Unreadable File when trying to import Pictures from CompactFlash in Reader

In the past I have been able to read images from my compactflash.
This just started happening.
I have a Canon EOS Rebel and it stores images on a CompactFlash. When I put it in my Dazzle* Hi-Speed USB 2.0 reader to download the images into iPhoto, I'm getting "unreadable file" errors. Then I take the same reader and flash card to my Windows laptop, I'm able to read the images. Then I figure.. what if I manually copy the pictures to a folder on the Mac... Well, they copy over, and if I single click the file when my finder is on Column mode, the thumbnail of the image comes up in the Preview pane, but when I double click it for Preview Application to open, the image comes up digitally corrupted. Even if I take my USB cable that came with the camera, I put the flash back into the camera and then I try to download the images and still get the same error.
I HAVE TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO GET MY PICS TO IPHOTO!!
So, I scaled down the capture from LARGE to SMALL, and tried to read the files from the reader again. I GET THE SAME ERROR! Then I try the USB Cable direct to the camera, and lo and behold, iPhoto is able to pull in the pictures.
My question is... Has anybody out there experienced CompactFlash card reader problems? You think this is a Tiger problem?
PS.. I've tried reformatting the flash using the OS from the Camera, and with Windows OS with no success.
Thanks in advance!

Thanks for the reply...
When I was experimenting, I copied the files from the reader unto the mac, discovered I couldn't read it, then from the Windows computer, I networked over to the Mac to attempt to view the images. It was corrupted, that's when I went on a wrong tangent.. and started blaming the camera. I foolishly formatted the card, erasing the good images. So, now I'm left with bad images on the Mac because, I missed the opportunity to copy the images unto the windows laptop with the reader. There weren't that many pictures, but darn... we could've used one of them for our XMAS card.
This experiment still begs the question, "How come the reader can work on the windows computer and not the Mac?" but, life is short... readers are cheap, I'll just buy one just like the one I borrowed... that works, on the Mac, and keep the other reader on the Windows computer with a sign that says "Doesn't work on Mac!".
But just curious, what is a "kext file"? Is that a driver?

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