Free online virus, malware, spyware scanners

Here are a few options for free online virus, spyware, malware scanners. You need not buy the system, you can use it freely. There are a few dependencies like the browser dependency, sometimes it requires a specific browser like Internet explorer or Mozilla or Safari, it depends on the developers

From the makers of the NOD antivirus

http://www.eset.com/onlinescan/

Bit Defender is one of them

http://www.bitdefender.com/scan8/ie.html

Here is Trend Micro House Call

http://housecall65.trendmicro.com/

Fsecure

http://support.f-secure.com/enu/home/olsbeta.shtml

Internet Operating System (OS ) now making rounds with XIOS/3 XML Based

Xcerion is the new buzz in the air. The Internet OS has arrived it seems. Though in its initial phase and its still in its development, they are claiming big things in a simple way. The OS promises to be easy and better to use than the MAC/Windows and above them it promises to be free. That means you just need a browser that will run the complete OS where you will have free wordprocessing tools, spread sheets and other such stuffs that will make you work simpler. Now when you need a browser what is the use of the OS, May be later they will have a booter that will install itself which will be configured to connect to the internet and then its all yours.

Google too is working on a similar concept. XML based OS, with AJAX and stuff like that. The names still not disclosed but they too will have something promising.

Heres a look at the Xcerion..

http://xcerion.com/index.php

Morange

Yet another tool for the mobile users, this tool is an advancement.

Many services that are new for mobile users with GPRS and WAP.

featuring

• multiple IM accounts: MSN, Yahoo Messenger, Google Talk, Morange Chat. allows u to exchange even pictures.
• PIM exchange
• file transfer, virtual storage space
  
• Mobile social networking like orkut and facebook
• push email supports POP emails
  
• RSS for mobiles, news and blogs
  
• Remote desktop access through mobile

It has java and symbian support. runs perfectly well in India with Vodafone and Sony Ericsson k800i

most of these services are free

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While alternative mobile applications connect only one or to two dots in the mobile world, such as push email or mobile instant messaging, Morange technology is to connect simply everything.

Morange empowers the user to access any information, communicate with anyone and have control on everything from mobile phone. We see the limitation in the current WAP/Browser architecture or isolated program running on each different program device. Instead, we choose to innovate based on the thin-client computing architecture as foundation. We build an open and extendable platform, elegant user interface that works across all different platforms and networks: may it be Windows Mobile, Symbian, J2ME, or Linux. Imagine that Morange is able to offer users the widest choice of applications: Professionals may require Push Mail; yet young generation may prefer instant messaging with their buddies.

www.morange.com check it urself and enjoy

Google Knol the encyclopedia . wikipedia

Google's coming up with its own version of encyclopedia, its called 'Knol', with ads and its own expertise. The concept remains the same that of Wikipedia, community supported encyclopedia. The difference could be of a better technology, better search features. But Wiki is not quiet, its also on its way to start a parallel wiki with ads, without disturbing this one.

I can't understand what difference it makes to make it an ad supporting tool that will generate some fantasctic revenues for wiki, but they must have thought it much harder than me. they are experts. Lets wait and watch the gwiki !

Sami has invited you to join Picsquare

join this and get great benefits on photo prints Sami Azmi (samiazmi@gmail.com) has invited you to open a free Picsquare account. To accept this invitation and register for your account, please click here. Picsquare allows you to upload, organize, view, share and order prints of your digital photographs online. It also provides you with a convenient way to create your own personalized photo gifts, get it printed and delivered to your loved ones. Some of the major features include: Buy digital prints as low as 9 cents / Rs. 3.00 Use unlimited storage capacity for uploading photographs. Organize your photographs using Tags and share them online. Create Personalized Photo Greetings starting at Rs. 49 / $1.39. Buy personalized Photo Calendar as low as $10.99 / Rs. 399. Buy personalized Photo T-shirts as low as $10.99 / Rs. 399. Buy personalized Photo Mug as low as $7.99 / Rs. 299. To learn more about Picsquare, visit Picsquare. (If clicking the URLs in this message does not work, copy and paste them into the address bar of your browser). Thanks, Picsquare Team www.picsquare.com

Location Masti

Location Masti

Mobiance announces "Location Masti" - inviting all hackers for a month long celebration of innovation, creativity and technology.

Location Masti is an opportunity for hackers to use Mobiance's pioneering mobile location technology with other sources of data/ APIs and build innovative applications

What

Location Masti is a location hack event to build innovative mashups based on Location based services using Mobiance's location technology. The event organized by Mobiance is aimed at exploring the countless avenues to build useful and relevant location aware applications by hackers in a spirit of innovation, creativity and masti.

Mobiance will be inviting hackers to take part in this 30 day event building innovative location enabled applications in the fields of social networking, navigation, local search and a whole lot more. In addition to Mobiance's unique technology to determine the location of mobile phones, hackers can aggregate multiple sources of data, make use of various available APIs and tools to deliver their next "killer" application!

Registrations would be open on the 1st of December, 2007. The event will stretch for a period of 30 days from 15th January, 2008 where the developers will be able to use Mobiance's location feeds and build applications that are useful and relevant to individuals by using their location.

When

Announcement of Location Masti: 26th November, 2007

Registrations: 1st December, 2007 to 31st December, 2007

Event run dates: 15th January, 2008 to 15th February, 2008

Final demo and submission: 15th February, 2008

Announcement of results: 1st March, 2008

Live pilots with winning applications: Second quarter 2008

How

Hackers at Location Masti will have simulated location feeds of 20 people available through a web service that they can use in building their applications. The web service will allow requests for both real time location and the archived location of the person at every quarter of an hour for the past day for use by the applications.

If the participants would like to have live location of privacy approved phones instead of simulated feeds, Location Masti allows that too. Just a form to be submitted online and the location feed will be available.

Details of Mobiance's Location feed APIs and web services will be made available to registered hackers at the time of registration.

Participation

Location Masti is open to all people above 15 years of age and who are accepted by Mobiance as "hackers". Hackers can participate

• as individual "hacker" or
• as a "team" of hackers with upto 10 members. Hackers can belong to only one team.
• Corporate hackers may join in the fun

Number of entries

Hackers or teams can submit any number of hacks but will need to specify their hacks at the time of registration.

Accessing Mobiance location Feed

Hackers will be provided a unique access code for each application at the time of registration. This code will be needed to access Mobiance's APIs and/or web services by the applications. Hackers will be required to maintain the privacy of this access code.

Submission of entries

The hackers can make their application available through a URL for demo purposes subject to presentation rules. For submission of entries, the code will have to be uploaded with documentation and instructions through a mechanism communicated to the hackers by Mobiance.

 

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Web Mapping Illustrated

Developers who want to publish maps on the web often discover that commercial tools cost too much and hunting down the free tools scattered across Internet can use up too much of your time and resources. Web Mapping Illustrated shows you how to create maps, even interactive maps, with free tools, including MapServer, OpenEV, GDAL/OGR, and PostGIS. It also explains how to find, collect, understand, use, and share mapping data, both over the traditional Web and using OGC-standard services like WFS and WMS.

Link: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/webmapping/