Mercedes-AMG has its wicked way with CLA Shooting Brake

Mercedes-AMG CLA 45 Shooting Brake (X 117) 2014Mercedes-Benz has outed a freshly-fettled car from its AMG tuning division, the CLA 45 AMG Shooting Brake, following up the LA Auto Show last week with its striking Mercedes-AMG GT S. Putting power and a trunk together, the five-door has a 2-liter BlueDIRECT four-cylinder turbo engine with 360 HP and 332 lb-ft of torque, and will do 0-60 mph in … Continue reading

Amazon ‘Local Services’ sets you up with install pros

amazon-820-600x311-3TVs, home security cameras, maybe even a ceiling fan. There are plenty of things you might want to buy from Amazon, but then that creeping doubt sets in. Do you know how to set this up? Does the person you’re buying it all for know how to mount a TV? It’s been a nagging part of the shop-from-home scenario for … Continue reading

Lewis Baltz, Photographer of America's Changing Landscape, Has Died

Over the course of the mid to late twentieth century, photographers set out to document the rapidly shifting makeup of America’s expanse. Lewis Baltz was one of the foremost artists to capture the landscape and architecture in an amazingly austere, yet moving way. He passed away this week at age 69 of a long-term illness.

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Amazon's New Local Handyman Service Looks Super Useful

Amazon's New Local Handyman Service Looks Super Useful

We’ve known for a while now that Amazon wanted to start offering local services. Now, the store for everything is selling TV-mounting services ahead of all the TV sales on Black Friday. And you know what? That sounds like a pretty useful addition to the Amazon family.

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How Much Food Can You Actually Eat This Thanksgiving?

How Much Food Can You Actually Eat This Thanksgiving?

Let’s talk total Thanksgiving tonnage here. How much Butterball-plus-fixins can you reasonably jam down your yaw this Thursday? Basically: You could eat a lot more if it wasn’t for all the saliva you have to make to break it down.

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A More Efficient Solar Panel Can Be Made With Old Blu-Ray Discs 

A More Efficient Solar Panel Can Be Made With Old Blu-Ray Discs 

Yes, a Blu-ray copy of Police Story 3: Supercop was destroyed for the sake of science. It turns out that the nanostructure of Blu-ray disc makes them especially well-suited to soaking up light—exactly what you’d want with a solar panel.

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Sound off: Show us your used and abused phones!

That sad, broken handset is what one friend had to use while waiting for his new one to arrive. We know that you too, have felt his pain and are bound to have some similar photos floating around. Whether your phone was dropped into a pool of hydroflu…

Sony to refund some customers after misleading PS Vita ads

According to the Federal Trade Commission, Sony deceived consumers by falsely advertising the PlayStation Vita’s “game-changing” features when the console launched in the US. And, perhaps in an effort to stay out of court, the electronics company has…

Sony To Provide Refunds For ‘Deceiving’ Customers With PS Vita Ads

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The Federal Trade Commission was dealing with a complaint regarding Sony “deceiving” customers in PlayStation Vita ads. Early advertisements for the handheld gaming console talked about some hardware and software features that didn’t quite work as advertised. Naturally the FTC got involved over these claims of false advertising and now Sony has agreed to provide refunds to customers who purchased a PlayStation Vita before June 1st, 2012.

One of the features mentioned in an ad was the Vita’s ability to pause any PS3 game and allowing players to pick up from where they left off thanks to the “cross-save” feature in Vita. The ads made it feel like this feature worked with every PS3 title when in reality it was only supported by a few PlayStation 3 games.

Another tall claim that landed Sony in hot water was the implication that 3G wireless could be used on the PS Vita to play multiplayer games, that feature didn’t work at all. Additional items are mentioned in detail in the FTC’s full complaint against Sony.

Sony is now required to avoid making any similar misleading comments in advertisements in the future. The company also has to refund $25 in cash or credit, or send a $50 merchandise voucher to any and all Vita customers who purchased the handheld before June 1st, 2012. To all eligible customers Sony will send an email to notify them about the refund.

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Batman Arkham Knight Gameplay Footage Shown In New Trailer

Many fans of the caped crusader have been waiting for Rocksteady’s new title called Batman Arkham Knight. At first it was supposed to be released by the end of this year but the developer later confirmed that the release had been pushed into 2015. There’s still a long way to go before this title comes out but your curiosity will be satisfied to some extent with a new trailer that has been released, it features gameplay footage from Batman Arkham Knight.

The trailer shows Batman infiltrating the facility of Ace Chemicals through both land and air, the Batmobile has been thrown in for good measure, so it will be worth your while to watch this gameplay footage of Batman Arkham Knight.

Even though the game’s villain has been shown off a couple of times it hasn’t been revealed who is underneath that suit. Rocksteady isn’t dropping any hints right now so I guess we’ll have to wait for that information.

The revised release date for Batman Arkham Knight now is June 2nd, 2015. This title will only be released for current generation consoles, the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One to be precise, apart from also being available on the PC. Rocksteady says that it made this decision to ensure that the game delivers the quality that fans have come to expect.

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