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News en-us KezNews - Windows news http://media.keznews.com/pics/logo_windows_portal.jpg http://keznews.com/ WVX Hosting Now Up And Running http://keznews.com/13641=WVX_Hosting_Now_Up_And_Running Our Site Has Now Opened We Hope You Like Our Site. Thu, 23 Nov 2006 19:06:06 Royale Noir: secret XP theme uncovered http://keznews.com/13165=Royale_Noir__secret_XP_theme_uncovered Sometime after the launch of XP, somewhere in Redmond, someone on the Microsoft design team was in the progress of developing something for Media Center. It was believed to be too powerful for public consumption and forever archived in the servers at 1 Microsoft Way. Devoted Channel9 member W3bbo spotted an interesting theme on one of the people_ready television commercials airing in the States. After some dedicated searching, he finally uncovered this mystery XP theme by Microsoft. W3bbo writes, "D uring Royales development (the XP Media Center theme), the graphic artists also produced a black version of the skin, sans the overused glass effect. The result is an aesthetic black skin named Royale Noir, it even works with Office 2003. Since the skin was never released (or reached final adjustments) there are a few issues with it: some of the colors dont meet the overall feel (theyre too purple-ish compared to the greys of the bitmaps) and the inactive titlebars are a little too dark. Tue, 31 Oct 2006 03:06:06 Windows Vista X - We Have Updated Are Downloads http://keznews.com/13164=Windows_Vista_X_-_We_Have_Updated_Are_Downloads We Have Updated Are Download You Can Now Download Windows Vista Pre-RTM Build 5840 Crack And Much More. Tue, 31 Oct 2006 03:06:06 Win X Hosting Now Open. http://keznews.com/13163=Win_X_Hosting_Now_Open_ Win X Hosting Open To Day. We Do Windows And Linux Hosting Plus Reseller Web Hosting. Tue, 31 Oct 2006 03:06:06 Windows Vista X Update New http://keznews.com/13128=Windows_Vista_X_Update_New We Have Now Updateds Are Download And Drivers Plus Microsoft Logo Pack And Windows Vista Screen Shots Are Now Up To Date. Win X Security May Hit Full By December 10 Sun, 29 Oct 2006 07:06:05 Windows Vista X Update http://keznews.com/13057=Windows_Vista_X_Update We Are Sorry For the Long Delay On Updating Our Site As You May Know We Are Designing A New Program For Windows Vista And We not Had Much Time We Are Pleased To Say Beta 1 Almost Done And Ready To Go Public And We Are Opening Our New Web-Hosting Site So We Are Still Here. Thanks Thu, 26 Oct 2006 06:06:05 NVIDIA G80 Spy Pics http://keznews.com/12533=NVIDIA_G80_Spy_Pics Want to know what NVIDIA's G80 card will look like? These pictures have been verified to be two of the upcoming models of NVIDIA's next-gen GPU. Note the two six-pin power connectors and water cooler on one of the cards. This goes a long ways to confirm all of the 300 watt consumption rumors that have been circulating. Fri, 06 Oct 2006 06:08:05 Windows Vista Wallpapers Have Now Been Updated http://keznews.com/12532=Windows_Vista_Wallpapers_Have_Now_Been_Updated Windows Vista Wallpapers Have Now Been Updated. Fri, 06 Oct 2006 06:08:05 Lazy man_amp;#146;s Desktop Aurora http://keznews.com/12531=Lazy_man_amp__146_s_Desktop_Aurora The wonderful Dave Vronay from Microsofts UX team has submitted this great tip to me after constantly nagging him about Desktop Aurora. With a bit of persistence, it has finally paid off. With this practical yet simple method, you can emulate the look of Desktop Aurora without any system modifications or heavy impact on performance. However, it must also be said that this approach is very flawed, as it has several downsides that makes it impractical to use for extended periods of time. But who cares, you can only get so much of eye-candy anyway. Fri, 06 Oct 2006 06:08:05 Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Tools for the 2007 Microsoft Office System Beta http://keznews.com/12122=Microsoft_Visual_Studio_2005 Tools_for_the_2007_Microsoft Office_System_Beta Visual Studio 2005 Tools for the 2007 Microsoft Office System (Visual Studio 2005 Tools for Office Second Edition Beta, or VSTO 2005 SE Beta for short) is a free add-on to Visual Studio 2005 that empowers developers to build applications targeting the 2007 Office system. Developers can now harness the benefits of the 2007 Office system platform and create Office-based solutions using the professional development environment of Visual Studio 2005. Anyone who has a licensed version of Visual Studio 2005 Tools for Office or Visual Studio Professional and above (either standalone versions or via an MSDN Premium or Professional subscription) is eligible to download a free copy of VSTO 2005 SE Beta. VSTO 