http://keznews.com/news.php?title=News News en-us http://media.keznews.com/pics/logo_windows_portal.jpg http://keznews.com/ http://keznews.com/42423=iPods_to_get_cameras_in_September_ Based on recent actions by Apple it would appear that the next generation of iPods will be getting cameras. Rumors from around the web are citing independent verification that the iPod will receive a camera which only makes sense as an evolutionary step. The iPod Touch seems like the most likely candidate to receive the camera as it is currently the top of the line iPod for Apple. Even more so is that the software to take pictures, record video, and edit the film is already written as the software for the iPhone. <br /><br /><a href='http://www.neowin.net/news/main/09/07/06/ipods-to-get-cameras-in-september'>Read full story...</a> Mon, 06 Jul 2009 14:16:10 http://keznews.com/42422=iPhone_3GS_gets_jailbroken_and_unlocked Purplera1n, unrelated to the Dev Team, has come out with a solution to jailbreak the iPhone 3GS for both Windows and Intel Mac computers. The jailbreak allows users to download Cydia on their iPhone to install unofficial applications on their device. The jailbreaking solution provided by purplera1n still does not allow Winterboard to be used as of yet. The method installs an application called Freeze onto the device; this installs and unpacks Cydia. Users who install Cydia onto their device can then proceed to install UltraSn0w which was recently released to unlock the iPhone 3G, now unlocks the iPhone 3GS. <br /><br /><a href='http://www.neowin.net/news/main/09/07/06/iphone-3gs-gets-jailbroken-and-unlocked'>Read full story...</a> Mon, 06 Jul 2009 02:16:11 http://keznews.com/42421=Buy_some_followers_for_yourself_on_Twitter I always think that its all very well and good having an opinion about something, or a subject you wish to talk about, but without anyone to listen to you, you may easily go unheard. A hefty part of a journalist&#39;s success derives from the potential size of the readership one can access. Simply, if nobody is there to listen then you may go unheard. To this end, another part of a news reporter&#39;s job is to actively access the maximum readership possible, basically anything short of going cold war, flying a microlight whilst dropping copies of the article. <br /><br /><a href='http://www.neowin.net/news/main/09/07/05/buy-some-followers-for-yourself-on-twitter'>Read full story...</a> Sun, 05 Jul 2009 22:16:11 http://keznews.com/42420=Going_green_in_the_IT_world Perhaps as controversial as any topic can get. Today I&#39;m talking about going &#39;green&#39; with reference to the difficulty (or not) this idea presents within the IT industry. &#39;Green&#39; has become a bit of a buzz word since issues of climate change became widely publicly addressed during Thatcher&#39;s stint in office. Now we live in a world of sustainable energy sources, hydrogen power, receding icecaps and global warming. There is also a giant hole in the ozone layer. Treaties have also been signed by various countries in an effort to adhere to the planet&#39;s needs rather than our own and documentaries on television have shown that becoming completely eco-friendly is a battle in itself. <br /><br /><a href='http://www.neowin.net/news/main/09/07/05/going-green-in-the-it-world'>Read full story...</a> Sun, 05 Jul 2009 02:16:11 http://keznews.com/42419=Bing_Travel_knocked_out_in_Seattle_data_center_fire A fire in Seattle has severed the power supply to a group of servers, which included Microsoft&#39;s Bing Travel section, according to a report by Tech Flash. Not only was that part of Bing knocked out, but also Authorize.net and various other sites, as a transformer was blown at the Fisher Plaza data center, where the servers were running. A message has been posted on the AdHost site, stating the following: "Beginning at approximately 11:18 PM on July 2nd and continuing through the present time Fisher Plaza experienced a significant power event that required all power systems including street power, UPS, and Generator power to be completely shut down in Plaza East. <br /><br /><a href='http://www.neowin.net/news/main/09/07/04/bing-travel-knocked-out-in-seattle-data-center-fire'>Read full story...