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Nokia N95 Firmware update = Flash Lite 3.0

I don’t do a huge amount of Flash Lite work. However when my good friend Dave Williamson pinged me on MSN yesterday and informed me that he had just flashed his Nokia N95 to the latest firmware, which resulted in the Flash Lite player getting updated to version 3.0; I thought to myself that perhaps […]

Six Screens = New Macbook Pro

I had a funny conversation with my good friend Sean regarding the on-going issues he has had with his first generation Macbook Pro. It appears his particular model doesn’t like screens. In actual fact, if memory serves me correctly, the initial problems were resolved by Apple replacing everything except the metal lid on his MBP […]

Apple’s Latest Patch Appears To Break SSH

UPDATE: It appears this is solely related to the “Instant Hijack” plugin found in Rogue Amoeba’s Audio Hijack application. To resolve it you need to remove the Instant Hijack plugin. if you want to test to see if this is the case prior to uninstalling the plugin use:
sudo /usr/local/hermes/bin/hermesctl unload

UPDATE 2: Rogue Amoeba have released […]

Flash Media Rights Management Server - Adobe does DRM?

Adobe announce that they have a new addition to the Flash Media Server family. Content owners can use FMRMS to encrypt FLV and F4V audio / video files that are downloaded and played locally — and then sets policies for their access.
This means that media broadcasters could potentially set the access requirements and expiration flags […]

Flash Player for iPhone via Apple iPhone SDK?

Well according to a report over at CNN Money, Shantanu Narayen (Adobe CEO) thinks a Flash Player could be done with the iPhone SDK

“We believe Flash is synonymous with the Internet experience, and we are committed to bringing Flash to the iPhone,” Narayen said. “We have evaluated ( the software developer tools) and we think […]

Recruitment agencies in the UK….

( Personal and Rants )

I, like a lot of professionals have in the past, and still do, used recruitment consultants and agencies. However, in the UK the market is absolutely rife with them (and even more so if you ply your trade in London, like I do from time to time).
I personally have so much time wasted with the […]