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2014 Hyundai Equus review: Like a Lexus LS only cheaper, with unique technology

2014 Hyundai Equus review: Like a Lexus LS only cheaper, with unique technology

The freshened 2014 Hyundai Equus expands its technology offerings to go along with an incredible value proposition. Every Equus comes standard with navigation, blind spot detection, rear cross traffic alert, lane departure warning and adaptive cruise control. The more upscale Equus Ultimate model adds in a useful head-up display, dual rear entertainment screens, and an all-glass cockpit display system. Among ...

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Scary truth: Cold germs can live on ‘hotspots’ like toys for MONTHS

Scary truth: Cold germs can live on ‘hotspots’ like toys for MONTHS

Shutterstock Scientists say that toys can harbor cold germs for weeks or even months. Prior research has already concluded that two common bacteria that cause colds, ear infections, and strep throat don’t often live for long outside the human body, but a new study finds that they can linger a lot longer than previously thought. Your best defense? Well-scrubbed hands. ...

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What will the PS4 and Xbox One redesigns look like?

What will the PS4 and Xbox One redesigns look like?

The PS4 and Xbox One are fresh off the assembly line, and they’re both incredibly popular this holiday shopping season. That feeling of novelty and excitement doesn’t last long, though. After a while, sales will start to dip. Consoles will get discounted, and then the whole world starts to wonder when a redesign is coming out. Hardware revisions for game ...

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Brings a new meaning to liquid lunch: The beer that tastes like roast lamb

Brings a new meaning to liquid lunch: The beer that tastes like roast lamb

Brewer Gwynne Thomas with The Sunday Toast ale [PR] The Sunday Toast ale has been infused with juices from Welsh lamb in the brewing process to create the ideal tipple for meat lovers. The beer, made by Welsh firm the Conwy Brewery, is based on a Victoria style Porter and has the aroma of a traditional Sunday roast. Brewer Gwynne ...

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Why movies like The Hobbit are moving from 24 to 48 fps

Why movies like The Hobbit are moving from 24 to 48 fps

With The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug hitting cinemas this Friday, December 13, our attention yet again turns to one of the film’s most exciting and divisive aspects: Peter Jackson’s decision to film the entire thing at 48 frames per second (fps), rather than the industry standard of 24 fps. Just as talkies replaced the silent film, and color has ...

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Porsches like one in Paul Walker crash have troubled past

Porsches like one in Paul Walker crash have troubled past

Chris Weeks/WireImage for Silver Spoon A Porsche Carrera GT, like the one involved in the crash that claimed the life of “Fast & Furious” actor Paul Walker.  “Fast & Furious” star Paul Walker is not the first high-profile passenger to die in a 2005 Porsche Carrera GT piloted by an experienced driver, if in fact autopsies prove that Walker was ...

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Beginning to sound a lot like Christmas: Holiday CDs

Beginning to sound a lot like Christmas: Holiday CDs

Jeremy Cowart Kelly Clarkson’s brings out ‘Wrapped in Red’ for the holidays. Does the world really need another version of “Silent Night?” Apparently, it does — many more, in fact. Every ho-ho-holiday brings a rush of so many seasonal CDs you could stack them higher than the tree in Rockefeller Center. Nearly every known star has released one, from the ...

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Nigella Lawson’s assistants shopped like crazy: prosecutor

Nigella Lawson’s assistants shopped like crazy: prosecutor

Lefteris Pitarakis/AP Italian sisters Francesca, (l), and Elisabetta Grillo former personal assistants to Nigella Lawson and art dealer Charles Saatchi, outside London court  this week.  There were lavish, shop-’till-you-drop sprees to New York, Paris and Rome, with visits to designer stores including Prada, Miu Miu, Louis Vuitton and Christian Dior. The personal assistants of celebrity chef Nigella Lawson and millionaire ...

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PS4 Remote Play works like a charm over LTE, but not with slower connections

One of Sony’s biggest selling points with the PS4 is the Remote Play functionality available with every title. If you own a PlayStation Vita, PS4 games can be played remotely over ad-hoc WiFi connections, local wireless networks, or even the internet. I’ve had surprisingly solid results with the first two options, so I decided it was time to test Remote ...

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