Filed under: Audio, Security, Video, Hardware, Linux, Apple, Open Source
You can sync new iPods with Linux again
Well, that certainly didn't take long. This weekend we discovered that Apple had killed Linux compatibility in its newest iPods. The song database on the new iPod Classic, Touch, and Nano includes a new security measure that prevents users from synchronizing their portable media players with anything other than Apple's iTunes software.
Today, it looks like some enterprising Linux developers have figured out how to circumvent those security measures. The website with information on how to perform the new hack is down after receiving a ton of traffic frm Digg, Engadget, and other sites. So we can't give you too many details right now, but given the way these things work, expect the solution to be rather complicated today. We're pretty confident someone will develop a more user-friendly version within a matter of days, or weeks at the most.
With Halloween fast approaching, it's a great time to get in some practice defending your territory against zombies. In Graveyard Shift, you take aim at zombies and other creepy-crawlies, blasting them into splatters of cartoony green guts. It's a casual first-person shooter, and it's very easy to get the hang of - use the mouse to aim, click to fire. Graveyard Shift has at least 15 levels, and it might even have some secret stages I haven't unlocked yet.
They key to getting good at Graveyard Shift is learning to use ...