</a> Sat, 04 Jul 2009 10:16:11 http://keznews.com/42418=IE_s_market_share_falls_below_60___Firefox_surpasses_30_ With Firefox 3.5 being recently released, and hitting five million downloads in 24 hours, Firefox appears to be gaining more market share, and Internet Explorer&#39;s market share is slipping according to Favbrowser, and a graph by statcounter shown below. Internet Explorer fell from 62.09% to 59.49%, while Firefox rose from 28.75% to 30.33%. But Firefox isn&#39;t the only browser that&#39;s gaining market share. Opera, recently released the beta version of version 10 of its browser, rose from 3.23% to 3.36%, Safari, recently released version 4 of its browser and hitting 11 million downloads in three days, rose from 2.65% to 2.93%, and Chrome rose from 2.42% to 2.82%. <br /><br /><a href='http://www.neowin.net/news/main/09/07/03/ies-market-share-falls-below-60-firefox-surpasses-30'>Read full story...</a> Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:16:10 http://keznews.com/42417=Microsoft_patents__Linux_to_become_VFAT-free_ In light of the recent Microsoft-TomTom VFAT lawsuit and its subsequent settlement, Linux users have been wondering what Microsoft&#39;s intentions with regard to the presence of VFAT functionality in the Linux kernel might be. The Linux Foundation continues to maintain that Microsoft&#39;s VFAT patents are not valid. And of course the United States is one of only a small handful of countries that even recognise software patents. However, according to CNet, the Linux community has recently been taking steps to work around the entire VFAT patent issue. But what is the nature of the VFAT patents, and how can Linux bypass them? <br /><br /><a href='http://www.neowin.net/news/main/09/07/03/microsoft-patents-linux-to-become-vfat-free'>Read full story...</a> Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:16:11 http://keznews.com/42416=Confirmed__Windows_7_set_to_RTM_on_July_13th Earlier today the guys over at GeekSmack.net "confirmed" that Windows 7 was set to RTM(Release to market) on July 13, which also coincides with Wzor&#39;s unconfirmed rumor last month. A few minutes ago sources close to the company, who wish to remain anonymous, have confirmed to Neowin that Windows 7 is indeed set to RTM on July 13. After a year of furious beta testing and continuous leaks every other week, Microsoft is finally ready to give Windows 7 the green light to hit the market. Currently the Windows 7 team is working on polishing off the RTM build so that no show-stopper bugs are present in Windows 7. <br /><br /><a href='http://www.neowin.net/news/main/09/07/03/confirmed-windows-7-set-to-rtm-on-july-13th'>Read full story...</a> Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:16:10 http://keznews.com/42415=Neowin_s_top_5_gadgets_for_summer UK readers of Neowin.net will have noticed that we seem to be at the end of a heatwave, but there is no guarantee it will stop there. I spent today on the beach and though readers may be elsewhere with the sunny weather still to come, do pay attention! Summer is always an exciting time for gadget lovers. It&#39;s the time of year when our favourite companies release their next surge of technology for us to cast our sweaty eyes upon. The following is our list of the very best gadgets the tech world has to offer this summer. Before we get properly started I&#39;d like to make something clear. <br /><br /><a href='http://www.neowin.net/news/main/09/07/02/neowins-top-5-gadgets-for-summer'>Read full story...</a> Fri, 03 Jul 2009 02:16:12 http://keznews.com/42414=June_19_was_AT_T_s__quot_iLaunch_Day_2009_quot___best_ever_sales When the iPhone 3GS was announced, analysts expected pretty good sales - nothing too extreme or mind blowing, but not poor either. Apparently they were wrong. The website Mac Daily News has been tipped off with an internal AT&T company memo, explaining that the 3GS launch was the best sales day the company had ever seen, and dubbed it "iLaunch Day 2009." We&#39;ve included the memo below. 1. <br /><br /><a href='http://www.neowin.net/news/main/09/07/03/june-19-was-atts-ilaunch-day-2009-best-ever-sales'>Read full story...