2014 Cadillac XTS Vsport

Not long after bombing around the Milford Road Course in the new CTS Vsport, Cadillac invited me to try out its other new-for-2014 Vsport model: the XTS. And despite using the same twin-turbocharged 3.6-liter V6 from the CTS, the Vsport package takes on a whole new meaning here in Cadillac's softer flagship. In the CTS, this trim perfectly bridges the gap between the standard models and the hardcore CTS-V, and is focused on being the best-driving version of the range without a standalone V badge. The XTS, however, has no proper V model, so the Vsport becomes the new range-topper for that line by default.

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Official doc confirms Sony Xperia Z1 mini existence, specs

Some leaked documentation, allegedly belonging to Japanese carrier NTT DoCoMo, is referencing the specs of the local version of the Sony Xperia Z1 (SO-01F) as well as a device dubbed Sony Xperia Z1 f (SO-02F). It's believed that the Z1 f is actually the long-rumored Xperia Honami mini. The smartphone is said to shares the quad-core 2.2 GHz Snapdragon 800 and 20.7 MP camera with the bigger Xperia Z1.


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LG G Pro Lite Dual to have stylus, lower-end screen and chipset

The LG G Pro Lite Dual is back with a brand new leak and while last time we wondered why it was called "Lite," now we wonder why it's called "Pro." There's also a curious change – the phablet will have a stylus that can be sheathed into the device's body, Galaxy Note style (unlike the LG Vu's, which had no slot for the stylus). The dual-SIM LG G Pro Lite Dual will reportedly have a 5.5" IPS screen like its single-SIM sibling, but that screen will only have qHD resolution (540 x 960 pixels) with half the pixel density.



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Deadfall Adventures CGI trailer

Here we have a new CGI trailer from Nordic Games' upcoming Deadfall Adventures title. Just a bit of info, this first-person action adventure video game will hit PC and Xbox 360 on November 15th, and will be available as both a Collector's Edition and Standard Edition.

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US-built Corollas will soon be exported to Latin America, Caribbean

Toyota has announced plans to export the American-made Corolla south, to 18 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean by 2014. The move follows statements made to The Wall Street Journal by Toyota's South American leader, Steve St. Angelo, that spoke to Toyota's resolve in emerging American markets. Toyota is expected to begin export production in April, with initial production of 7,500 Corollas in the first year, courtesy of its Tupelo, Mississippi assembly plant.

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IIHS introduces new test for avoiding crashes, not surviving them [w/videos]

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety is once again looking to improve how it rates new cars in order to make it easier for shoppers to buy the safest cars on the market. In addition to recent test additions like the roof crush and small overlap frontal crash, the IIHS will now be adding collision avoidance technologies to its criteria for attaining a Top Safety Pick+ rating.

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CyanogenMod's cLock widget makes Google Play debut as "Chronus"

It was back in February of this year that the CyanogenMod team announced that they would be changing the name of their custom clock widget, Chronus, to that of “cLock”. This was due to the team being hit with a cease and desist letter from someone claiming to own the rights to the name. Today, the CyanogenMod developer responsible for the clock widget is announcing the triumphant return of “Chronus”, this time available to all in the Google Play Store.

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U.S. Carrier Branded HTC One Will Receive Android 4.3 Update Slightly Late

It goes without saying that a lot of HTC One users are waiting for the Android 4.3 update. The update has already begun rolling out across different regions for users who have developer edition or unbranded units, in time to meet HTC's self-imposed deadline of rolling out the update before the end of September. However, those who possess U.S. carrier branded HTC One will have to wait for a bit longer, says HTC executive Jason Mackenzie.
A few weeks ago HTC said that it was working hard to roll out Android 4.3 as well as a HTC Sense update to users, it said that the roll out would be completed by the end of September.

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Nissan Titan's upcoming Cummins diesel originally meant for Ram

The Cummins 5.0-liter turbocharged diesel V8 that Ram initially planned to use in its pickup trucks instead will find its way into the 2015 Nissan Titan as an option, Automobile reports. It will be the first time a non-Ram pickup truck will be available with a Cummins diesel engine. The move comes after Chrysler decided to use a 3.0-liter V6 EcoDiesel engine designed by VM Motori (which is partially owned by Fiat) due to fuel economy concerns with the Cummins engine. Chrysler wanted its 2014 Ram 1500 trucks to achieve at least 26 miles per gallon.

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Hyundai, BMW in plant talks with Mexican officials

BMW and Hyundai may be joining the rush for the border that has already seen Nissan, Honda and Mazda begin factory construction in Mexico, while Ford and General Motors have both made significant investments in their Mexican facilities. BMW's interest in Mexico has been apparent for some time, and while we'd heard grumblings about Hyundai's move into Latin America some time ago, the last we heard about it was in 2009.

