ChicaLogic is looking for female bloggers to review our newest software, Chica Password Manager, the password manager and form filler designed by women, for women. We would love to have you review our software and host a giveaway to your readers. Each blogger who completes a review receives:

• Posting of your review on ChicaLogic.com, and a link to your website to learn more
• $50 payment for review and hosting giveaway (paid via PayPal)
• Complimentary Product Key for yourself, and a total of (3) Product Keys to give away on your site, valued at $29.95 each
• Posting of your review (teaser statement) on ChicaLogic’s customer review page, Facebook, and Twitter

In exchange we ask that our guest bloggers/reviewers complete the following:

• Provide a minimum 100 word review of Chica Password Manager. Content should include links to ChicaLogic.com
• Post the review on your blog site, Facebook, and Twitter
• Host a giveaway for three FREE Product Keys of Chica Password Manager for a minimum of (30) days on blog site

Please let Angela Mullen angela@chicalogic.com know if you are interested, and you will be contacted and given additional details ASAP!

Plus, if you sign up for our affiliate program this week you will be entered to win a Kindle Fire, and other great prizes. Earn one extra entry (required entry of signing up for the affiliate program) into the contest by tweeting out the phrase “I just signed up for @ChicaLogic’s affiliate program to earn 100% commission and maybe WIN! #100commission”.

Good luck!

That’s why January is when people put it all back in place. Schedules start to come back together, and you recommit yourself to your ultimate goals. It’s also the start of a brand new year, and that makes people want to start fresh and new with their lives. My sister always hates going to the gym the first week of January, because it’s usually packed!

As technology starts creeping into every aspect of our lives, there are several ways you can get your life organized utilizing that wonderful technology. The key to any good organizational system is synchronization across all the devices you own.

Task lists – There are several different options when it comes to digital task lists. No matter what you choose, it’s a good idea to make sure it’s cross platform compatible. What this means is that I should be able to access my task list no matter what device I’m using. If I have an iPad, an Android based phone and a Windows PC, I should be able to see and check off items in my to do list in all locations. My favorite solution is www.toodledo.com. There are apps that will sync with Toodledo across all platforms, and it has all of the features I want for task management. A much more simplified task management system is Google Tasks. You don’t get the benefit of recurring tasks, but it’s fully integrated with Gmail, which some people really like.

Calendar – If you need to keep track of more than one person’s schedule (such as you and your partner), then you not only need to be able to synchronize among devices, you need to synchronize with the other people in your life. Google Calendars are hands down the best solutions for this. If you and your partner have Google Accounts, you can share your calendar with them and they can share with you. When I access the calendar either from my phone, tablet, or computer I can add an appointment to my husband’s calendar and have it show up on his phone right away. I can also see when he adds things to his calendar from any location, so I don’t double book us and end up hosting a lunch during his doctor appointment!

Shopping - Do you get to the grocery store, only to find you’ve left your well thought out list at home on the kitchen counter? Keeping your shopping list on your phone is a brilliant way to always have your shopping list with you, especially when it’s a last minute decision to stop by the grocery store.  It’s also much easier to generate your shopping list by picking from past lists or scanning a barcode from an item that you just ate the last cookie from. While you are out, the folks at home can add to your list so you know exactly what you need to get. Sometimes it’s a little harder to find one that can go across platforms and sync with other phones and online. GroceryIQ and Grocery Gadget are excellent cross platform solutions.

Memos/Notes – Taking notes is something everyone has to do at some point. During a class, meeting, ideas that pop into your mind, things for you to look up later, everywhere you go you’ll have to keep track of something. My favorite note taking app is Evernote. It works EVERYWHERE, you have a device, I’m sure there’s an Evernote app for it. You can clip items from websites and easily store it to your database. The database is searchable and you can organize your notes incredibly easily.

Using these tools for the coming year will definitely put you on the right track to being a more organized you. Plus, it’s so much easier to accomplish everything you need with some great tech tools on your side!

Right now you can make it SNOW on the Google homepage.  It’s hidden, so you have to type “let it snow” (without the quotation marks) in the search box on Google.com and then press enter. Snowflakes will start falling down your screen, and the snow will accumulate along the sides until it all reaches the center, and you’ll have a “defrost” button appear to clear the snow from the screen.

If you have a custom background on your Google homepage you won’t see the “Doodle” (what Google refers to the changing logo as), until you press the little icon near the Google logo that will remove your background and show you the latest doodle. It’s a lot of fun, and very festive!  Here’s a gallery of all the best Google “Doodles”.  http://www.google.com/doodles/finder/2011/All%20doodles. Do you have a favorite?

