North Coast Phone & Computer

$100 Drawing Winner

2008-12-03T12:32:00.000-08:00

$100 Gas Card drawing held December 1st. Congratulations to Jennifer Travis, Warrenton, she just received a $100 Gas Card. Be sure to stop by the store and enter to win for next months drawing.

5 Computer Tech Notes

2008-12-01T13:20:00.000-08:00

Turn it Off, Turn it Back On:
Nine times out of ten, rebooting your computer, and any equipment that connects to it, will solve the problem."

We're like Santa:
We know if you've been bad or good. Fessing up to what really happened right before the system crashed is going to save time, and were going to figure it out anyway.

Virus Protection:
Make sure you have current antivirus and anti-spyware protection, and set it to update a least once a day and run a full-system scan at least once a week.

Public Wi-Fi:
Remember public wi-fi is PUBLIC. If you don't have a compelling reason to check your e-mail or bank account while sipping a latte at the mall, don't do it. While you're on a public network, even one that's encrypted, a nearby hacker can capture your passwords.

No:
No you can't use your cell phone to pop popcorn. Next time an Internet rumor drops into your inbox, don't just pass it on, check it out a http://www.snopes.com/ first.

November Gas Card Winner

2008-11-11T07:36:00.000-08:00

$100 Gas Card drawing held the 1st of November . Congratulations to
Jim Gilbaugh of Gearhart, he just recieved a $100 Gas Card.

Be sure to stop by the store and enter to win for next months drawing.

$100 Gas Card Drawing

2008-10-02T11:23:00.000-07:00

$100 Gas Card drawing held today the 1st of October . Congratulations to Cheryl Manhire of Seaside, she just recieved a $100 Gas Card. Be sure to stop by the store and enter to win for next months drawing.

Green Technology

2008-10-02T11:18:00.000-07:00

Switch Your Cordless Phone For A Corded One;

Though most of us now rely on cellular phones, cordless phones are still a staple in many households. Alas, the cordless phone is an energy vampire sitting in a recharging cradle plugged into an AC outlet; it sucks down power 24/7. Since you don’t want to go through the house disconnecting chargers every time you go out, why not switch back to a good old corded phone?

“You’ll save on your energy bill, you won’t lose service during a power outage and a corded phone doesn’t put out a radio signal that can interfere with other wifi devises and appliances, such as your microwave oven.”
(Don’t forget to unplug cell phone chargers, which draw power even when not in use).

Another Winner

2008-09-03T12:21:00.000-07:00

Second $100 Gas Card drawing held today the 2nd of September .

Congratulations to Anne Johnson of Seaside, she just recieved a $100 Gas Card.

Be sure to stop by the store and enter to win for next months drawing.

Cell Phone Collection Drive

2008-08-01T12:39:00.000-07:00

More than 150,000 troops are serving overseas and are away from their families. Cell Phones for Soldiers and North Coast Phone & Computer are calling on all Americans to support, for these brave men and women by donating your unused cell phones. .

Cell Phones for Soldiers was founded by teenagers Robbie and Brittany Bergquist from Norwell, Mass., with $21 of their own money. Since then, the registered 501c3 non-profit organization has raised almost $1 million in donations and distributed more than 500,000 prepaid calling cards to soldiers serving overseas.

The phones are sent to ReCellular, which pays Cell Phones for Soldiers for each donated phone – enough to provide an hour of talk time to soldiers abroad.

“We're proud to show our support for U.S. Soldiers, and to contribute to a worthy cause like Cell Phones for Soldier's,”

We Have A Winner

2008-08-01T10:15:00.000-07:00

First $100 Gas Card drawing held today the first of August.

Congratulations to Pam Bryan from Seaside, she just recieved a $100 Gas Card.

Be sure to stop by the store and enter to win for next months drawing.

Rumor Update

2008-07-15T08:52:00.001-07:00

Just to set the record straight, there is a rumor going around that we are going out of business. Far from it. After 23 years in business we are still going strong, thanks to our local community support.

We now have Two certified Panasonic technicians on staff to service all of your phone system and voicemail installation, service and repair.

Two “Limited Energy Electricians” for all your data wiring and networks.

Three Computer IT Technicians for computer service & repair.

A full time retail staff of Five, for Verizon Wireless phones and all the products we sell and service. Current promotion is a Free $20 gas card with purchase of a Motorola 755 cell phone.

We also just became authorized Apple/Mac distributors. We have Apple/Mac PC’s in stock for you to play with and purchase. Very shortly we will be an authorized service center for you Apple/Mac as well.

Stop by the store and check out our new products. While you’re here sign up for our monthly $100 gas card giveaway.

Backing Up Your Documents

2008-06-17T09:45:00.000-07:00

Everything is in digital format these days, family photos, videos, music collections, address books, banking and more, but they may be lost forever if your computer crashes. To save these precious documents and files,

Back Them Up! Here’s How.

Get Organized. Put all of the documents you create, the pictures you take and the music you buy in a single master folder on your computer. Divide the master folder into subfolders to keep you files organized. The “My Documents” folder is a good place to store files on any computer with Windows. When all of your personal files are in one place your less likely to forget a file when you back up. You can even place your Favorites and Email contacts into a folder.

Back Up Regularly. Back up your files regularly. If you work on your computer daily, you should back up important files daily. Then, back up everything at least once a week or so.

Where To Back Up. You can back up to CDs or DVDs, an external hard drive, or small USB Flash (Thumb) drives can store up to 4 Gigabits.

Welcome

2008-06-17T09:08:00.000-07:00

Okay, you found your way to our blog. Thanks for checking it out! Future postings we plan to share little and big things about our electronic world. We will have regular contributions from all of our departments (Phones-Internet-Computers) and staff. If you have specific questions about any of our products, please just ask. We will try to answer your questions, so everyone can benefit from the answers. We have a truly dedicated, hard working group of technicians and staff trying to serve you every day. Your trust and support are very valuable to us. We do not take it lightly and we always want to serve you better. So, welcome and I hope that as time goes by we can develop many ongoing discussions.