m tired and a bit inebriated. The facility there is HUGE. Imagine over 600 ‘agents’ showing up in black slacks, black shoes, white shirts and a black tie to ...
Best Buy cans Geek Squad manager
2007-08-04 00:00:00 In other news, it is bad to copy porn from clients' computers. Who knew?
Geek Squad Taking a Step Towards Helping the Environment
2007-07-31 15:23:00 The Geek Squad is partnering with IdeaFestival to promote a contest for ideas that help with e-waste, power conservation, and untapped resources. The Geek Squad is a national 24-hour computer support...
By: Green Options
Geek Squad Taking a Step Towards Helping the Environment
2007-07-31 15:23:00 The Geek Squad is partnering with IdeaFestival to promote a contest for ideas that help with e-waste, power conservation, and untapped resources. The Geek Squad is a national 24-hour computer support...
By: Green Options
Some allege Geek Squad agents copy your files
2007-07-26 23:15:00 Allegations of Geek Squad agents copying pornography, music and racy photos from customers' computers are circulating on the Internet.
By: webtourz
Geek Squad steals porn from dead pornstar Jasmine Grey's HD
2007-07-13 10:10:00 I worked for Best Buy 285 several years ago (2003-2005) and was both a Blackshirt and an Agent once the Geek Squad rolled out. At my store, searching and copying files was not a common practice at all. We were the good guys of the district. One day, however, a gorgeous woman walked in with her computer complaining of her PC locking up when she went to use her webcam. She refused to give us her website so we knew something was up. She authorized us to do a tune-up to remove unneeded files and update her to SP2. During the cleanup process, we saw that her Norton Protected Recycle Bin was consuming 12gigs of files. It was password protected... but she used the same password as her windows login (which users provide on one of the thousand forms they fill out when they drop the PC off). Once we got into the recycle bin, we realized it was entirely filled with naked pictures and movies. It turns out that this young woman was a pornstar named Jasmine Grey.
By: Attuworld
Geek squad caught stealing customer?s files
2007-07-10 00:00:00 The guys at consumerist put logging and screen capture software on their computers and the geeks and Best Buy's "geek squad" were caught red handed looking for and copying files off of their computer. This site has the actual screen capture history of the geek squad kids copying their ...
By: RetardZone
Geek Squad Steals Porn
2007-07-08 23:49:00 I first saw this video at ShoeMoney and thought it was very interesting. If you have not yet seen it, the creators of this video rigged their computer to record itself and caught Geek Squad stealing porn and other personal files from their computer.
By: Online Cash Flow
Geek Squad Tech Stealing Data
2007-07-07 15:23:00 According to a post on the Consumerist blog, they setup a sting and caught a Geek Squad technician stealing media files from a computer that was in their shop for some service. The Geek Squad was hired to install iTunes on the sting computer, however the video shows the technician allegedly copying media files, including pictures, ...
Geek Squad Tech Stealing Data
2007-07-07 15:23:00 According to a post on the Consumerist blog, they setup a sting and caught a Geek Squad technician stealing media files from a computer that was in their shop for some service. The Geek Squad was hired to install iTunes on the sting computer, however the video shows the technician allegedly copying media files, including pictures, ...
Geek Squad Confessions
2007-07-06 17:31:00 If you haven’t heard or viewed the video, then this is probably new to you as it was to me. A sting operation from the Consumerist.com caught a Geek Squad tech stealing porn from a rigged computer. It just goes to show that you should never just trust that someone will do the job they are ...
OnForce Makes A Run for the Border
2007-06-12 23:03:00 Imagine if The Geek Squad had passports. Or if solutions providers could easily coordinate their efforts to build customer networks that span the US and Canada. That vision could soon become a reality if OnForce has its way.
By: The VAR Guy
Rural Ky. Is Home to ‘Geek Squad’ Center (AP)
2007-05-14 00:00:00 The nation's top electronics retailer didn't pick Silicon Valley, India or another high-tech hub to build its hospital for personal computers. It chose the Kentucky countryside, known more for race horses and bourbon distilleries than geeks and microprocessors.
By: Commodity Wealth
Geek Squad Hospital Calls Kentucky Home (AP)
2007-05-14 00:00:00 The nation's top electronics retailer didn't pick Silicon Valley, India or another high-tech hub to build its hospital for personal computers. It chose the Kentucky countryside, known more for race horses and bourbon distilleries than geeks and microprocessors.
By: Commodity Wealth
Geek Squad scours computers for sex
2007-05-03 14:00:00 Confessions of Geek Squad crew member prove to be more revealing than the last photo you kept of your ex-girlfriend. Apparently a 10 page paper on the inner-workings of Best Buy's Geek Squad shares the takeover from tech support to sales and the magic tricks of the trade. Perhaps the most pertinent of highlights included an entertaining easter egg hunt for customer's porn. Using USB drives, the Geek Squad grabs whatever remaining un-Flickr-ed photos and porn they can find on hard drives for their grubby one-handed typing. This ten-pager may come off as more-than-terrifying for ex-girlfriends and lonely guys alike.tags technorati : best buy geek squad porn
The Geek Squad guy and the Cat
2007-04-16 18:54:00 You’d wonder why I’m telling tales here on a technology and football blog, but this story is in fact a news story. I apologize for the order of the post title, but it just seemed so right though I changed the chronological order in the post. The first story involves a cat and the second, ...
The Geek Squad guy and the Cat
2007-04-16 18:54:00 You’d wonder why I’m telling tales here on a technology and football blog, but this story is in fact a news story. I apologize for the order of the post title, but it just seemed so right though I changed the chronological order in the post. The first story involves a cat and the second, ...
Geek Squad Charges $415 Dollars To Replace A Hard Drive?
2007-03-07 20:41:02 …and makes customer retrieve data files himself. Geek Squad: Price to diagnose was $69.00, OS Install $129.00, Back up transfer $99.00, NO Guarantee. Estimated repair time seven to ten days. “Seven days later, they hadn’t even looked at the machine. After 8 days, they’d begun testing the laptop…” read on for more.read more | digg story |
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