I especially love when the doodle is interactive and clicking on the different letters or different areas gives you changes in the logo. Sometimes you can even create your own music! Be sure to check the main Google homepage every once in a while when you have some time on your hands.

1. Speed up your PC. Some online retailers offer special deals right at certain dates and times. If your computer stumbles even just a little bit, it may be the difference between securing the deal and being left in the cold. This is especially true when bidding on items on ebay — you can miss out on a great deal if your computer starts acting up or going slow at exactly the moment you need it to be speedy. Don’t let someone swoop in and outbid you at the last minute!

-Use ChicaPC-Fix to optimize your computer’s speed.

2. Clean up your PC. If you are going to be doing any shopping online, it is a very good idea for you to make sure your computer is free of any spyware or viruses BEFORE you start entering your credit card information into websites. Some malicious programs that could already be on your computer can steal this information, even if the site you are entering it into is a trusted and secure page. Find out more about Malware by clicking here.

-Use ChicaPC-Shield to rid your computer of the nasty programs on your computer before you unwittingly hand over all of your credit card information to the virus sitting on your computer.

3. Get Secure. In your rush to score a terrific sale item, you may not pay attention to the URL (the address at the top of the screen). Instead of amazon.com you could have been redirected to amaz0n.com (a zero instead of an o).  Someone could have set up this page to look exactly like amazon, but it’s not really the true site. You enter your username and password into the page, you may even enter some credit card or bank account information. Later you check the real Amazon site and they have no record of your order, because it was with a fraudulent page.

-Use Chica Password Manager to verify the validity of a website before you enter personal. information. Click here to hear what others are saying about Chica Password Manager.

ChicaLogic is your one stop shop to get FAST and SECURE access to the best deals the web has to offer this holiday season. With many features not even listed here such as automatic form filling for super fast checkouts and automatic blocking of malicious programs, you won’t have to worry about a thing when ChicaLogic has your back!

For a limited time get the full suite of products to keep you safe online this holiday season for 50% off. Buy each product individually, or SAVE 50% by purchasing all three now!

Just a quick reminder that NOTHING is free, especially on Facebook. If you have clicked, make sure to change your password to your Facebook account and your email address. Run a scan on your computer using ChicaPC-Shield, and if you gave them your cell phone number too, check with your carrier to ensure you weren’t charged any fees (reports are circulating that it’s generating a $9.99 charge on your cell phone bill).

Please don’t pass along this scam to your friends and family!

Here is an example of what the scam looks like on Facebook, when shared by a friend of yours.

1. Speed up your PC. Every year Amazon does a huge Black Friday sale.  For the very best items, you better be online exactly when it goes for sale or you are going to miss out.  If your computer stumbles even just a little bit, it may be the difference between securing the deal and being left in the cold.  On ebay too, you can miss out on a great deal if your computer starts acting up or going slow at exactly the moment you need it to be speedy!

-Use ChicaPC-Fix to optimize your computer’s speed!

2. Clean up your PC. If you are going to be doing any shopping online, it is a very good idea for you to make sure your computer is free of any spyware or viruses BEFORE you start entering your credit card information into websites. Some malicious programs that could already be on your computer can steal this information, even if the site you are entering it into is a trusted and secure page.  Find out more about Malware by clicking here.

-Use ChicaPC-Shield to rid your computer of the nasty programs on your computer before you start shopping.

3. Get Secure. In your rush to score a terrific sale item, you may not pay attention to the URL (the address at the top of the screen). Instead of amazon.com you could have been redirected to amaz0n.com (a zero instead of an o).  Someone could have set up this page to look exactly like amazon, but it’s not really the true site. You enter your username and password into the page, you may even enter some credit card or bank account information. Later you check the real Amazon site and they have no record of your order, because it was with a fraudulent page.

-Use Chica Password Manager to verify the validity of a website before you enter personal. information. Click here to hear what others are saying about Chica Password Manager.

ChicaLogic is your one stop shop to get FAST & SECURE access to the best deals the web has to offer this holiday season. With many features not even listed here like automatic form filling for super fast checkouts and automatic blocking of malicious programs, you won’t have to worry about a thing when ChicaLogic has your back!

For a limited time get the full suite of products to keep you safe online this holiday season for 50% off. Buy each product individually, or SAVE 50% by purchasing all three now!

Food. No idea how to get started? Chow Thanksgiving Coach will hold your hand every step of the way, from helping you plan your menu and creating shopping lists to how-to’s all along the way. Free for iPhone, iTouch, iPad. For Android, try Taste of Home, also free.

Drinks. Whether your family drives you to drink or you are looking for a festive signature cocktail for your feast, Pocket Cocktails is there for you. Search through its extensive database, complete with new holiday inspired mixes. $.99 for iPhone, iTouch, iPad or $.99 for Android.

