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History of Computer Viruses to 1989 Science fiction writer David Gerrold wrote “When H.A.R.L.I.E. Was One” and published it in 1972. In it, a computer program called “VIRUS” spreads from computer to computer, before it is finally killed by another program, appropriately called “VACCINE.” Just like communication satellites, moon landings, and waterbeds, science fiction predicted the future. The first program to actually spread from one computer to another appeared around the same time. The Creeper virus infected a system across the Arpanet, the network of computers that eventually became the Internet we know today. Interestingly enough, the Reaper program designed to kill the Creeper virus was also a virus. The first wide-scale virus infection was Elk Cloner on the Apple II computer system in 1981. Since the Apple II kept it’s operating system on floppy disk, it was very easy to infect the system, and a surprisingly large number of viruses were written for Apple computers. Five years later, the first PC viruses began to appear, starting with The Pakistani Brain. It was written by a pair of brothers in Pakistan. 1987 saw the first boot-sector viruses, such as Yale, Ping Pong, and Stoned. Boot sector viruses infect a computer if an infected disk is left in the drive with the power off. The Jerusalem virus also appeared that same year, and was one of the first viruses to have a destructive payload—if the virus was running on Friday the 13th, it would ruin all executable files on the computer. Robert Tappan Morris made computer history in 1988. His computer worm was one of the first to exploit “Buffer Overrun” errors, and spread rapidly across the network. It would run multiple times on infected systems, eventually crowding out anything else on that system. The worm brought the Internet to it’s knees until it was found and removed.
E-Cover Designs Should Be a Source of Pride One of the easiest and quickest ways to enter into the field of Internet marketing is to create an e-book. This has been the premier movie of a great number of successful marketers on the internet. Writing an e-book that has a meaningful purpose to people takes research and time. Research, writing and rewriting until you have it perfect takes a lot of effort. It only makes sense to create a cover that reflects this effort. Everybody has the means to publish an e-book now. Add ten minutes to a website and a few inexpensive programs and you are set to go. The promotion of an e-book so it sells well is another matter-it takes a lot of effort. This is where a good cover can help. Do a search and take a look at how others have packaged their e-books. There are a ton of different styles. One thing they all have in common is that the cover reflects what is inside. In the case of e-books, you really can tell what is inside by looking at the cover. Granted, you can't guarantee the content is as good as the cover promises, but a lousy cover isn't going to convince a potential customer to buy the product. There are programs available for creating great e-book covers. All you need do is search for them. You could pay someone else to design your cover, but a new marketer rarely has the extra money needed for such an undertaking.
A Look Inside Microsoft Office Microsoft Office is a comprehensive “virtual correspondent” that provides many tools for the SOHO business owner and it is easy to use. You can create a good percentage of your business correspondence and administration by using Microsoft Office. MS Office really started off as a menu program. As Windows became more sophisticated, MS Office added components to match the evolving use of the personal computer. It is the number one office integration suite in the world and many SOHO’s use some if not all of its components. Before we review the components of MS Office XP, be aware that there are different versions of MS Office XP. There is the Small Business Version, tailored to SOHO’s and small businesses and then there is Windows XP Professional for middle to large corporations. So if you like a feature in MS Office Windows XP Professional, that same component might not be in Windows XP Business Edition or Small Business Version. Microsoft Word XP – Microsoft Word XP is one of the leading word processing packages in the world. Next to WordPerfect, it is the most used. MS Word has pre-made templates for letters, memos, faxes and web pages. You can index big documents and create table of contents in MS Word XP with no problem. Mail Merge is important to most small businesses and MS Word XP is flexible in handling mail merge issues. You can merge from almost any data format and it integrates perfectly with MS Office XP. Microsoft Excel XP – Microsoft Excel XP is the equivalent to the Lotus 1-2-3 program. Lotus 1-2-3 pioneered the use of spreadsheets, which are cells that you can put numeric values into and add up those values as if you were using a calculator. MS Excel XP is more advanced than that because you can do financial reporting and analysis, presentations and build graphic charts that are easy to format. Microsoft Access XP - Microsoft Access XP is a Structured Query Language database program which means that you can also write program scripts to manipulate databases. Basically, SOHO business owners use this program to input specialized data. The program has templates for invoicing, inventory control and purchase orders as well as templates for special lists. Many databases in this program automatically assign “keys” that can be counters for items, giving them their own identification number. Microsoft PowerPoint XP – Need to show a client how a product or service works and you want to create a visual representation of what you are talking about? Use Microsoft PowerPoint XP. MS PowerPoint also comes with templates that are categorized by business or you can create your own template. You can make visuals spin in and out, add sound and voice to the presentations and load different backgrounds from the Microsoft.com site. This is a dynamic program that can make the difference in influencing a customer. Microsoft Office XP is a dynamic program that many people use. The learning curve is easy. So if you’re looking for a package to handle your back office needs, Microsoft Office XP will do the job.
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