Article: Geek Squad not likely to take business away from Northeastern U. IT service

Bessie King
University Wire
03-24-2005
(Northeastern News) (U-WIRE) BOSTON -- The geeks have endured a long period of living in the shadows. But now, thanks to the Geek Squad, they are saving people in technological despair and rising to fame for it in Best Buy's new computer customer-relations service.

Whether it is the prices or the services, customers are sure to at least get comic relief from their computer sorrows. The "agents," as they like to be called, wear short-sleeved white shirts with clip-on ties that have Geek Squad tie clips. They also sport black pants that reach the ankles to show off white socks and black shoes and shiny badges clipped onto their black leather belts that ...

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