Yesterday Microsoft announced retail pricing for Windows 7 that was at or below comparable Windows Vista prices, while also offering a chance for people to pre-order the software at a substantial discount.

Starting July 11, consumers in the U.S. will be able to buy an upgrade copy of Windows 7 Home premium for $49 or Windows 7 Professional for $99. That offer is good for both XP and Windows Vista PCs, regardless of whether someone has been trying out the pre-release version of the operating system.

The upgrade is only for a limited time and will be available at Amazon, Best Buy, Microsoft’s own store, Office Depot, OfficeMax, Costco, Staples, Wal-Mart and several other retailers.

Retail copies of Windows 7 go on sale on October 22, upgrade prices will be $119 for Home Premium, $199 for Professional and $219 for Ultimate.

The full versions of Windows 7–the editions for those without a copy of Windows–will be priced at $199 for Home Premium, $299 for Professional and $319 for Ultimate.

These instructions will walk you through jailbreaking your iPhone on your PC using the Dev-Teams official Redsn0w software for Windows. This will not jailbreak the new iPhone 3G S. Redsn0w is also available for Mac (Intel only) You can follow the same instructions.  I used Redsn0w on a Vista PC but it should work with XP as well.

Use Redsn0w to:

• Jailbreak and unlock OG iPhone
• Jailbreak iPhone 3G UPDATE: (If you want to unlock your iPhone 3G you need to use Ultrasn0w.  Instructions here: How To Unlock iPhone 3G With Ultrasn0w)
• Jailbreak iPod Touch 1st Gen
• Jailbreak iPod Touch 2nd Gen

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These instructions will walk you through jailbreaking your iPhone on your PC using the Dev-Teams official Redsn0w software for Windows. This will not jailbreak the new iPhone 3G S. Redsn0w is also available for Mac (Intel only) You can follow the same instructions.  I used Redsn0w on a Vista PC but it should work with XP as well.

Use Redsn0w to:

• Jailbreak and unlock OG iPhone
• Jailbreak iPhone 3G
• Jailbreak iPod Touch 1st Gen
• Jailbreak iPod Touch 2nd Gen

To begin, you will need to download the following: (all downloads require login)

• Redsn0w for Windows: Redsn0w for Windows (4882)
  
• Redsn0w for Mac (Intel only): Redsn0w for Mac OS X official torrent
• Official firmware for your device: iPhone OG 3.0 restore firmware .ipsw (1970)
• Bootloaders (Only if unlocking): iPhone 3.9 Bootloader (1368) iPhone 4.6 Bootloader (830)

Save these to your desktop for easy access.

1. Make sure you have updated your device officially to OS 3.0 through iTunes.

2. Make sure your iPhone is off.  Do this by holding the power button (top of phone) then slide to power off.

3. Connect your iPhone via USB.

4. Start Redsn0w.exe

5. Browse for your firmware that you downloaded. (Make sure you have the correct firmware for your device) Then click next.

6. If you want to unlock your OG iPhone then check both Cydia and Unlock.  If you do not need to Unlock then only have Cydia checked and proceed to step 7.

6 a. If you are unlocking your iPhone then you need to browse for the 3.9 and 4.6 Bootloaders that you should have downloaded and saved.  Then click next.

7. Redsn0w will ask you to make sure your iPhone is powered off but you should have done that already.  If you didn’t follow the directions to do it now.

8. Once your iPhone is off, be prepared for step 8 because it starts quickly, then click next.

9. This is where you will put your iPhone into DFU mode.  Follow the instructions in order to achieve this.

10. If you correctly put your iPhone into DFU mode you will see that Redsn0w will begin the jailbreak process.  Let it do it’s thing, which should take about 5 minutes.  (Redsn0w crashed the first time I tried to jailbreak and left me with the “Running PwnApple” on my phone.  Don’t worry, just power off your phone again and start the process from the beginning.  It worked perfectly the 2nd time for me.)

Redsn0w gives you instructions through the entire process so you should not have any problems as long as you follow everything exactly.  If you have any problems please leave a comment so we can help.

If you feel like it’s worth it

Yesterday the iPhone Dev-Team only released Pwnage tool for Mac OS X which left many PC users begging for them to release QuickPwn for Windows.  They have now released the Windows version of their jailbreak software code named Redsnow.  Redsnow previously was the name of their iPod Touch 2nd Gen jailbreak, but this morning they have re-released it to also include the OG iPhone, 3G iPhone, and both versions of the iPod Touch; this will not jailbreak the new iPhone 3G S.  Redsnow provides similar function as QuickPwn and is available for Mac or PC.  If you want to build a custom firmware, use Pwnage tool, but that is only available for Mac at the moment.  If you have a 3G using Yellowsnow to unlock and want to stay unlocked, do not use Redsnow, you want to wait for the release of Ultrasnow that will be available through Cydia soon.

Check back soon for a full walk-through on how to jailbreak your iPhone using Redsnow.

As always, use this software at your own risk.  Make sure you read all instructions and warnings.

If you follow a lot of people on Twitter, it can be overwhelming to try and keep up with everyone.  TweetDeck for PC and Mac desktop has functions to create filters for your tweets.  If you have more than a couple hundred people you follow, most likely you don’t read each and every tweet.  With TweetDeck you can create a filter for specific people that you absolutely want to see all the time.  You can create a number of filters (columns) so that you can break down the people you follow into groups such as friends, business, development, funny, etc.  I have been using a similar product, Seesmic, that has slight differences but functions in much the same way.  Both TweetDeck and Seesmic also connect to your Facebook account so you can “totally social out”.

TweetDeck has announced that they will be releasing an iPhone app version of their product tonight at midnight EST.  Whether it actually comes out on the App Store at that time is up to Apple and their approval department.  Pete Cashmore with Mashable has reported that they have had a chance to demo the product and is quite impressed.  They are reporting that the iPhone app also syncs with the desktop client so you have one seamless experience whether you are on your iPhone or computer.  In my experience with the TweetDeck desktop client I find that it is a major memory hog; I wonder if they have been able to slim it down so that it doesn’t crash the iPhone all the time.  A list of the apps features are:

- Column based friend groups (like TweetDeck desktop)
- TweetDeck desktop syncing (make a change on the iPhone and it’s reflected back on the PC)
- Facebook toolbar like status updates
- Multiple account support
- Flicking to move between columns
- Shake to refresh

TweetDeck
Mashable