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2014 Lexus GS gets eight-speed auto, other enhancements

The Lexus GS was totally redesigned for the 2013 model year, but Lexus is already tweaking its midsize luxury sedan. While a handful of small changes are being made, the big news for the 2014 model year is that rear-wheel-drive GS350 models will be getting a new eight-speed automatic transmission for improved fuel economy and performance. Official EPA estimates have yet to be released, but Lexus expects this new transmission to return 19 miles per gallon in the city and 29 mpg on the highway – an improvement of 1 mpg highway.

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Moistly is a gadget that helps save your leafy friends from a horrible death of dehydration

If you have houseplants, you've most certainly experienced the tragedy and self blame that comes along when your neglect causes their untimely demise. You don't have to be a plant killer anymore, the Moistly easy to use plant buddy is here to help you. What is it. It's a sensor that will beep and blink when you need to water your plants. Unlike other plant gadgets (see related links below), this one doesn't have to connect to your WiFi and doesn't have to be setup or charged every other day. It is powered by a CR2032 coin cell battery that lasts for 2yrs. The device is stuck in the soil next to a plant.

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Indycar's Dallara to work on 'futuristic green super-luxury RV'

Can the company that builds the speedster shown above really branch out into the world of recreational vehicles. Dallara, the chassis builder of choice for the IndyCar Series, is going to build an RV. It won't just be your run of the mill house on wheels, though. It's going to be something much, much more than that.
Hired on by Global Caravan Technologies for its expertise in carbon-fiber technologies, Dallara will help build an environmentally friendly, super-luxury RV that uses a race-derived, carbon-fiber monocoque chassis.

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Mac Mini Prices Increased In Some Countries

It seems that after introducing the new iMac with refreshed hardware the other day, Apple also made some quiet changes to the prices of their Mac mini computers for some countries, and not necessarily for the better either. The regions affected by the price increase include countries such as Australia, Brazil, Portugal, and Malaysia. For example over in Australia and prior to the prices being increased, the Mac mini was priced at A$699 and A$899 for the standard models, while the Mac mini Server was priced at A$1,099.

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Nokia Treasure Tag Accessory Leaked

Back in July, it was revealed that Nokia had a new accessory that they would be debuting in the near future called the "Treasure Tag". At that time all we had was a diagram of the device, but thanks to the ever-reliable @evleaks, a photo of the accessory has since been leaked. For those unfamiliar with the accessory, the Treasure Tag is essentially a Bluetooth/NFC tag that can be used to pair with a smartphone, such as a Nokia Lumia device for example. It will make use of Bluetooth 4.0 which will be supported in the Windows Phone GDR2 update and basically it acts as a homing beacon for object.

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Google Talk/Hangouts Experiencing A Glitch That Sends Messages To The Wrong Person

If you are a frequent user of Google Talk or Google Hangouts, you might want to pause the chatting for a bit because according to a smattering of reports, it seems that for some reason messages that are supposed to be sent to a particular person, end up being sent to someone else, or in some cases, to multiple people at the same time. For the most part this can be pretty embarrassing for some users, but for those conducting their business over Google Chats or Hangouts and don't want the sensitive information to get out, then this is a glitch you'll want to keep an eye out for.

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2014 Kia Sorento garners five-star NHTSA rating

The 2014 Kia Sorento has just earned a five-start crash-test rating from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, as well as a Top Safety Pick rating from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. According to Kia, the new Sorento scored well in both frontal and side-impact crash tests, while also netting high marks in rollover testing.

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YouTube update brings more ads and notifications, Google Search gets more Google Now cards

Man, Google has been quite the busy bee today. We've already seen updates getting pushed out for Hangouts and Gmail, and now YouTube and Google Search are being added to that list (as well as Google Voice for Android and iOS). YouTube has some minor changes, but ones you might not be too keen on. First up ads now appear at the top of your “Watch Now” list upon opening the app. Can't say we're too happy about that one. Second, YouTube will now push notifications to your device of newly uploaded videos based on your interests.



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Deathstroke Challenge Pack Highlighted In Latest Batman: Arkham Origins Trailer

Batman: Arkham Origins was announced to be headed to the PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Wii U on October 25, which is exactly one month from today. Since the game's initial announcement, we've seen the game's collector's edition as well as info regarding the title's multiplayer mode. Today, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment released a new video for Batman: Arkham Origins that features gameplay from the playable Deathstroke challenge pack as well as a sneak peak into a new gameplay mode called “100-to-1.”.
The Deathstroke challenge pack features two exclusive challenge maps and three exclusive skins for Deathstroke.

