James Franco Wants to Sell You A $550 Switchblade

Do you want to buy a Brad Renfro Forever knife from James Franco? Of course you do! The Thing quarterly (which is a magazine that costs $75 per issue) will sell you one for just $550. More »

Lomography LC-Wide: Don’t Call It a Toy Camera

Apply as many filters as you want in Instagram, but you’re not making art. For that you need 35mm film, updated with Lomography’s latest take on an old Soviet classic, the LC-Wide. More »

The Government’s Gadget Habit Has Cost You Hundreds of Millions

The federal government is just like you and me. Except it can legally kill people, and, instead of spending hundreds or thousands of dollars on gadgets, it spends millions. Think you buy a lot of Apple gear? Not even close. More »

Libya Is Quickly Becoming a Level from Twisted Metal

Just this morning we showed you a chopper-rocket-packing truck of the Libyan rebel army. Looks like it wasn’t the only one they’ve got: we found another hybrid missile pod pounder, firing away across flaming war wreckage. The scene is apocalyptically-surreal. More »

Nine Everyday Tech Tools Made Possible by 100 Years of IBM

IBM’s Centennial anniversary is fast approaching (as in TODAY), and their 100 years of hard work shouldn’t go unnoticed. Behind every major technological advance, you’re likely to find IBM’s name floating around somewhere. Here are 9 of our favorite IBM-aided innovations. More »

The Ultimate Father’s Day Shopping Deadline Guide

You know that Father’s Day is coming up. But if you’re anything like me, “June 19th” still sounds distant enough that you haven’t gotten off your ass to actually buy a gift. It’s not too late. (But it almost is!) Here’s a list of places that should have presents your dad won’t hate, and that will still deliver by Father’s Day. Beats having your mom wrap something for you: More »

A Complete Video Guide to iOS5 on the iPad

If you thought iOS5 looked tasty on the iPhone, it’s downright mouth-watering on the iPad. Here’s a video guide of all of our favorite new features—including that split keyboard you’ve been dreaming about. More »

Top Stories: Tuesday, June 14, 2011

To Infinity and Beyond | This week’s shooting challenge offers limitless beauty.

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These Aerial Super Tankers Drown Forest Fires With 20,000-Gallon Waterfalls from the Sky (UPDATED)

389,000 acres. That’s how much of Arizona the Wallow fire has consumed since May 29th. With the blaze 0% contained, authorities have called in some of the largest air tankers in the world to help. More »

The 8 Most Bizarre, Intriguing, and Otherwise Cool Documents the NSA Just Declassified

It was spring cleaning time at the NSA, who dropped a staggering 50,000 pages of declassified documents into the hands of the National Archives. A lot’s on the mundane side—so here are the best looking eight: More »