EasyPHP 1.7...comportamento anomalo

[Nuzzio]

Ho appena installato easyphp 1.7. HO il seguente codice...che con easyphp 1.6 non mi da problemi...ma easyphp 1.7 mi diche che...

Notice: mysql(): This function is deprecated; use mysql_query() instead. in c:\easyphp1-7\www\varie\script\connect.php on line 7

Notice: Undefined variable: news in c:\easyphp1-7\www\varie\script\connect.php on line 10 

Ecco il codice

$user="root";
$psw="";
$host="127.0.0.1";

@mysql_connect($host, $user, $psw) or die(mysql_error());
$result = mysql("Mercatino", "SELECT * FROM news ORDER BY id DESC LIMIT 0,4");

while($record = @mysql_fetch_array($result)){
          $news .= "<a href=\"news.php?ID=".$record['id']."&table=\"Mercatino\" class=\"normal\">".$record['titolo']."</a>
";

}
print $news; 

Perchè?

Grazie in anticipo