Gears of War 2 and Resistance 2 Head For Holiday War
February 29, 2008
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 Gears of War 2 has come out and touted the improvements over the original on the Xbox 360.
He spoke to IGN, stating that the game is “cool as sh—.” Read more
Wii Continues To Widen Sales Gap From PS3 In Japan
February 29, 2008
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 Super Smash Bros. Brawl in Japan, as the February sales have Nintendo smiling from ear to ear.
The game magazine publisher Enterbrain put out the results, stating that Nintendo sold 331,627 units of the Wii in the four weeks to February 24. Read more
Harrison Denies He Left Sony To Go To Atari
February 29, 2008
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 London. Read more
DEA Investigates Doctors Linked To Ledger’s Death
February 29, 2008
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 of giving out prescriptions, not the actual death of Ledger.
The two doctors are from Texas and California according to reports from People magazine. Read more
Clinton Pushing Health Care Plan, Attacking Obama’s Plan
February 29, 2008
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 health care plan of Barack Obama, as she pushes for universal health care.
Clinton has been making several campaign stops on Ohio, touting her plan of universal health care, having every single American buy a health care plan. Read more
Nevada Health Clinic Sued For Reusing Syringes
February 29, 2008
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.
The former patient sued on the grounds that the patient now fears for his health. Read more
Herceptin Gets Approved for Breast Cancer in Japan
February 29, 2008
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. Read more
Sharp, Hitachi Investigated for DS Screen Price Fixing
February 29, 2008
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 in a joint operation to try and find proof that they had a scam in place to keep the price of the DS screens artificially high. Read more
Google Gives Free Phone Numbers, Voice Mail To Homeless
February 29, 2008
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 mails to many homeless people in the city.
San Francisco has a vast homeless population, and Google is trying to keep them connected as best that they can. Read more
“Doomsday” Seed Vault Opens For First Time
February 29, 2008
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 completely safe from any type of natural disaster, or man-made disaster. Read more