2005 SE Beta also includes support for Microsoft Office InfoPath 2007 forms, previously available as a separate download for Visual Studio 2005. You can design InfoPath 2007 form solutions right in the Visual Studio 2005 environment. Sat, 16 Sep 2006 06:00:04 Nvidia ForceWare 96.33 For Windows Vista RC1 now available http://keznews.com/11978=Nvidia_ForceWare_96_33_For Windows_Vista_RC1_now available NVIDIA has released the following Beta drivers for use with Windows Vista RC1 that will enable you to test the basic features and capabilities of the new operating system. Release Highlights: * These drivers are only compatible with Windows Vista RC1 build 5600.16384.060829-2230 and higher, and should not be used with other versions of Windows Vista. * Includes the new NVIDIA Control Panel. Please visit the NVIDIA Control Panel website for more information. * Includes OpenGL driver for compatibility testing. * Improved application compatibility and performance. * For a full list of fixes issues, please view the Release Notes. Mon, 04 Sep 2006 06:00:04 ATI Releases Catalyst Beta Driver for Windows Vista RC1 http://keznews.com/11977=ATI_Releases_Catalyst_Beta Driver_for_Windows_Vista_RC1 ATI is one of the first graphic providers to make a 32 and 64-bit driver that supports the Longhorn Display Driver Model (LDDM) the Microsoft Vista revolutionary graphic driver standard as well as the first to provide LDDM drivers for integrated graphics processors. By making LDDM drivers available more than a full year prior to Windows Vista release, ATI provides developers with a stable, feature-enabled and performance-optimized platform for application development. ATI is also the first to provide Catalyst&#174; Windows Vista driver feedback via our Catalyst&#174; Crew Feedback program. Product series supported: * Radeon&#174; 9500, 9550, 9600, 9650, 9700, 9800, X300, X600, X700, X800, X850 series * Radeon&#174; X1300, X1600, X1800, X1900 series * Mobility&#153; Radeon&#174; 9550, 9600, 9700, 9800, X300, X600, X700, X800 series * Mobility&#153; Radeon&#174; X1300, X1400, X1600, X1800 series * CrossFire&#153; Xpress 3200 series * Radeon&#174; Xpress 200, 200M series Mon, 04 Sep 2006 06:00:03 Microsoft Asks PC Makers to Give Incentives on Vista http://keznews.com/11976=Microsoft_Asks_PC_Makers_to Give_Incentives_on_Vista Microsoft Corp., the world's largest software maker, said it will ask personal computer makers to offer incentives to customers buying PCs for upgrades of its Windows Vista operating system. "We'll encourage our partners to provide incentives to promote the sales,'' Alex Huang, regional director of Greater China for Redmond, Washington-based Microsoft, told reporters in Taipei today. ``Each partner will have their own strategy.'' He declined to elaborate. The Vista software, which will be sold to corporate customers in November and in January to consumers, is Microsoft's first overhaul of its Windows operating system since 2001. The company is considering the concession because Vista's release is raising concerns among retailers that shoppers would hold off buying PCs, damping sales during the holidays. Customers buying computers in the fourth quarter will get a coupon to upgrade to Vista once it is available, Ray Chen, president of Taiwanese notebook computer maker Compal Electronics Inc., said at an investors' conference on Aug. 9. Chen didn't provide details. Sun, 03 Sep 2006 01:07:03 Windows Desktop Search 3.0 Beta 2 http://keznews.com/11975=Windows_Desktop_Search_3_0 Beta_2 The search engine in WDS 3.0 is a Microsoft Windows service that is also used by programs such as Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 and Microsoft Office OneNote 2007. <br&gt ; You can use this search engine to index a program's content and to obtain instant results when you search within a particular program. WDS 3.0 supports the following installations: Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) and later versions Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 (SP1) and later versions You cannot install WDS 3.0 on a Microsoft Windows Vista-based computer, because WDS functionality is already built into Windows Vista. This Beta 2 release is an update to the Beta Engine Preview release of WDS 3.0. The most noticeable improvements in the Beta 2 release include a full desktop search user interface, 64-bit support, and faster search results. The WDS 3.0 installation process will automatically upgrade WDS 2.5 and later versions of WDS. Before you install WDS 3.0, use the Add or Remove Programs tool to uninstall versions of WDS that are earlier than version 2.5. Sun, 03 Sep 2006 01:07:03 Vista build 5536 for RC1? http://keznews.com/11974=Vista_build_5536_for_RC1_ Paul Thurrott:....inside the software colossus, work continues toward an early September RC1 release for Vista. However, the build previously planned for RC1--build 5520--had two major problems, so Microsoft had to move on to a newer version--build 5536--for RC1. The company plans to ship build 5536 internally today, according to my sources. Sun, 03 Sep 2006 01:07:03 How Vista screws dual-booting nirvana http://keznews.com/11973=How_Vista_screws_dual-booting nirvana Declan Kennedy at APC Magazine has written an interesting analysis looking at Microsoft's suspicious lack of advancement in OS boot technique. Put simply, Vista will still overwrite the master boot record with no regard for any other boot loader that may be present. But Kennedy also describes how, with the right boot loader configuration, you can setup a dual-boot system that allows you to switch between Windows and Linux without having to reboot either OS, using hibernation. His observations open up interesting possibilities for Mac users too. Boot Camp would be considerably more useful if it didn't involve closing all applications and fully restarting the system each time. If it were just a case of sleeping one OS to switch to the other, it'd be the next best thing to perfect virtualisation. Will Apple implement this in time for Panther? Sun, 03 Sep 2006 01:07:03 Ideas.live.com Up Again! http://keznews.com/11972=Ideas_live_com_Up_Again! After a couple of perhaps unintentional sneak previews, the newly designed Windows Live Ideas, or ideas.live.com, is up and running. The portal to Windows Live beta projects. Now hopefully well see some new betas. What will be next to appear? Live Clipboard? Live Drive? Something completely different? Well (hopefully) soon find out. Sun, 03 Sep 2006 01:07:03 Windows Vista X Has Opened Razer Comp Shop http://keznews.com/11902=Windows_Vista_X_Has_Opened Razer_Comp_Shop We have now opened our shop selling Laptops and PCs that are Windows Vista Ready and are also taking preorder's on Windows Vista Sat, 26 Aug 2006 11:36:36 Windows Vista RC1 via CPP Soon? http://keznews.com/11901=Windows_Vista_RC1_via_CPP Soon_ It seems that Microsoft are preparing to launch Release Candidate 1 (RC1) of Windows Vista via the Customer Preview Program (CPP) shortly. A page has been discovered, which although returns an error, is labelled with "Thank you for your interest in Windows Vista RC 1.". This surely suggest that Windows Vista RC1 will be released very shortly. Update: 64-bit Download Link added. Update 2: An E-mail has recently been sent to participants of the Office 2007 Beta, in which it is revealed that apparently, Windows Vista RC1 will not reach public availability until September. Sat, 26 Aug 2006 11:36:36 Hard drive price war coming http://keznews.com/8464=Hard_drive_price_war_coming According to reports, we may witness a price war in the hard drive business industry. At least this is what Seagate Technology CEO Bill Watkins said on Wednesday. Seagate is currently the world's largest hard drive manufacturer and competes with such companies as Western Digital, Hitachi, Samsung and Toshiba. According to Watkins "If pricing doesn't drop for us, it'll be an upside." Seagate is expecting stiff price cutting from its competitors through into 2007. Seagate believes that despite the aggressive price cutting from competitors, the only gains they are receiving are minor. Watkins indicated that "<our competitors> are getting volume units and share, but it's lousy share." Watkins said that Seagate gains more share because of product quality, reliability and support rather than heavy price cutting. Watkins also noted that Seagate's competitors are cutting prices so much, it erodes into the profitability of its competitors. Seagate acquired its largest competitor, Maxtor, earlier this year and announced that it would cut the company in half. Seagate mentioned that despite the job cuts, it would keep many of Maxtor's enterprise level product lines and services. Seagate also made several announcements of its own so far this year, including a 300GB, 15,000 RPM, perpendicular Cheetah and 1TB NAS products under the Maxtor brand name. At the moment, Seagate is one of the few companies that are not under investigation by the US Securities and Exchange Commission. The SEC is currently investigating more than 80 companies for stock-option manipulations and back-dating practices that give huge financial gains to executive level employees. Watkins indicated that he was confident about his company's business practices, saying "we have a very rigorous stock-option grant program. It's such a rigorous process. We feel confident." Sun, 20 Aug 2006 22:00:11