OfficeMax recently announced to have rolled out a novel remote tech support service known as ctrlcenter, which is aimed at helping its customers in the way of Best Buy’s Geek Squad and Circuit City’s firedog. The service mainly consists of remote services; dissimilar its two rivals, it does not make available on-site visits or drop-off services. What it performs is to let technical support personnel gain access to distant PCs in getting rid of viruses and spyware, deploy software, and carry out other services. Ctrlcenter presents patch-up services at 8 dissimilar price points, starting from $50 to $500. The latest service is also consisted with a Web site, ctrl-center.com, which can also be reached via www.officemax.com. OfficeMax earlier tried out with a home tech-support service known as MaxInstall, which was introduced in 2004 however afterward put an end.