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Alleged Surface Mini Specs Revealed

Just the other day Microsoft took the wraps off their new Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2 tablets, but interesting enough the company did not make any mention about the possibility of a Surface Mini, a device which has been rumored for a while now but not mentioned at all by Microsoft during their presentation. It is possible that the Surface Mini could merely be a fake and a false rumor, but at the same time it could be that the device is not primed for launch yet which is why Microsoft has kept mum on the details. In any case thanks to new information obtained by CNET, some of the alleged Surface Mini specs have surfaced.

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This Gold iPhone 5S Just Got Shot With A .50 Cal Rifle, Tortured To Death [Video]!

While hundreds of thousands of consumers await the iPhone 5S gold availability in their region, a ‘Tech Assasin' group named RatedRR have gone ahead to assault the iPhone 5S in their possession in every which way possible. They dunked it in water, dropped in on hard surface and even as it struggled to survive, ruthlessly shot through it with a .50 caliber bullet. If you can survive seeing the gold iPhone 5S take an anti-aircraft grade beating without getting goosebumps (excuse the exaggeration ), the video awaits you right after the break.

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Bentley readying four-door coupe for 2018

Bentley purists have probably been tearing their hair out since we got our first glimpse of the EXP 9 F SUV Concept. "A Bentley SUV. " you could almost hear them saying, incredulous to the idea that an automaker actually wants to make money. Now, word is that the British brand might be jumping on the four-door-coupe bandwagon. The car, which would slot in above the Continental GT, and act as the new base model, would compete with the BMW M6 Gran Coupe and Mercedes-Benz CLS63 AMG, according to Car.

Size-wise, Car thinks it'd be in line with the Continental GT, at just over 15.5 feet long.

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Nokia's October 22 event gets a second teaser

Nokia has once again gone to Twitter to tease its upcoming October 22 event and this time we got to learn its location. The venue will be Nokia World and the place is Abu Dhabi with the date being October 22. Nokia attached the hashtags #closr, #wayforward and #innovationreinvented to the message. The first teaser showed us skiers in warm outfits on desert dunes with the hashtags #blazing, #stories and again #innovationreinvented.

At #Nokia, we believe in technology that brings people closer.

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Grand Theft Auto V [w/videos]

Grand Theft Auto V has only officially been a part of the public video game ecosystem for a few days now, and it has already completely sucked the air out of the room for the rest of the industry. Reports of a staggering $800-million take for day one sales of the newest member of the Rockstar Games franchise are almost otherworldly, and the attention the title has gotten this last week in both traditional and new media sources is unprecedented for a video game. Well, unprecedented save for the response to the last Grand Theft Auto.










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Bogus Ad Claims iOS 7 Makes Your iPhone Waterproof

Is a fool born every single minute. Perhaps, as here we are with word that there has been a bogus iPhone ad which has apparently convinced the more gullible folks out there that installing the latest iOS 7 on your iPhone would be able to turn that Apple smartphone into a waterproof device. Needless to say, this particular ad has managed to make its way to different social media sites, where it has been mocked up in a style that is not too different from the one which Apple normally falls back upon.

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Are you still rocking an HTC HD2? You can now put Sense 5 on it!

Android phones come and go, but only one phone has survived for almost 4 years. Funny thing is, it wasn't even designed to run Android (was meant to be a Windows Mobile device), yet it is one of the most supported devices of all times. It keeps getting the latest ROMs, sometimes before flagship smartphones. Yes, we are talking about the legendary HTC HD2 .
If you still have your hands on one, congrats… and you can now test Sense 5 on it! A new ROM brings a Sense 5 port to the HD2, courtesy of senior XDA developer gilbert32. It's important to note that this ROM is nowhere close to being finished.


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Facebook Hopes Autofill Will Make Online Transactions Faster

The world's most popular social network, Facebook, has certainly gone beyond what they normally do, as advertising does constitute a sizeable chunk of their revenue these days. Well, this time around, they are sniffing for an alternative source of income, and the folks over at Facebook have decided to introduce Autofill, a mobile payment service that ought to make life easier for its users who happen to have a streak of being a shopaholic within. Autofill is not some feature that will work in the way which we normally envision it to, for example, when you are typing your name and the full name appears automatically.

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Tremor FX Home Offers Seat Vibrations For A Dynamic Home Theater Experience

You know how you pay good money to enter a theme park and queue up for hours on end to sit through all of the rides that are on offer. I am quite sure some of us have taken 4D rides before, such as Shrek's adventure at Universal Studios Singapore, where water sprays as well as air vents that blow wind help make the entire 3D viewing experience all the more realistic, hence the addition of the fourth dimension. Of course, the fact that the very chairs you say on could rock also goes to say something. Don't you wish you had something similar at home.

