This website is www.virustotal.com.  VirusTotal is a service that analyzes suspicious files and facilitates the quick detection of viruses, worms, trojans, and all kinds of malware detected by antivirus engines. This free, independent service features the use of multiple antivirus engines (Which is very important to be able to capture the newest viruses as quickly as possible) and real-time automatic updates of virus signatures. additionally, it also provides detailed results from each antivirus engine.

For those who are reluctant to install an anti virus software on their system (bad idea!) or maybe for those who just want to take the extra step to scan certain suspicious files for any infections, this could be the service you are looking for!

Recently, I came across a great website, Icon Finder, which allows you to search for icon for almost every application. IconFinder.com allows you to search through a huge database of  almost 124,176 icons.

All you need to do is type the name of the application or a web service and it will show you all the available icons available in the database.

The site has a very clean and uncluttered interface that makes it easy to find anything you want!

This new website allows you to virtually decorate any room and chosing from thousands of different colours so you can actually see how the room would look like, before you take the plunge. You can test drive the website for free, but if you want to save the images, you’d have to create a free account, or for further features you can sign up for a pro account. This could be also a very handy tool for interior designers and enthusiasts.

One small caution note… although some colours might appear great on the computer screen, some colours might be very different or difficult to produce as paint, so keep in mind that the end result might not looks 100% as the image.

I have found the perfect tool for you – Namechk.com. This is an online tool which let you check your desired username across 84 popular websites at once. So this tool can help you find better or unique username that you can sign up with across these sites.

At first I was looking for a PHP software that I can install on my server. I actually tried quite a few, and managed to come to a conclusion on a final decision to go use the Clientexec application. Installation wasn’t so straightforward, in-fact at the end I just gave up, and asked my web host guys to do it for me. It required messing up with some php.ini files to install ioncube loaders (way too complicated for me). Once the software was up and running, I couldn’t really figure out everything, and after a few days I just scrapped the thing off.

Started looking around again for a remote hosted solution; basically an online invoicing service. And a after a few minutes of looking around, I bumped into zoho.com. They offer a whole suite of services, and the online invoicing was one of their services. I went ahead to register for a free account and I fell in love with it in the first couple of minutes!

Setup was extremely easy, and it guides you step by step, some very basic users would probably not understand the e-mail section since it requires the basic understanding of variables in the email templates (just like the Microsoft Office Mail Merge options) but for me it was incredibly easy. You can upload company logos to customize the invoice and also there are several templates you can use for the invoice styles – a very basic but very useful feature.

I started inputting client details (that actually reminded me to try to update them all with the latest details) and I started setting up scheduled invoices for all my client’s domains and hosting accounts. The process was extremely easy. One major feature that would save you tons of time was the recurring profiles. It allows you to schedule daily, monthly, or yearly invoices so the software would send an invoice automatically so you don’t have to take care of renewals. It also integrates with paypal and some other merchant services, so you can even automatically process online payments. For clients that prefer other payment methods, you can also just input the payment details when a payment arrives, and the client is automatically informed that a payment has been processed.

A very important feature for me is data backup. At first I didn’t find any information on that, however using the built in feedback facility in the website, I got in touch with support, and I got the info needed within less than a day, they assured me that all data is backed up very frequently, and that there is an exporting feature that allows you to backup the data locally if needed. That gives you an extra piece of mind!

Other great features include the ability to store customer details, extensive reporting features, and also automatic reminders for due invoices – very handy indeed!

I applied for a paid account after only about 1 hr of using it, since I’m absolutely sure that it will work very well for me! So if you are looking around for such a software, just go ahead and give it a try at http://invoice.zoho.com – very highly recommended!