Several weeks ago I had blogged about HP’s all-in-one PC with amazing touch capabilities – the HP TouchSmart PC. Specifically, I discussed the IQ500 series HP TouchSmart PC models (the IQ504 and IQ506). The IQ500 series HP TouchSmart PCs were considered the 2nd generation HP TouchSmart PCs. The original HP TouchSmart PC made its debut in January of 2007. Just recently, HP has announced the IQ800 series HP TouchSmart PCs – the IQ804 and IQ816.

So what’s new with the IQ800 series HP TouchSmart PCs? The IQ800 series HP TouchSmart PC is 25 ½” versus the IQ500 series models which were 22”. Just like the IQ500 series HP TouchSmart PCs, the IQ800 series sports ambient lighting that shines on your keyboard. This can be very useful in low lighting. However the IQ800 series allows you to change the color of the ambient lighting. The IQ800 series also comes with a pocket media drive bay for user’s portable media (the HP MediaSmart Connect has a pocket media drive bay so you can take media between the two devices). The IQ800 series (both the IQ804 and IQ816) come with built-in TV Tuners for Windows Media Center awesomeness.

The IQ800 series HP TouchSmart PC is also wall-mountable as well!

There are some differences between the IQ804 and IQ816 HP TouchSmart PC models. The IQ816 comes with a Blu-ray drive for HD movies. The IQ804 comes with a 500GB harddrive while the IQ816 comes with a 750GB harddrive. The chipset and graphics for the IQ816 is a bit higher than the IQ804. If you’re looking to maximize your investment in the HP TouchSmart PC – the IQ816 is top-of-the-line.

The IQ800 series makes a worthy addition to the HP TouchSmart PC Family. I hope to blog more about the HP TouchSmart PC this fall!

Description of Antivirus Advance and consequences of its residing on your PC

Antivirus Advance or AntivirusAdvance cannot be called atypical fake remover or very unusual program that belongs to malware genera. However, some traits of this malware are worth of attention and most of them relate to the web-site of Antivirus Advance; needless to say, you should remove Antivirus Advance immediately and it is explained below what for.
However, let us first of all consider some outstanding peculiarities of this badware. In our experience of malware watching, it is Antivirus Advance whose site quality is out of competition with other sites promoting malware; well-structured, very fast in download and with professionally looking flash elements, Antivirus Advance is often downloaded manually as users often trust in the promises provided at the web-site. Frequency of its trial version downloads by visitors of AntivirusAdvanced.com is in dozen of times higher than for average web-site of the same type. Click here  to download and install professional malware removal tool capable to scan your PC free of charge for threats detection, and remove AntivirusAdvance.
Neither features described at this malware web-site are executed, nor is this malware simply useless but harmless. In reality, the danger comes from the trial of Antivirus Advance rather than from all the malware attacking users as far as other malware trials are not downloaded and installed at your machine. Failure to get rid of Antivirus Advance  trial is a likely reason for your slow computer problem and errors in functioning of some important programs.

Antivirus Advance Technical Details

• Full name: Antivirus Advance
• Version: 1.0
• Type: Rogue anti-spyware
• Origin: Russian Federation\ http://AntivirusAdvance.com

Antivirus Advance Screenshots (click to enlarge):

Signs of being infected with Antivirus Advance:

The very first thing you should see after installation of Antivirus Advance, if it was a free trial installed manually from the web-site where the rogue is marketed,  should be the alert saying that the reboot is required to enable immediate start-up of applications installed. In case you have not installed the trial version manually but invasion happened, the reboot should be done automatically. However, exemptions happen when the warning inviting user to reboot the system is still displayed in the above case. If you have ever experienced sudden system reboot, it is likely to be evidence of malware presence at your PC, perhaps of Antivirus Advance.
Both legitimate and illegitimate trials generate free scan window. That window is entitled Antivirus Advance so that no difficulties should appear with Antivirus Advance detection after such scan generation. If having doubts, click here  to detect this and other malware for free and to remove Antivirus Advance.

Automatic Removal of Antivirus Advance from your PC:

Advanced tool would be better applied to remove Antivirus Advance safely and eternally. Antivirus Advance is likely to be bundled with some other fake removers and other rogues, incl. viruses, which may be uploaded for strengthening of destructions and for harder system disordering. Complex removal tool would be better used to get rid AntivirusAdvance and all other adware, spyware and all types of viruses.

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Brandon Leblanc over at his personal blog made an important plea to the Windows Live Team to improve the platforms privacy features and I wholeheartedly agree. Spam has become a problem across many of the services. I personally have some issues with people adding me to their messenger list without a reason or how they even came to access my email address in the first place. Let me share a little bit of Brandon’s thoughts on the issue:

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What I would like is for Microsoft to let me require people adding me to Windows Live Messenger (or a Friend on Windows Live) to leave a personal message as to who they are and why they are adding me in order to successfully add me or send any invite. I want to then be able to respond to the personal message if need be for people who may have mistaken me for someone else etc.”

Read the entire article here

Just the other day, some persons from China added me, I asked one of them, how did you get my address? They said from my blog, but my public address on my Live Space is different from my IM address. The person refused to give any truthful details. The next thing I know she is asking if I want to buy Nike shoes or digital cameras from her. The Windows Live Team needs to do something about this, especially with all the SPAM comments coming from China on my Live Space. I want a feature in Live where I can block regions of the world. I don't speak Chinese and I don't think I have the time to learn mandarin. Its not that I am being harsh, just trying to make my blog productive for genuine readers, not a conduit to further your own personal gains. Really glad you pointed this out Brandon.

Installing RealPlayer involves adding a new software repository and then using the Synaptic Package Manager to download and install RealPlayer. The software repository is hosted by Canonical, the company that’s the chief sponsor and director of Ubuntu, as a method of providing some useful proprietary extra software

The below are the steps installing RealPlayer in Ubuntu

1. Click System -> Administration -> Software Sources.

2. When the Software Sources window appears, click the Third-Party Software tab.

3. Put a check alongside the first entry in the list, which should read http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu hardy partner. Then click Close.

4. You will see a dialog box informing you that the information about available software is out-of-date. Click the Reload button. Once this has completed, the Software Sources dialog box will close automatically.

5. Open the Synaptic Package Manager (System -> Administration -> Synaptic Package Manager) and click the Search button. Search for realplay. In the list of results, click the check box alongside the package, and click Mark for Installation. Click the Apply button on the toolbar. Close Synaptic.

6. Click Applications -> Sound and Video -> RealPlayer 10 to start the RealPlayer setup program. Click the Forward button several times to move through the license agreement and information screens.

7. Eventually, you’ll be asked if you want to check for updates and configure Mozilla helpers. Ensure both boxes are checked and click OK.

8. RealPlayer will start. You can use it or close it.


Source of Information : Apress Beginning Ubuntu Linux 3rd Edition