Gazillion to launch series of major online games with Marvel Comics characters

Gazillion to launch series of major online games with Marvel Comics characters

Online game startup Gazillion Entertainment is announcing today a major partnership with comic book king Marvel Entertainment to build a series of online game worlds with Marvel’s comic book characters.

The first game is a kid-oriented online world based on brand-new Marvel property Super Hero Squad. This show for kids will debut on the Cartoon Network in the fall and the game will debut sometime in 2010. Gazillion, based in San Mateo, Calif., has already been working… Continue Reading

Tech scores in stimulus bill, Sirius XM prepares bankruptcy filing, Modu stages modular phone launch

Tech scores in stimulus bill, Sirius XM prepares bankruptcy filing, Modu stages modular phone launch

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Tech industry scores funding in stimulus package – Infrastructure spending includes $7 billion for expanding high-speed internet access, some $20 billion for building a so-called smart grid power network and $20 billion for digitizing health records. The New York Times has more.

Sirius XM prepares bankruptcy filing – Regulators approved the merger of the two satellite radio companies to avoid this from happening. But the combined company is planning a bankruptcy filing anyway. Echostar… Continue Reading