Archive for August, 2007

Penny Arcade Game Hits Xbox Live Arcade

Penny Arcade Game Hits Xbox Live Arcade

0 / August 28, 2007 7:54 am

Boston (dbTechno) – The Penny Arcade game Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness is heading to the Xbox 360 via the Xbox Live Arcade. Developer Hothead Games made the confirmatioin that their episodic adventure game will be heading to the Xbox Live [...]

iPhone Hacker Trades For New Car

iPhone Hacker Trades For New Car

0 / August 28, 2007 5:42 am

Boston (dbTechno) – The teenager who hacked the Apple iPhone will be trading his new unlocked iPhone for a brand new car. Apparently it was never his goal to keep the unlocked iPhone for himself. The phone once hacked has [...]

Oral Sex Linked To Increased Risk Of Throat Cancer

Oral Sex Linked To Increased Risk Of Throat Cancer

0 / August 27, 2007 2:41 pm

London (dBTechno) – What’s more likely to give you throat cancer: smoking, alcohol use, or oral sex? As it turns out, the risk of throat cancer isn’t just higher, it’s nine times higher for people who have had oral sex [...]

Obesity Rates Continue To Climb

Obesity Rates Continue To Climb

33 / August 27, 2007 11:09 am

Boston (dBTechno) – No matter how much we learn about obesity, we Americans just seem to be getting fatter and fatter. The obesity rate has climbed in 31 states last year — no states showed a decline, found a new [...]

FDA Gives Medtronic Cervical Disk Green Light

FDA Gives Medtronic Cervical Disk Green Light

0 / August 27, 2007 10:18 am

Boston (dBTechno) – Medtronic, Inc. has received FDA approval to market the Prestige® Cervical Disc, the first artificial disc commercially available in the U.S. for use in the neck. Prestige gives some patients who are suffering from degenerative disc disease [...]

Red Moon Rising In The Sky

Red Moon Rising In The Sky

0 / August 27, 2007 9:03 am

Boston (dbTechno) – Thanks to a lunar eclipse, a red moon is on the rise in the sky and will be visible early Tuesday morning. Early Tuesday you are going to have the opportunity at 3:37 a.m. to view a [...]

Yahoo Upgrades E-Mail Service With Features

Yahoo Upgrades E-Mail Service With Features

0 / August 27, 2007 9:03 am

Boston (dbTechno) – Yahoo has made the announcement on Monday that they have added features to their e-mail service as you will now have the ability to send text messages to cellphones from e-mail. The new feature builds onto the [...]

Manhunt 2 Gets Green Light With M Rating

Manhunt 2 Gets Green Light With M Rating

0 / August 27, 2007 9:03 am

Washington (dbTechno) – Rockstar has made the announcement that the rating for Manhunt 2 has been reduced from an AO rating to an M rating which gives it the all clear to launch in the United States on October 31st. [...]

7th Attempt To Rescue Miners Begins

7th Attempt To Rescue Miners Begins

0 / August 27, 2007 9:03 am

Boston (dbTechno) – The search for the six men who were trapped inside a collapsed coal mine began all over again on Monday with a 7th attempt to try and rescue them. It has been three weeks of drilling holes [...]

Sony Develops Battery Powered By Sugar

Sony Develops Battery Powered By Sugar

0 / August 27, 2007 9:02 am

Washington (dbTechno) – Sony has developed a bio battery which is powered by sugar. Battery tests done by the researchers for Sony have already generated up to 50 milliwatts. This is enough electricity to power a music device such as [...]