Ballmer Desecrates MacBook Pro

I thought this Ballmer's autograph on a Macbook Pro was fake, but according to this video of the big man scribbling it, it's not. Somewhere in a dark place, Jon Ive is bracing himself and sobbing. With a British accent. More »

Mechanical Tumor Is the Grossest Computer Peripheral Ever

This "Mechanical Tumor" plugs into your computer, looking very fleshy and realistic. As your computer runs, it quivers and pulses, growing as your computer works harder. More »

Ruin Halloween For Everyone by Going as Brian Lam or Jason Chen

Someone has made a collection of masks of bloggers for Halloween, and our own Lam and Chen are included. Finally, Halloween is legitimately terrifying. [CostumePop via The Daily What]

Five Minutes of Countless Horror Movie Phone Failures

I'd die first in a horror movie. You'd find me, alone, clutching an iPhone and a Blackberry. Or at least that's what my nightmare will be after this compilation of phone failures in horror movies. [YouTube via Nerdist]

Welcome to the Meat Museum, Where Sheep's Head in a Can is Just the Beginning

You think the cheeseburger in a can, bacon in a can and whole chicken in a can are disgusting? You don't know disgusting. How about sheep's head in a can? Or "Lunch Tongue"? Welcome to the Meat Museum. More »

The Death Row Inmate Who Turned His Toilet Into an Electric Chair

Michael Anderson Godwin was a murderer. He was awaiting South Carolina's electric chair in 1989 when he decided to fix his TV set while sitting on his cell's metal toilet. You can probably see where this is going. More »

The Pitching Machine With a Taste For Blood

11-year-old Mitchell Anderson had just finished practicing in the batting cage and was gathering balls in his helmet. Unfortunately for him, there was one ball left still rattling around in the machine. More »

A Concert With Death As the Encore

On May 3, 1972, Les Harvey took the stage at Swansea Top Rank with his blues band Stone the Crows. It was raining, and he was soaking wet. More »

The Coffee Machine That Dispensed Hot Death

Last month, Yogesh Singh was getting coffee from a machine in a stall while taking a break from helping his father run a tent shop. He was tired and needed a pick-me-up. More »

The Parachute That Killed Its Inventor

On February 4th 1912 Franz Reichelt attempted to test his latest invention — a parachute jacket — at the Eiffel Tower. He donned his apparatus and tentatively stepped to the edge of the viewing deck. More »

Do You Trust Elevators? Maybe You Shouldn't

In 2003, surgical resident Hitoshi Nikaidoh was stepping into an elevator when the doors closed shut suddenly, pinning him by the shoulders. This didn't seem too bad until the elevator began moving upwards. More »

Big Dog Army Robot Will Change the Face of War Forever

If you were freaked out by the spooky Big Dog quadruped robot, you are going to love seeing it in action alongside US Army soldiers, following them like a smart giant dog. More »

Internal Microsoft Vista Video is as Painful as Videos Get

You've gotta wonder how, in a company the size of Microsoft, there's not a single person who has the balls to step up and say "Hey, you know what? This Vista music video we're making for the sales department, complete with a cheesy Bruce Springsteen impersonator and horrible music, damages the dignity of not only everyone involved in its production, but everyone who watches it." Seriously, how did this little slice of cringe-inducing embarrassment ever get made? What year is this? I need to lie down. I'm sorry. Check the video after the jump. UPDATE: The video is an internal spoof, an insider confirms. First: Good for them saving their sense of style and decency and humor. Second: Could they please not spend the money staging fake concerts and really good spoof videos and keep the SP patch works coming? We kid because we love XP! More »