Kid Entertainment. Let your kids play on your phone a while with Turkey Plucker – a game where they (or you) can race to de-feather a turkey. Free for iPhone, iTouch, iPad and Free for Android.

Football. Thanksgiving means football, whether you play a game of touch football in the backyard or just crash in front of the TV after feasting on turkey. Find out scores from the big games and more with Fox Sports Mobile. Free for iPhone and Free for Android.

Shopping. If you can muster the strength to face the crowds, you better plan your Black Friday shopping attack. TGI Black Friday lets you search through a huge database of deals by either category or store, helps you create your shopping list, and even lets you share your plans with friends via Facebook and Twitter. Free for iPhone, iTouch, iPad and Free for Android.

Happy Thanksgiving Chicas!

1. It’s SOOOO Slow! You click a link on a website, and then go make your family a four course gourmet breakfast with all the time you have waiting for everything to load up. There are definitely some things that are typical culprits of slow computers:

• Malware. Solve this by running a scan with ChicaPC-Shield.
• Registry Errors. Solve this by running a scan with ChicaPC-Fix.
• Low Disk Space. Solve this by deleting files or moving them to an external hard drive.
• Memory Intensive Programs. Solve this by closing the large program, or only running the large program.
• Fragmented Hard Drive. Solve this by running a defragmentation on the hard drive.
• Not Enough RAM. Solve this by adding more RAM, just write down the model of your computer and bring it into an electronics store to make sure you get the right kind. You can tell if you need more RAM if your computer continues to slow down the more things you have running.

2. Specific Error. If every time you go to save a file an error pops up at you instead of saving the file, that can be REALLY frustrating! Do a little research on Google for the exact error message. You may just find a step-by-step method for fixing your error. If you are uncomfortable attempting the fix yourself you can take it to a professional.

3. Internet Doesn’t Work. Sometimes when you have cleared an infection using tools like ChicaPC-Shield you are no longer able to pull up websites, it just goes to an error screen. Often this is caused by a specific piece of malware that has changed a setting; you simply need to change it back. Best place to check is to go into your Control Panel (located in the start menu) and select Internet Options. Click the Connections tab, and then LAN Settings. The only thing that SHOULD have a check mark (but doesn’t necessarily have to) is Automatically Detect Settings.

4. Takes Forever to Boot. This goes along with the slow computer, but it’s more specific to the items you have booting up with the computer. Click on the Start button and then type “msconfig” and hit Enter. Click on the tab that says “Startup”. Listed in this area will be all of the programs that start when your computer starts. Often the list doesn’t need to be as long as it is. Many things can be unchecked. If you are unsure if you need the item to start up, best bet would be to leave it alone and uncheck some of the other items you know for sure can be run on an as needed basis instead of when your computer is booting. Once you are done unchecking items, click Apply and reboot. You will get a warning when it comes back up that you have changed the startup configuration. Just click the checkbox to not show you again, and enjoy the new speed in which your computer boots.

5. Hardware Issues. This can be harder for a non-professional to diagnose, but a little common sense can get you pretty far. If the other computers in the house can access the internet just fine and one computer can’t — even though no settings have changed — likely the network card on that machine has failed. If you suddenly can’t use your mouse, or your keyboard, try a different one. If whatever doesn’t seem to be working is easily replaceable for testing, go ahead and swap it out with something that you know works just to pinpoint the actual failure.

Obviously there are hundreds of more reasons you can be frustrated with your computer, but hopefully this will help you prevent and fix some of your current frustrations. Good luck!

ChicaLogic cares about your computer and we can get you the help in just one phone call. We want you to help us try out a service, to see if it’s a service that we should be partnering with!

Why are we looking at support.com?  You will only speak with a U.S. or Canadian based tech expert that is straight forward and super easy to get help from.  You can solve your problems over the internet or telephone and never have to bring your computer into a store for service!  Plus it’s available all hours of the day, EVERY DAY.  So when your computer crashes and you lose that document you’ve been working on for 8 hours straight at 2 in the morning, they’ve got you covered!  So we are giving away TWO Diagnose and Repair services from www.support.com!

Included in this tech support package, valued at $130.00

Now that you are drooling a little bit to get your computer running like it never has before, how can you WIN this great package worth $130?

Just answer the following question in the comments!

When you turn your computer on, can you…

A. Do a load of laundry, wash the car, make dinner, put the kids to bed and get funky with your partner before your PC  is usable.
B. Text my BFF about our GNO on Friday!
C. There are computers that actually start??

While it will not be required, we hope that the winner would be willing to write up a review of what they experienced with the service!  Giveaway will remain open through September 30th, and winner will be chosen using Random.org.  Thank you!