</a> Fri, 03 Jul 2009 02:16:11 http://keznews.com/42413=Microsoft_pulls__sickening__Internet_Explorer_8_ads Last week, Microsoft released some ads for Internet Explorer 8 that were intended to provide a "tongue-in-cheek look" at some of the new features of the browser. Unfortunately for them, there were those that weren&#39;t quite so happy watching a woman vomit, and as the Wall Street Journal reports, they&#39;ve been removed. The title for the ad was "O.M.G.I.G.P.", or for those not quite down with acronyms, "Oh My God I&#39;m Going To Puke". It featured a man happily sharing his laptop with his partner; to her horror, he was viewing some generic revolting website (yes, whilst sitting at the table with his loved one), and thus, much projectile vomiting ensued. On him. After he slipped on it. <br /><br /><a href='http://www.neowin.net/news/main/09/07/02/microsoft-pulls-sickening-internet-explorer-8-ads'>Read full story...</a> Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:16:10 http://keznews.com/42412=11_awesome_applications_you_ve_never_heard_of The average PC user has a dozen or so applications which they completely swear by &ndash; and rightfully so. What gets the job done is what matters the most. There is, however, a treasure-trove of pint-sized utilities and fully blown applications just waiting to be discovered. We&#39;ve scoured the Web to provide a list of 11 useful programs which you&#39;ve probably never heard of. All of the programs in this article are either absolutely free of charge or have a free alternative, so don&#39;t hesitate to give them a shot and see what you&#39;ve been missing out on. <br /><br /><a href='http://www.neowin.net/news/main/09/07/02/11-awesome-applications-youve-never-heard-of'>Read full story...</a> Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:16:13 http://keznews.com/42411=Flickr_adds_Twitter_integration Flickr has launched Twitter integration. The Flickr Blog reports that Twitter functionality has been added to the photo management tool. You can upload photos to both Flickr and Twitter, or use the functionality to tweet about an already existing photograph. The system will automatically shorten the url using a "flic.kr" URL. Getting started is simple enough and instructions can be found here. The Flickr Blog has also provided us with a sample image of a tweeted photo: This news must come as disconcerting to TwitPic, a website which allows the sharing of photos on Twitter. <br /><br /><a href='http://www.neowin.net/news/main/09/07/02/flickr-adds-twitter-integration'>Read full story...</a> Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:16:12 http://keznews.com/42410=Windows_7_pricing__Some_users_fume_as_the_rose-colored_discounts_fade The dust is beginning to settle a week after <a href="http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=3161">Microsoft went public with its Windows 7 retail pricing plans</a>. Now the details (and lack of details) are starting to sink in with some Windows users.<br /><br /> <br> <br>Some customers who jumped to pre-order half-price Windows 7 copies that are available only through July 11 here in the U.S. &#8211; are coming to realize that they might have gotten a raw deal because Microsoft wouldn&#8217;t confirm when and whether it planned to offer a Family Pack.<br /><br /> <br> <br><img src="images/news/icons/view.gif"></img> View Full Article: <a href="http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=3226" target="_blank">Mary Jo Foley's Blog</a> Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:16:08 http://keznews.com/42409=Apple_potentially_dropping_NVIDIA_chips_after_disagreements Last week, a website named Semi Accurate reported that heated words were exchanged between the computer maker Apple and graphics chip producer NVIDIA, regarding their current agreement. It seems that NVIDIA was being "arrogant", according to Stuff.tv, and they may have been sent packing for the next three or four years. Only last year, Steve Jobs proudly unveiled the new MacBook Pro line that boasted NVIDIA 8600M GT graphics processors, but as mentioned, they may already have had their turn. <br /><br /><a href='http://www.neowin.net/news/main/09/07/02/apple-potentially-dropping-nvidia-chips-after-disagreements'>Read full story...