Microsoft Security Essentials

Microsoft has released Security Essentials which is its free anti-virus software for your home PCs.

System requirements are:

• Operating System: Genuine Windows XP (Service Pack 2 or Service Pack 3); Windows Vista (Gold, Service Pack 1, or Service Pack 2); Windows 7
• For Windows XP, a PC with a CPU clock speed of 500 MHz or higher, and 1 GB RAM or higher.
• For Windows Vista and Windows 7, a PC with a CPU clock speed of 1.0 GHz or higher, and 1 GB RAM or higher. VGA display of 800 × 600 or higher.
• 140 MB of available hard disk space.
• An Internet connection is required for installation and to download the latest virus and spyware definitions for Microsoft Security Essentials.
• Internet Browser: Windows Internet Explorer 6.0 or later.Mozilla Firefox 2.0 or later.
• Microsoft Security Essentials also supports Windows XP Mode in Windows 7.

Can be downloaded at http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials/

Email etiquette

Email etiquette.

Here are some tips on sending emails:

DO

Firstly, and most importantly, ensure that you have anti-virus software on your
computer.

To - use to send direct to recipients. Check that you have the correct recipient.
Sometimes as you type in the To box, a list of names pops up as you type. Please
make sure you send the email to the correct person. I would suggest that you add
the recipient in last to prevent accidentally sending half complete emails and to
ensure that you have addressed it to the correct person.

Be very careful if you are mentioning other people in emails - sometimes when
rushing people can email it to the person they are referring to which may cause
embarassment.

CC - use to send copies of the email to recipients - ie to those that need to know
what is going on but you are not directly addressing.

BCC - use to send a blind copy of the email to a recipient or to keep email
addresses anonymous to other recipients eg when sending an enewsletter (no one
wants everyone to see their email address).

Subject: ensure you complete the Subject box. It's important for recipients to see
quickly what the subject of the email is about. If you do not complete this, some
recipients may worry it is spam and not open it.

When forwarding emails - let the person you are forwarding to know why you believe
the email is of interest to them.

Include an email signature including your name and contact details.

Use punctuation. No one wants to read an email that has been put into one long
sentence.

If you are sending a large attachment, contact the recipient first to ask if it's
OK.

DO NOT

Do not use Reply to All if the email has been sent to you as a BCC otherwise you
will reveal yourself as a recipient of the original email.

Do not forward emails to others containing passwords, proposals, quotes for work
(unless you have obtained permission from the person providing the quote), the
email addresses of others who the original was sent to (these may be private to
others outside of your company).

Do not send 'chain emails'.

Do not type everything in capital letters (shouting) or lower case letters.

Before you send:

Take time to check that:

You are sending your email to the intended recipient(s). Sometimes when completing
the To box, it can provide a selection of recipients from your address book and you
could easily choose the wrong one!

You have no spelling errors in your emails - use a spell checker but also read
through the text as spell checkers do not pick up words that are correct but are
wrong within the context of what you have typed.

The National B2B Centre in Coventry.

The B2B Centre is a publicly funded. It offers support to SMEs based in the West
Midlands. It holds a number of free events throughout the year. We've just attended
the 2nd E-Business Conference and the speakers were:

• 45 tips in 45 minutes - Susan Hallam, Hallam Internet Marketing
• email marketing best practice - Dr Dave Chaffey, Marketing Insights
• Social Media for business success - Malene Stanley, KSBKids
• Using social plug-ins to share content - James Pennington, NB2BC

The National B2B Centre www.nb2bc.co.uk website contains guides, tools, fact sheets, news and details of events.

Dr Dave Chaffey, an emarketing guru and best selling author writes a monthly column
for the National B2B Centre containing tips on emarketing.

Eligible business can join the National B2B Centre for free. Visit
http://www.nb2bc.co.uk/become_a_member/ to sign up.

You can also follow the National B2B Centre on Twitter at www.twitter.com/b2b_centre.

100 Oldest Domain Names on the Internet

100 Oldest Domain Names on the Internet

According to Life & Times of the forrester, here is a list of the 100 oldest domain
names on the internet along with the date each was registered. Source:
http://theforrester.wordpress.com/2007/08/13/the-100-oldest-domains-on-the-
internet/

