Ubuntu, Linspire, and Freespire users can now install “Google Earth” with a single click, says Linspire. The desktop Linux distributor has added support for the free mapping application to its CNR (”click-n-run”) installer, a user-friendly tool currently beta-testing for a wide variety of desktop Linux distributions.
Linspire said the version of Google Earth that CNR supports [...]

Continue reading...

A literary agent is suing the Wikimedia Foundation and Wikipedia contributors for negative comments, but Wikimedia says it’s not liable for user-generated content.
Barbara Bauer filed a lawsuit in New Jersey Superior Court alleging that the Wikimedia Foundation is liable for postings that called her one of the “Dumbest of the twenty worst” agents, who has [...]

Continue reading...

Yahoo opened the beta test of SearchScan in several countries to help safeguard people against potentially dangerous links in their search results. Searchers may notice something different about the search results in Yahoo. The company partnered with security vendor McAfee, which runs the SiteAdvisor service, to power a new feature called SearchScan. “While SearchScan will [...]

Continue reading...

As you might have noticed, during the last two weeks Techachino News wasn’t updated properly. This is due to me being the only editor at the moment and i have been busy studying for my midterms. I’m sorry for this negligence and i promise you to start updating the site very soon.

Continue reading...

Despite reports that a Blu-ray Xbox 360 is in the works from an ASUS subsidiary, Microsoft has once again moved to deny the rumors.
Microsoft had no comment when the reports hit last week, but now an official has sent an email to the popular gaming website GamePro denying the reports.
“As we have stated, we have [...]

Continue reading...

 Former RIAA defendant Tanya Andersen has filed an amended complaint in her malicious protection lawsuit against the record labels and RIAA themselves. This marks the fourth complaint submitted by Andersen’s lawyer, Lory Lybeck. All prior submissions have been rejected by the judge. If Lybeck can get the judge to accept this one, it will begin [...]

Continue reading...

This is a follow-up to the previous article regarding the generation of thumbnail previews for FLV and 3GP files.
One of the problems that graphic designer working with Photoshop face, is Windows XP inability to create thumbnail previews for PSD files. To fix this problem follow these steps:
Download the following dll file: psicon.dll. Place the file [...]

Continue reading...