Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Are you irritated with unsolicited calls? Then try this

The marketing methods of direct marketing services are very affective as they are measurable. But there are some firms which do not follow ethical rules in these methods. This has pushed entire direct marketing industry into controversy. Even professional and ethical companies are suffering due to these unethical firms.

These methods include spam or junk emails, unsolicited calls, heaps of mails and couriers, substandard advertisements, etc. And of all of those unsolicited calls makes one very irritated. This lead people to criticize and protest for a regulation on these calls. As a reply to this, US Federal Trade Commission has implemented National Do Not Call Registry Act in June 27, 2003; in order to aid the compliance with 1991s Telephone Consumer Protection Act.

So if you are suffering from unsolicited calls, just register your mobile number in this registry to avoid telemarketers to disturb your privacy by calling to your mobile at wrong times. You cannot include your fax number in this directory, though. Even many nations globally provide these lists but call them with different names.

Friday, October 10, 2008

Maintaining Computers in Best Way

Computers are growing to be more common as mobiles these days. We always look out for many things when we buy a computer. But maintenance is also much important issue which some neglect. And the result of this negligence will be showing off slowly. Your PC may run slowly, take much time to run applications, might shut down suddenly, and worst of all may become vulnerable to hackers and viruses. If these symptoms persist with your system, you might need an expert’s help. There are many people running businesses of computer maintenance and repairing around your place. In general these people provide services like,

  • Internet/email trouble shooting
  • Applications or network setup
  • Data recovery
  • Cleaning out disks out of viruses, malware, adware, or popups
  • Hard drive upgrading
  • Installations of memory and modem
And so on. If you are unaware of maintaining your system, you can ask them some tips so that you don’t need to call them up every time and spend more on maintenance than buying.

I’ve some general tips to follow in maintaining computer system
  • Have a branded UPS to help computer from power outages and voltage fluctuations
  • It is wise to maintain a back up of important files and information which you can’t afford to loose. This is done using Zip-disks, CD-RWs, DVDs, etc.
  • Never turn off your computer by switching power off before Windows has shut down.
  • Use a firewall program and also recommended anti-viruses when you are online.