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Myth Confirmed: Mythbusters Shoot Cannonball Through Home

Jamie and Adam have some explaining to do. While trying to bust their latest myth, they sent a cannonball through someone’s home in Dublin, California. This marks the first time that they have been busted before an actual myth.…

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December 7th, 2011 by: Conner Flynn

Logitech Revue Unceremoniously Retired, No Replacement Coming

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If you are a fan of the Logitech Revue, frankly you are one of the few out there that are. The system launched what amounted to beta software onboard admits the CEO of Logitech, and in the end the Google TV-based Revue was a massive failure that cost Logitech big…

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November 11th, 2011 by: Shane McGlaun

Diet Coke and Mentos Takes out Cameraman

We all know that if you mix Diet Coke and Mentos candy you can make one heck of a mess and have fun doing it. We also know that more than one maker of messes with this concoction has ended up with a stream of burning soda to the face.…

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May 18th, 2011 by: Shane McGlaun

Iblackboard: Cover Your iPhone With Chalk Dust, Just in Case Fingerprints Weren’t Enough

On occasion, I see a product and I just stand back and say “WTF?!?!”… This is one of those moments. A very weird case for the iPhone has surfaced from Kalomix called the iBlackBoard. The case slides on your iPhone like any other case you might use. The outside if

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November 17th, 2010 by: Shane McGlaun

Blown Up Cooling Tower Falls Wrong Way and Gets Caught on Video

Yep, somebody is gonna get fired over this. Anytime you combine explosives and something that stands 275-feet in the air, you get my attention. If you have never been to see a building get demolished by explosives, you are missing some fun. We went to watch a bank get blown…

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November 11th, 2010 by: Shane McGlaun

Kin Mobile Phone Failure Takes $670k Out of Steve Ballmer’S Pocket

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is a character for sure. The guy is one of those CEOs that is very animated and at times says things that make you wonder what he was thinking. If ever there was a reason to see a sweaty and pissed off Ballmer, this is that…

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October 1st, 2010 by: Shane McGlaun

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World’S Most Futuristic Newspaper

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This newspaper doesn’t seem to respond to touch. Maybe it needs a stylus to work.

Or maybe the boss needs to have a talk with the editor and teach him how to use the “Delete” key in addition to “Cut” and “Paste.”…

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June 23rd, 2010 by: Lambert Varias

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How a Flash-Heavy Website Looks Like on the iPad

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Apple claims that Safari on the iPad is the “best way to see the sites.” Well, here’s how Disney/Pixar’s Toy Story 3… website looks like on the iPad:

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May 10th, 2010 by: Lambert Varias

How Many Scientists Does It Take to Launch a Space Balloon?

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OK, I am no rocket scientist or NASA researcher, but even I know that winds aloft can be much stronger than the winds on the ground. You would think that despite a day being deemed calm on the ground, a group of scientists might check wind speeds aloft in preparation…

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April 30th, 2010 by: Shane McGlaun

Fansub Failure: When Things Don’T Go According to Keikaku

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Anime fans are no doubt familiar with fansubs – short for ‘fan-subtitled’ – unauthorized translations of anime. The Japanese language isn’t the easiest language to master (is there a rank of that somewhere?), and so the quality of fansubs vary depending on the, well, fans. Sankaku Complex posted a few…

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March 24th, 2010 by: Lambert Varias

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