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Flickr will make a “Birthday Present” to me.

They are moving completely to Yahoo:

“——- Forwarded message ——-
From: “Flickr Mail”
To: nafcom[at]c64.org
Subject: [Flickr] Update for Old Skool members
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 01:44:29 +0100

Dear Old Skool Account-Holding Flickr Member,

On March 15th we’ll be discontinuing the old email-based
Flickr sign in system. From that point on, everyone will
have to use a Yahoo! ID to sign in to Flickr.

We’re making this change now to simplify the sign in
process in advance of several large projects launching this
year, but some Flickr features and tools already require
Yahoo! IDs for sign in — like the mobile site at
m.flickr.com or the new Yahoo! Go program for mobiles,
available at: http://go.yahoo.com.

95% of your fellow Flickrites already use this system and
their experience is just the same as yours is now, except
they sign in on a different page. It’s easy to switch: it
takes about a minute if you already have a Yahoo! ID and
about five minutes if you don’t.

You can make the switch at any time in the next few months,
from today till the 15th. (After that day, you’ll be
required to merge before you continue using your account.)
To switch, start at this page:

http://flickr.com/account/associate/

Nothing else on your account or experience of Flickr
changes: you can continue to have your FlickrMail and
notifications sent to any email address at any domain and
your screenname will remain the same.

Complete details and answers to most common questions are
available here:

http://flickr.com/help/signin/

Thanks for your patience and understanding – and even
bigger thanks for your continued support of Flickr: if
you’re reading this, you’ve been around for a while and
that means a lot to us!

Warmest regards,

– The Flickreenos”

I am not yet sure whether I like this, as I am not a big fan of Yahoo. Maybe I will move them all to another place, I really didn’t decide yet.

Especially annoying is the fact that Yahoo took over del.icio.us Support.

Also annoying is, that Flickr denied the fact that once, a virus was in their system in their Javascript version of their Flickr Badge.

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British people protest against high Vista prices now
In comparance, you have to pay in UK for all editions about 50-60 USD more than in USA.
They have started a petition regarding this here called “VistaOvercharge”.

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Skype Gear blogger Stephen Pinches posts a usage experience review about the new Panasonic KX-WP1050 Wi-fi Skype phone with Wireless Travel Router.

It’s not like the other Skype wi-fi phones because indeed it comes as a bundle (not very cheap bundle!) with a portable wireless LAN router.

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We all know this, system near prgs will not work anymore, once a new version of Windows is out. I didn’t plan to invest money in new prorgram versions and decided to see what the freeware/open source market offers here.

So, the motto is: Vista: Moving away from Drive Image & Partition Manager

As a replacement for Drive Image, I found the free Drive Image XML. Fully Vista compatible. (while Drive Image2002 says the drive is 100% full and then abports with “continue, retry, abort, cancel?).

Unfortuantely, it appears that Drive Image XML has a problem with the Drive Shadowing Service of the 64bit version, so I had to use the boot CD version.

Despite the fact that Vista has its own partition manager, it isn’t really very powerful.
(I wanted one that can also merge partitions, etc).

For this, I found GParted, which is a Linux based prg that runs from a Linux Live CD.

Of course both programs fully support USB 2, SATA 1/2 HDDs too (mine were detected!).

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Getting Flash to work in Vista 64bit and Opera 9.20 is no problem (the standalone installer will work).
But Shockwave is a real pain.

Thanks to some help from the Opera Community, I have got to work!

So here is the manual:

1) Disable the windows vista sidepanel (just shut it down!).

2) Then run the Full 64bit installer version

3) Copy all .dll files from systemWOW64 to Opera’s plugin folder

4) Extract the 32 bit slim installer version.

5) Copy all .dll and plugin files into the plugin folder of Opera. (overwrite exsisting files).

6) Test your Shockwave installation

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Skype has released Skype for Windows 3.1 BETA featuring SkypeFind – A bussiness finder, several bugfixes and a typing and deleting indicator! 🙂

Skype has explained it (in person of Jaanus) in detailed over here.

The complete changlog can be found here

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I have compiled a list of applications explecitely supported for Windows Vista 64bit or workarounds for them:

>HWSpirit – Forum

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Skype Pro is out now!

Details:

“

Special introductory offer.
Skype Pro is the easiest way of getting the most out of Skype – first five months for just €10 (excl. VAT¹).Upgrade to Skype Pro

€10 for five months

Pay nothing per minute to UK landlines².

€30 discount on SkypeIn numbers – people can call you at local rates³.

Includes €5 Skype Credit as a special introductory offer.

Free Skype Voicemail – takes your calls while you’re busy or offline.
Also included
Save €30 on a Philips VoIP 841 cordless phone.
Save €10 on an SMC WiFi phone.
Exclusive discounts on Unyte Desktop Sharing Extra.
Two free animated avatars from CrazyTalk.
Three free ringtones from Emotive.

¹ €11.50 where VAT applies.
² Connection fee and fair usage policies apply.
³ In selected countries.”

This offer is available in the countries as listed here.

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Yesterday, I asked RealNetworks when RealPlayer will support Windows Vista 64bit.

Here is their reply:

Response (Rajalakshmi)
02/20/2007 12:58 AM

“Dear Joerg,

Thank you for contacting RealNetworks Customer Support.

I understand that you are unable to install RealPlayer on your Vista.

We regret to inform you that you cannot install RealPlayer on Windows Vista, Microsoft’s new operating system. Vista is currently still in beta testing status, which means that changes are still being made. As RealNetworks continues to grow, we hope to add other operating systems to the compatibility list. Unfortunately, at this time no decisions about future operating systems or dates is available.

If you have any questions or clarifications, please write to us and we will be glad to assist you.

Regards,

Raji
RealNetworks Customer Support”

Oh really? So, if Vista is still beta, how come I have purchased the final SB version?:

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As you can see on above’s screenshot, the ICQ Homepage is multilingual now.

Interestingly, it does not matter to which language I have set my browser.

Fortunately there is a “Switch to English” link! 🙂

Anyway, a nice step towards the right direction! 🙂

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