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I just wrote a Flashpplet and I would like to know if it works properly on most browsers:
Please, check the following link and report how it goes and what platform/browser you've been using to view it.
http://linuxette.org/grOOm/

Thanks in advance for your help :)

Technorati which is a blog search search engine is about to link to its billionth link, with currently 8,304,729 weblogs watched. Wordpress got my personal pages automatically indexed by it.

Because they can't stand seeing their code stolen by the CherryOS people who keep obfuscating it, the PearPC people are looking for funds in order to sue CherryOS and enforce the GPL. The story is here.

It took 6 years until Sophia Stewart, author of The Matrix finally got to receive her due from the copyright infringement of her original work. Stewart's allegations, involving copyright infringement and racketeering, were received and acknowledged by the Central District of California. She's about to get the biggest payoff of the whole cinema history: two and a half billions ! Read more about it here.

An extensive study of the X chromosome led scientists to believe that there are more differences between men and women than between humans (both genders) and chimps. Read about it in the Washington Post and in the L.A. Times...

Jon Johansen has published a small programs which allows the acquisition of DRM-free file from Apple's iTunes Music Store. He explains that his program works by bypassing iTunes which adds the DRM itself at the end of the transfer. His program, pymusique, is Windows-only compliant but it'd be easy to port it to other platforms.

Propellerheads just announced the release of Reason 3.0, their famous all-in-one virtual rack. New features include a mastering suite and a combination device. Impressive.

Yesterday, during the second day of Intel Developer Forum 2005, a Centrino-based PC was introduced. This'd remain unnoticed if it didn't look so much like another already famous computer. Clubic (French site) has some pics so you can judge by yourself (Google translation).

Aspyr finally announced their port of Doom III for the Mac. Warning : a 2GHz G5 is recommanded !

I have been advised to consult the following bug report which was submitted to the MSDN. A very fundamental bug occurs when you compile Console.WriteLine( ((int)-1) >> 1);. You'd expect a logical right shift to occur and the value -1 (0xFFFFFFFF) to be returned but you receive 2147483647 (0x1FFFFFFF) instead. Note that the bug has since been fixed and should not appear in the next MSDN release of Visual Studio. This information could be quite valuable to many developers, even though this bug does not occur in Mono !

It all began with a very unfunny joke and it ended like a complete flame-pocalypse !

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There are new firmwares available for most iPods, they will bring new menu functionality and "better" iTunes connectivity:

iPod Updater 2005-02-22 includes new iPod mini Software 1.3 for iPod mini, new iPod Software 2.3 for iPod with dock connector, new iPod shuffle Software 1.1 for iPod shuffle, and new iPod Software 1.5 for iPod with touch wheel or scroll wheel. iPod Updater 2005-02-22 contains the same software versions as iPod Updater 2005-01-11 for all other iPod models.

Download and install the iPod Updater then connect your iPod shuffle, iPod, iPod photo or iPod mini to your computer. The iPod Updater will automatically determine if an update is required.

What's New in iPod Updater 2005-02-22 iPod shuffle Software 1.1 for iPod shuffle

• Support for iPod shuffle Battery Pack
• Increased software stability

iPod mini Software 1.3 for iPod mini

• Support for second-generation iPod mini
• Support for charging and syncing over USB with Mac OS X v10.2.8 or 10.3.4 or later

iPod Software 2.3 for iPod with dock connector

• Shuffle Songs selection in Main Menu
• Music menu item in Main Menu
• Support for iTunes 4.7 and later

iPod Software 1.5 for iPod with touch wheel or scroll wheel

• Shuffle Songs selection in Main Menu
• Music menu item in Main Menu
• Support for iTunes 4.7 and later

Apple just unveiled new iPod : The Mini now has a 6GB disc while the Photo iPod gets to carry 6 times more data with its 60GB HD. There's also a new, slimer, 40GB iPod.

What geeky experience could you perform with several iPods Shuffle ?
Well, Jim just used his foursome to create an USB2 RAID array.
It works, but because it's bottlenecked by the USB bus, it's not as fast as just using one of these...