Geeks On Call Features Its Parents' Guide to Internet Safety for National Cyber Security Awareness Month
October 14 2008 - 10:41AM
PR Newswire (US)
NORFOLK, Va., Oct. 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Geeks On Call
Holdings, Inc. (OTC:GOCH) (BULLETIN BOARD: GOCH) , a premier
national provider of professional IT solutions to small business
and residential customers under the trade names Geeks On Call(R),
1-800-905-GEEK(TM), and CallTheGeeks.com(TM), announced today that
it is featuring its Parents' Guide to Internet Safety in support of
National Cyber Security Awareness Month in October. The Geeks On
Call Parents' Guide to Internet Safety is a unique reference tool
created to help parents protect their children from Internet
threats and understand their Web surfing habits. Valuable topics
include the Top Ten Tips for Internet Safety, a chart of dangers by
age, outlines of personal and technological threats inherent in
each kind of computer activity (such as IM, e-mail, and social
networking), and suggestions and instructions for ways to avoid or
combat those threats. The Parents' Guide also provides a
comprehensive "chatspeak" dictionary that enables parents to
decipher the abbreviations their children use when texting their
friends or chatting online. According to Geeks On Call CEO Richard
Cole, "Parents armed with this knowledge can lessen their fear of
the unknown while helping their children use common sense practices
to protect themselves from unnecessary risks." The Parents' Guide
to Internet Safety is widely used by professionals and volunteers
alike in seminars, schools, churches, social organizations and
Internet blogs, to educate parents and spread Internet safety
practices to as many people as possible. Cole implores, "Join with
us to make the Internet safer for everyone, especially children.
Make this link a permanent part of your web site and share it with
everyone you know." Geeks On Call's Parents' Guide to Internet
Safety is available as a free download on their web site at
http://www.geeksoncall.com/guide. About Geeks On Call Geeks On Call
is a wholly owned subsidiary of Geeks On Call Holdings, Inc.
(OTC:GOCH) (BULLETIN BOARD: GOCH) . Founded in 1999, the Company is
a pioneer in the mobile, rapid-response on-site IT service concept.
Under the trade names Geeks On Call(R), 1-800-905-GEEK(TM),
CallTheGeeks.com(TM) and Call The Geeks(TM), the Company's
certified IT professionals service small businesses and residential
customers through its national network of franchise and
Company-owned locations. They provide computer privacy and security
solutions, hardware and network installations and troubleshooting,
as well as repairs, upgrades and consulting. Geeks On Call also
co-markets through endorsed vendor relationships with other
Franchisors, who offer GOC services to their franchisees as a
value-added benefit. Over 250 independently owned and operated
franchises have been granted, with new franchise and Corporate
locations opening regularly. For more information, including
franchising and Value-Added Benefit Program opportunities, call
1-800-905-GEEK or visit http://www.geeksoncall.com/. Send an email
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effect. Contacts: Investor Relations ------------------ Jennifer
Allesandro Geeks On Call I/R (757) 531-7410 Media Relations
--------------- Shana Keith Porter Novelli (404) 995-4557
DATASOURCE: Geeks On Call CONTACT: Investor Relations, Jennifer
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Shana Keith of Porter Novelli for Geeks On Call, +1-404-995-4557,
Web Site: http://www.geeksoncall.com/
http://www.geeksoncall.com/guide
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