</a> Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:16:12 http://keznews.com/42408=Apple_warns_of_summer_overheating_for_iPhone_3G___3GS_owners Apple has issued a warning to iPhone customers regarding iPhone 3G and 3GS devices overheating. Sporadic reports have hit internet blogs and gadget sites this week regarding overheating issues with new iPhone 3GS models. Reports from The Telegraph suggest that dozens of users have reported overheating issues. According to some owners the device becomes so hot that it&#39;s too hot to pick up and the casing on white 3GS models has turned pink for some. Several posts to Apple&#39;s iPhone discussion forums appear to confirm these early reports. According to PC World, one of their own writers claims "I became aware the handset had become very hot. <br /><br /><a href='http://www.neowin.net/news/main/09/07/02/apple-warns-of-summer-overheating-for-iphone-3g--3gs-owners'>Read full story...</a> Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:16:11 http://keznews.com/42407=Serious_SMS_vulnerability_discovered_for_the_iPhone Apple is hard at work to patch a serious vulnerability that could allow a hacker to perform malicious acts unknowingly on the iPhone platform. The attack, which hasn&#39;t been described in detail, works when the attacker sends the victim an SMS that could cause the phone to run malicious code or programs without the phone operator&#39;s permission. "The SMS vulnerability allows an attacker to run software code on the phone that is sent by SMS over a mobile operator&#39;s network. <br /><br /><a href='http://www.neowin.net/news/main/09/07/02/serious-sms-vulnerability-discovered-for-the-iphone'>Read full story...</a> Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:16:10 http://keznews.com/42406=Bing_introduces_real_time_Twitter_search_results We knew it was going to happen; now even Microsoft is experimenting with the "phenomenon" called Twitter. Today Microsoft unveiled a fresh new feature that will list the two latest tweets from that user when you search for them on Bing.com. Microsoft&#39;s Sean Suchter, General Manager at the Search Technology Center in Silicon Valley, announced that "Starting later today, when you search for these folks names in association with Twitter, you&#39;ll see their latest Tweets come up in real time on Bing&#39;s search results. For example, if you type "Kara Swisher Twitter" or "Kara Swisher Tweets" or even "@karaswisher" as your search query, you&#39;ll see something like the below. <br /><br /><a href='http://www.neowin.net/news/main/09/07/02/bing-introduces-real-time-twitter-search-results'>Read full story...</a> Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:16:13 http://keznews.com/42405=Psystar_recovering_from_bankruptcy__still_making_products Just when we thought it was nearly over, Psystar has thrown us all a curve-ball and returned from the dead, emerging from the bankruptcy they filed for. The news, which was reported by The Unofficial Apple Weblog, came in the form of a newsletter to Psystar&#39;s previous customers. In the letter (which we have also included below, thanks to TUAW), they stated, "As you may already be aware in late May, Psystar filed for Chapter 11 protection. Although this was critical to our continued daily operations, we now are ready to emerge and again battle Goliath. More information will become available in the coming days when we will be formally discharged by the Bankruptcy court. <br /><br /><a href='http://www.neowin.net/news/main/09/07/02/psystar-recovering-from-bankruptcy-still-making-products'>Read full story...</a> Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:16:12 http://keznews.com/42404=Microsoft_to_offer_Family_Pack_for_Windows_7_Home_Premium Ed Bott: Thanks to a tip from <a href="http://www.kristankenney.com/2009/07/02/windows-7-home-premium-to-include-family-pack-licensing/" target="_blank">Kristan Kenney</a>, I took a close look at the agreements embedded in the License folder of the latest leaked builds of Windows 7. This is no longer a beta license agreement and is presumably very close to the final agreement that customers will accept. The agreements for retail copies of Windows 7 Home Premium contain this eye-opening clause...