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Water Balloon at 1,000 Frames Per Second

Ever wondered how a water balloon exploding at 1,000 frames per second look like? In two words: DAMN COOL! Check it out in the video below. For more high-speed videos, check out this link.

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Exploding PowerBook. Not Battery’s Fault But Cable’s.

The next time a technician visits your house, make sure he knows his cable ABC. A mistake as simple as plugging a power line into the wrong port of a signal amplifier could cause your gadgets and stuffs to go BOOM. That’s exactly what happened to a Comcast customer. Everything on the desk was blackened with [...]

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Exploding Hello Kitty Dolls!

As if exploding laptops weren’t enough. Now even Hello Kitty toys are lighting up as well. Takara, maker of this particular Hello Kitty doll, was forced to issue a recall due to discovery of the doll’s combustibility. The doll features a microwavable disc that can be stuffed within it to provide warmth. Apparently, a chemical substance [...]

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Apple Joins Dell. Recalling 1.8 Million Batteries

As we know, Dell isn’t the only one using Sony laptop batteries that have potential of exploding in your face. Our favorite Apple iBooks and PowerBooks are just as “hot”. Apple announced today that it’ll be recalling 1.8 million batteries that are identified as potentially hazardous – less than half of Dell’s 4.1 million. 1.1 million [...]

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$430 million. Sony’s Damage From Exploding Battery Recall

A few days ago, we reported on Dell’s history-making laptop battery recall, which affected 4.1 million batteries worldwide. And as we know, Sony makes these batteries. So without doubt, the electronics giant took a very big hit from the recall. But we aren’t talking just a couple million of dollars. We are talking $430 million [...]

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Dell Recalls 4.1 Million Laptop Batteries. Largest Recall in History.

News of exploding Dell laptops have been popping up every now and then for the past few weeks. What appear to be mere mishaps of a handful of consumers turn out to be defective batteries affecting at least 4.1 million laptops. With today’s announcement for a major recall, it marks what is said to be “the [...]

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