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Filed under: Sedan, Nissan, Reviews2010 Nissan Maxima SV Sport - Click above for high-res image galleryFront-wheel drive is a funny thing. When originally introduced during the Thirties in the Cord 810 (then later in the awesome supercharged 812) and the Citroën Traction Avant, FWD was hailed as a major breakthrough, a wondrous technological innovation that allowed for lower ride height and greatly increased passenger space. Postwar consumers...

On Friday, December 18, James Cameron’s Avatar hits theaters across the globe. With a nearly $500 million budget, groundbreaking special effects and 3D camera technologies, this is easily one of the most anticipated films of the year.Fox has taken a pretty proactive social media approach to the film, utilizing technology and the web in unique ways like the augmented reality version of the trailer and a Facebook-powered live chat with MTV....

Filed under: Fantasy, Dofus, Launches, MMO industry, News items, MMORTSIf you're a gamer looking for a tactical approach to MMOs, then you're pretty much going to want to play Dofus. Dofus is the MMO that takes a real-time strategy approach to combat, letting characters move in cells and conduct attacks in turns, very similar to the classic combat system of Final Fantasy Tactics.Recently, the Dofus team has ripped open the packaging on...

Presiding over the picturesque Vermont village of Manchester, The Equinox has played host to the well-heeled and well-traveled for nearly 250 years. Established in 1769, the archetypal grand old New England hotel has served as a meeting place for the fathers of the American Revolution and hosted American presidents including Taft, Grant, Harrison and Teddy Roosevelt. Now part of the Luxury Collection, the iconic 195-room resort recently...

Actually, according to the EA press release we just received, the demo for Army of Two: The 40th Day will be released in significantly less than 40 days. It'll arrive on the PSN and Xbox Live Marketplace on December 17, and the PSP demo will drop on January 7 (January 14 in Europe). The preview will allow players to get a sneak peek at most of the game's first level, which takes place in Shanghai -- but you know what? None of that is important....

By placing electrode grids inside patients' skulls, researchers at the Mayo Clinic have created a way for people to type words using only their brainwaves. It's a major breakthrough for brain-computer interface research.The experiments were undertaken on patients who already had electrodes in their brain to monitor epilepsy. Readings were taken via electrocorticography (ECoG), as the subjects were shown a grid of letters and numbers. As...

Filed under: Gadling's Daily DealHere are the hottest gear deals for today, Monday December 14th 2009. Remember, these deals are often valid for just one day, so act fast before they are gone.Today's first deal is for another price drop on the Ultimate Ears Metro.fi 200 noise isolating headphones. These high quality earbuds normally retail for $80, but are currently on sale through buy.com for just $19.99, with free shipping. Click here...

Filed under: Computers, Breaking NewsYou can't beat free online e-mail. You want a different e-mail address for every day of the week? You got it. Need separate accounts for those sites you just know are going to spam you like there's no tomorrow? No problem. No problem, that is, until those sites go down, which is exactly what happened to Microsoft yesterday. Most users of the company's Windows Live suite of tools, which includes the free...

Filed under: Enterprise, Developer, iPhoneDevelopers are learning that iPhone users want sophistication and features in their apps, not watered-down functionality. A report in GigaOM shows that not only are companies finding that slimmer isn't better when it comes to apps, but that one company is actually changing their business model based on what they found out about how iPhone users were using their app.Travel search service Kayak based...

If you were looking for just one more reason to ditch Sprint then this could be it. A CDMA-flavored Palm Pixi just cleared the FCC -- yes, another one -- and we can say with confidence it's not coming to Sprint this time around. Better yet, Palm's model P121EWW matches up with that P121 code we saw leaked a while back for Big Red (Sprint's model is P120EWW), and this sucker got tested for 802.11b/g WiFi. Looks like that Sprint ad touting...