1. 15-Mar-1985 SYMBOLICS.COM
2. 24-Apr-1985 BBN.COM
3. 24-May-1985 THINK.COM
4. 11-Jul-1985 MCC.COM
5. 30-Sep-1985 DEC.COM
6. 07-Nov-1985 NORTHROP.COM
7. 09-Jan-1986 XEROX.COM
8. 17-Jan-1986 SRI.COM
9. 03-Mar-1986 HP.COM
10. 05-Mar-1986 BELLCORE.COM
11. 19-Mar-1986 IBM.COM
12. 19-Mar-1986 SUN.COM
13. 25-Mar-1986 INTEL.COM
14. 25-Mar-1986 TI.COM
15. 25-Apr-1986 ATT.COM
16. 08-May-1986 GMR.COM
17. 08-May-1986 TEK.COM
18. 10-Jul-1986 FMC.COM
19. 10-Jul-1986 UB.COM
20. 05-Aug-1986 BELL-ATL.COM
21. 05-Aug-1986 GE.COM
22. 05-Aug-1986 GREBYN.COM
23. 05-Aug-1986 ISC.COM
24. 05-Aug-1986 NSC.COM
25. 05-Aug-1986 STARGATE.COM
26. 02-Sep-1986 BOEING.COM
27. 18-Sep-1986 ITCORP.COM
28. 29-Sep-1986 SIEMENS.COM
29. 18-Oct-1986 PYRAMID.COM
30. 27-Oct-1986 ALPHACDC.COM
31. 27-Oct-1986 BDM.COM
32. 27-Oct-1986 FLUKE.COM
33. 27-Oct-1986 INMET.COM
34. 27-Oct-1986 KESMAI.COM
35. 7-Oct-1986 MENTOR.COM
36. 7-Oct-1986 NEC.COM
37. 27-Oct-1986 RAY.COM
38. 27-Oct-1986 ROSEMOUNT.COM
39. 27-Oct-1986 VORTEX.COM
40. 05-Nov-1986 ALCOA.COM
41. 05-Nov-1986 GTE.COM
42. 17-Nov-1986 ADOBE.COM
43. 17-Nov-1986 AMD.COM
44. 17-Nov-1986 DAS.COM
45. 17-Nov-1986 DATA-IO.COM
46. 17-Nov-1986 OCTOPUS.COM
47. 17-Nov-1986 PORTAL.COM
48. 17-Nov-1986 TELTONE.COM
49. 11-Dec-1986 3COM.COM
50. 11-Dec-1986 AMDAHL.COM
51. 11-Dec-1986 CCUR.COM
52. 11-Dec-1986 CI.COM
53. 11-Dec-1986 CONVERGENT.COM
54. 11-Dec-1986 DG.COM
55. 11-Dec-1986 PEREGRINE.COM
56. 11-Dec-1986 QUAD.COM
57. 11-Dec-1986 SQ.COM
58. 11-Dec-1986 TANDY.COM
59. 11-Dec-1986 TTI.COM
60. 11-Dec-1986 UNISYS.COM
61. 19-Jan-1987 CGI.COM
62. 19-Jan-1987 CTS.COM
63. 19-Jan-1987 SPDCC.COM
64. 19-Feb-1987 APPLE.COM
65. 04-Mar-1987 NMA.COM
66. 04-Mar-1987 PRIME.COM
67. 04-Apr-1987 PHILIPS.COM
68. 23-Apr-1987 DATACUBE.COM
69. 23-Apr-1987 KAI.COM
70. 23-Apr-1987 TIC.COM
71. 23-Apr-1987 VINE.COM
72. 30-Apr-1987 NCR.COM
73. 14-May-1987 CISCO.COM
74. 14-May-1987 RDL.COM
75. 20-May-1987 SLB.COM
76. 27-May-1987 PARCPLACE.COM
77. 27-May-1987 UTC.COM
78. 26-Jun-1987 IDE.COM
79. 09-Jul-1987 TRW.COM
80. 13-Jul-1987 UNIPRESS.COM
81. 27-Jul-1987 DUPONT.COM
82. 27-Jul-1987 LOCKHEED.COM
83. 28-Jul-1987 ROSETTA.COM
84. 18-Aug-1987 TOAD.COM
85. 31-Aug-1987 QUICK.COM
86. 03-Sep-1987 ALLIED.COM
87. 03-Sep-1987 DSC.COM
88. 03-Sep-1987 SCO.COM
89. 22-Sep-1987 GENE.COM
90. 22-Sep-1987 KCCS.COM
91. 22-Sep-1987 SPECTRA.COM
92. 22-Sep-1987 WLK.COM
93. 30-Sep-1987 MENTAT.COM
94. 14-Oct-1987 WYSE.COM
95. 02-Nov-1987 CFG.COM
96. 09-Nov-1987 MARBLE.COM
97. 16-Nov-1987 CAYMAN.COM
97. 16-Nov-1987 ENTITY.COM
99. 24-Nov-1987 KSR.COM
100. 30-Nov-1987 NYNEXST.COM

Favicons

What is a favicon?

A favicon is a small icon which appears to the left of your website address in the browser's address bar.

When a user adds your website to their favourites, the icon will appear next to the name.
Your website designer can organise this for you.

Save Microsoft Office Documents as a PDF

Is it possible to save a document as a PDF?

Yes, there are two options.

1. There is a Microsoft Add-in that works with 2007 Microsoft Office programs
including:

• Microsoft Office Access 2007
• Microsoft Office Excel 2007
• Microsoft Office InfoPath 2007
• Microsoft Office OneNote 2007
• Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007
• Microsoft Office Publisher 2007
• Microsoft Office Visio 2007
• Microsoft Office Word 2007

2. Print as a PDF.

We have previously posted a blog article on this topic. See
http://softwareandsupport.blogspot.com/2009/05/free-pdf-printer.html

Women in technology needed for research

The Women In Technology website www.womenintechnology.co.uk reports that Rachel Dines of Forrester Research is conducting research into how women and minority groups are recruited into IT.

The data will be used for a report on recruitment methods in networking, databases, helpdesk, storage and telecoms.

Rachel Dines is a researcher focusing on data centre technologies, facilities, infrastructure, management, virtual infrastructure and automation technologies.

You can follow Rachel Dines on Twitter at http://twitter.com/RachelDines

WordPress Worm on outdated software

According to a WordPress blog article, some WordPress users have been targeted by a worm. This is only affecting WordPress software which is outdated.

If you are using an old version of WordPress, upgrade now as the 2.8.4 version of WordPress is immune to the worm. Download at http://wordpress.org/download

WordPress recommends that if you have been targeted to carry out the following:

• Scan you local machine.
• Check with your hosting provider to determine if it is a hack.
• Change your passwords.
• Make a backup of your files and database.

To read a full list of recommendations visit http://codex.wordpress.org/FAQ_My_site_was_hacked