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2014 Honda Accord Hybrid priced from $29,155*

Honda has announced pricing for the new, 50-mile-per-gallon 2014 Accord Hybrid today, with three trims – Hybrid, Hybrid EX-L and Hybrid Touring – for owners to choose from. Prices for the base car start at $29,155, while the mid-range model will run $31,905. The top-of-the-line Touring trim starts at $34,905. Prices do not include the *$905 destination charge.
Regardless of which model is chosen, Accord Hybrid owners will be able to net 50 mpg in the city and 45 on the highway, numbers that compare favorably with the Ford Fusion Hybrid (47x47 mpg) and the Toyota Camry Hybrid (43x39).

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ShowerTunes Shower Curtain - Now you can take a shower with the boys from New Direction

. Now you can take your gadgets into the bathroom with the ShowerTunes Shower Curtain / Liner. The curtain features a built in waterproof speaker system and a special play-through/see-through pouch to place your smartphone or tablet. Watch and listen to music while you shower, or take a call while you soak in the tub.

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Limited Run Galaxy Note 3 With Flexible Display Rumored To Be In The Works

A few weeks ago during IFA 2103, Samsung took the wraps off their Galaxy Note 3 device, a handset which along with the Galaxy S4 was one of Samsung's most anticipated devices of 2013. We had heard that Samsung could be looking to introduce an entry-level version of the Note 3 which would keep the same dimensions, but just use less premium parts and will have slightly less powerful hardware to keep costs down, but it seems that apart from the rumors of an entry-level Note 3, word on the street has it that a limited edition flexible display Note 3 could be in the works too.

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You may not have one on your shoulder, but you can wear an Angel health sensor on your wrist

Lets face it, with the cost of medical care and health insurance rising, it is more important than ever to look after your health. I have seen a lot of wearable activity monitors around, I even wear a Nike FuelBand everyday, but the information that you can get back is more about activity and not your health. The Angel health sensor, an open source health monitor seeking funding on Indiegogo, looks to change that. With sensors designed to measure heart rate, skin temperatures, blood oxygen, and activity and open source code, the possibilities for developers to create interactive apps for the Angel is almost limitless.

The Gadgeteer , You may not have one on your shoulder, but you can wear an Angel health sensor on your wrist, You may not have one on your shoulder, but you can wear an Angel health sensor on your wrist

HTC One To Receive Android 4.3 Jelly Bean Update This Week

Word that hails right from the mouth of an official source is what most of us would like to hear when it comes to the unveiling or release of a particular device or update. Case in point, Jason Mackenzie, President of HTC America, tweeted that the HTC One will finally be on the receiving end of the Android 4.3 Jelly Bean update before September comes to a close. Not only that, those who happen to have the HTC One Developer Edition sitting pretty in their pockets will also be receiving the last of the Jelly Bean builds from this week onward.

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Is Wireless The Trojan Horse In Your Network Security?

Ian Kilpatrick, chairman of Wick Hill Group specialists in secure IP infrastructure solutions, considers the risks to businesses from the proliferation of wireless access points. He discusses the benefits of deploying secure access points, which are directly linked to gateway security. According to Roger Klorese of WatchGuard technologies, smart phones and tablets now account for about 25% of devices used for work in the US.  Wireless, mobility and BYOD are all part of an unstoppable wave, based on widespread consumer and remote worker usage.

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iPhone 5s Outselling iPhone 5c By A Factor Of 3.4

The iPhone 5s is Apple's latest iPhone offering alongside the iPhone 5c. The iPhone 5c is essentially a cheaper version of the iPhone 5 with some upgraded hardware and a plastic body, while the iPhone 5s has proven to be a pretty significant hardware upgrade, at least based on benchmarks, and unsurprisingly it turns out that despite the iPhone 5c priced slightly cheaper, it has been found that the iPhone 5s is about three time as popular when compared to the iPhone 5c. This is according to data gathered by Localytics where they found that the iPhone 5s has outsold the iPhone 5c by a factor of 3.4.

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134K BMW 5 Series recalled for taillight issue

BMW is voluntarily recalling 134,100 cars due to a faulty ground terminal in the taillight bulb carriers, causing the sudden failure of brake lights, turn signals and reverse lights. The recall covers 2008 through 2010 5 Series models produced between March 1, 2007 and December 31, 2009, and includes everything from the 528i to the mighty, V10-powered M5. It's unclear if this recall is limited to sedans or extends to the 5-Series Touring. SUMMARY:

BMW is recalling certain model year 2008 through 2010 528i, 535i, 550i, and M5 passenger cars manufactured from March 1, 2007, through December 31, 2009.

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