Archive for February, 2008

Gears of War 2 and Resistance 2 Head For Holiday War

Gears of War 2 and Resistance 2 Head For Holiday War

6 / February 29, 2008 8:52 am

Boston (dbTechno) – If hype plays any factor in it at all, it appears that Gears of War 2 is shaping up to top the PS3 exclusive, Resistance 2, this holiday season. A voice actor who plays Marcus Fenix in [...]

Wii Continues To Widen Sales Gap From PS3 In Japan

Wii Continues To Widen Sales Gap From PS3 In Japan

1 / February 29, 2008 8:44 am

Boston (dbTechno) – The Nintendo Wii game console managed to outsell the Sony PlayStation 3 console by a ratio of 4 to 1 in Japan. The sales of the Wii over the PS3 were helped along with the release of [...]

Harrison Denies He Left Sony To Go To Atari

Harrison Denies He Left Sony To Go To Atari

2 / February 29, 2008 8:39 am

Boston (dbTechno) – Sony executive Phil Harrison has stated that he did not leave the company, and the PS3 behind to go work with Atari and rebuild the company. He was present on Thursday night at a PS3 party in [...]

DEA Investigates Doctors Linked To Ledger’s Death

DEA Investigates Doctors Linked To Ledger’s Death

0 / February 29, 2008 8:33 am

Boston (dbTechno) – The DEA is currently carrying out an investigation of two doctors, who have been linked to prescribing medications which led to the untimely death of Hollywood actor Heath Ledger. They are investigating the doctors and their practice [...]

Clinton Pushing Health Care Plan, Attacking Obama’s Plan

Clinton Pushing Health Care Plan, Attacking Obama’s Plan

3 / February 29, 2008 8:26 am

Washington (dbTechno) – Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton may be nearing her final days on the campaign trail, unless she manages to win on March 4 in Ohio and Texas. She is continuing her push and has been attacking the [...]

Nevada Health Clinic Sued For Reusing Syringes

Nevada Health Clinic Sued For Reusing Syringes

0 / February 29, 2008 8:18 am

Boston (dbTechno) – The Endoscopy Center of Southern Nevada has been sued by a former patient, in connection with the accusation that the surgical center reused syringes and vials of medication in various patients, possibly spreading hepatitis and other diseases. [...]

Herceptin Gets Approved for Breast Cancer in Japan

Herceptin Gets Approved for Breast Cancer in Japan

0 / February 29, 2008 8:13 am

Boston (dbTechno) – Roche Holding AG announced on Friday that their drug, Herceptin, has been approved in Japan for early treatment of breast cancer. The drug has been approved to treat patients with HER2-positive breast cancer.

Sharp, Hitachi Investigated for DS Screen Price Fixing

Sharp, Hitachi Investigated for DS Screen Price Fixing

0 / February 29, 2008 8:09 am

Boston (dbTechno) – Sharp and Hitachi are currently being accused and investigated for price-fixing profitable LCD screens and touch screens for the highly-popular Nintendo DS handheld gaming system. Investigators from the Japanese government went to the offices of both companies [...]

Google Gives Free Phone Numbers, Voice Mail To Homeless

Google Gives Free Phone Numbers, Voice Mail To Homeless

0 / February 29, 2008 8:03 am

San Francisco (dbTechno) – Google has expanded their program in San Francisco that they have in place with Google’s Grand Central Group and the city’s Project Homeless Connect. They have began to give out free lifelong phone numbers and voice [...]

“Doomsday” Seed Vault Opens For First Time

“Doomsday” Seed Vault Opens For First Time

0 / February 29, 2008 7:57 am

Washington (dbTechno) – The Norwegian Arctic island of Svalbard has announced the opening of the new Svalbard Global Seed Vault, better known as the “doomsday” vault. The vault is designed to hold millions upon millions of seed samples, keeping them [...]