<br /><br /> <br> <br><img src="images/news/icons/view.gif"></img> View Full Article: <a href="http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=1145" target="_blank">Ed Bott's Microsoft Report</a> Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:16:08 http://keznews.com/42403=Microsoft_says_goodbye_to_the_Butterfly_Program Who remembers the MSN Butterfly community? For those of you who don&#39;t know, the program was renamed a few years ago to the Windows Live Butterfly Community. Today Microsoft officially announced that it will be closing the program, which had about 150 members. So what was the Windows Live Butterfly Community? The program launched about 8 years ago and was designed to award the best beta testers who tested MSN products. Everyone who actively participated in the program got the first dibs on beta testing MSN products. They received gifts from Microsoft as a token of their appreciation, and even held a few "Butterfly Tours" of Microsoft&#39;s Redmond campus. <br /><br /><a href='http://www.neowin.net/news/main/09/07/02/microsoft-says-goodbye-to-the-butterfly-program'>Read full story...</a> Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:16:12 http://keznews.com/42402=New_Linux_patch_could_circumvent_Microsoft_s_FAT_patents A Linux developer has published a new kernel patch that provides a workaround to avoid Microsoft's patents on the FAT filesystem. The patch, which has undergone extensive legal review by patent lawyers, could make it possible to use FAT on Linux without having to pay licensing fees to Microsoft.<br /><br /> <br> <br><img src="images/news/icons/view.gif"></img> View Full Article: <a href="http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2009/07/vfat-linux-patch-could-circumvent-microsofts-patent-claims.ars" target="_blank">Ars Technica</a> Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:16:07 http://keznews.com/42401=Cost_of_texting_abroad_for_Europeans_is_lowered The European Commission has announced that as of today, July 1, customers roaming in another EU Member State will not only benefit from lower prices for making and receiving calls but also for texting when abroad and using data services. The Commission has introduced the following rules for providers in the EU:Limit the price for sending a text message while abroad at €0.11 (9.4p). Receiving an SMS in another EU country will remain free of charge.Reduced cost of surfing the web and downloading movies or video programs with a mobile phone while abroad by introducing a maximum tariff of €1 (86p) per megabyte downloaded. <br /><br /><a href='http://www.neowin.net/news/main/09/07/01/cost-of-texting-abroad-for-europeans-is-lowered'>Read full story...</a> Thu, 02 Jul 2009 02:16:11 http://keznews.com/42400=Child_porn_found_on_an_iPhone_application An iPhone application named BeautyMeter, approved by Apple, has been reported by Wired.com to contain child pornography. The application allows users to upload pictures of themselves and have them rated by other iPhone users in a rating system similar to hotornot.com. BeautyMeter demonstrates the flaws in Apple&#39;s safeguards that now allow nudity on their applications for those 18 years or older, using developer maintained servers. The image in question shows a girl from the United States, aged just 15 years old taking a picture of herself standing in the reflection of a mirror, almost completely naked. The image has been edited and censored by wired.com to prevent distribution of child pornography. <br /><br /><a href='http://www.neowin.net/news/main/09/07/01/child-porn-found-on-an-iphone-application'>Read full story...</a> Thu, 02 Jul 2009 02:16:10 http://keznews.com/42399=O2_wins_exclusive_Palm_Pre_deal_in_the_UK The Guardian is reporting that O2 have won an exclusivity deal for the Palm Pre in the UK. The Pre which is already on sale in the US is a rival to Apple&#39;s iPhone. Seen by many as a worthy competitor, some analysts believe Palm has shifted 300,000 devices in the US alone. O2 already has an exclusive deal with Apple for the iPhone and selling the Pre exclusively will further confirm its position as the UK&#39;s largest mobile phone network. Palm first unveiled the Pre at a press conference during this years Consumer Electronics Show (CES). The device packs a punch and has received rave reviews around the world. The official specs are:High-speed wireless (EV-DO Rev. <br /><br /><a href='http://www.neowin.net/news/main/09/07/01/o2-wins-exclusive-palm-pre-deal-in-the-uk'>Read full story...