Flac files, converting them and iTunes compatibility

I've recently received .flac files but these files have a generic icon (white square) and are not associated with any software in particular. What are they
and can iTunes do anything with them?

pitou
flac is a lossless encoding of sound files. No iTunes can't do anything with them, you'll have to convert them first. Try using Max
http://sbooth.org/Max/
it's Open Source.
Regards
TD

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