</a> Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:16:12 http://keznews.com/42398=Microsoft_posts_modest_search_gains_with_Bing New search engine Bing helped Microsoft increase its share of the search market in the United States in June but, still lags behind Yahoo! and Google, a Web analytics firm reported Wednesday.<br /><br /> <br> <br>StatCounter said Microsoft carved out an 8.23 percent share of the US search market in June, up from 7.21 percent in April and 7.81 percent in May.<br /><br /> <br> <br><img src="images/news/icons/view.gif"></img> View Full Article: <a href="http://tech.yahoo.com/news/afp/20090701/tc_afp/usitinternetcompanygooglemicrosoftbing" target="_blank">Yahoo News</a> Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:16:09 http://keznews.com/42397=Suit__Microsoft__Real__Yahoo_music_streams_break_copyrights Mark Farner, of the 1970s band Grand Funk Railroad, is one of numerous plaintiffs alleging the online on-demand music-streaming services of Microsoft Corp., RealNetworks Inc. and Yahoo! Inc. distributed their music without proper copyright licensing...<br /><br /> <br> <br><img src="images/news/icons/view.gif"></img> View Full Article: <a href="http://blog.seattlepi.com/microsoft/archives/172728.asp?source=rss" target="_blank">Seattle PI's Microsoft Blog</a> Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:16:08 http://keznews.com/42396=Firefox_3_5_benchmarked__not_as_fast_as_Chrome The results are in from benchmarks of Firefox 3.5, performed by ZDNet. The benchmarks test all the main browsers from Google Chrome 2.0.172.33, Safari 4, Firefox 3.5, Firefox 3.0.5, Opera 10 Alpha and Internet Explorer 8. Each browser was put through three tests including SunSpider j&#097;v&#097;script benchmark, V8 Benchmark Suite and finally the ACID 3 test. Firefox 3.5 was built for speed and performance, compared to previous versions of Firefox. Firefox 3.5 performed better than Firefox 3.0.5 and Internet Explorer 8 in all three categories. From the graphs, it is clear to see that Google Chrome performed the best overall, followed shortly by Safari 4 and then Firefox 3.5. <br /><br /><a href='http://www.neowin.net/news/main/09/07/01/firefox-35-benchmarked-not-as-fast-as-chrome'>Read full story...</a> Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:16:13 http://keznews.com/42395=Bing_takes_a_little_more_market_share_from_Google Microsoft&#39;s newest search engine, Bing, has gained a little more traction in the fight against Google&#39;s web search dominance. Bing took an 8.23% cut of US web searches for the month of June which is up from Microsoft&#39;s previous search engine which served only 7.81% percent of searches for May. Microsoft is refusing to let Google win the online search wars and is promoting Bing with online and television advertisements. Microsoft is still investing heavily and the latest rumor is that it still considers partnering with Yahoo as a viable option to gain a stronger foothold in the search engine market. <br /><br /><a href='http://www.neowin.net/news/main/09/07/01/bing-takes-a-little-more-market-share-from-google'>Read full story...</a> Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:16:12 http://keznews.com/42394=Windows_7_Touch_and_Browser_Scrolling_Demo Browsing with your finger in Windows 7 is going to be a different experience across each browser and Windows 7 system. As demonstrated in this GBM Shortcut video, the experience will be based upon the type of touch digitizer your system has, whether the system is <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/e7/archive/2009/03/25/touching-windows-7.aspx" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/blogs.msdn.com');">Windows 7 Touch logo certified</a>, and what type of browser you are using.<br /><br /> <br> <br><img src="images/news/icons/view.gif"></img> View Full Article: <a href="http://www.gottabemobile.com/2009/07/01/gbm-shortcut-windows-7-touch-and-browser-scrolling-demo/" target="_blank">GottaBeMobile.com</a> Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:16:07