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Rumors are flooding through the Mac grapevine. AppleInsider is reporting that industry insiders are confirming the production of LED backlit MacBook Pros, marking Macs transition away from CCFLs (cold cathode fluorescent backlights). As of now, plans for LED integration are only for the 15-inch series. The 13 and 17in series’ are still under consideration, but seem like an inevitable addition ...

Nothing says “I love you, Mom” quite like a stuffed, decapitated horse head. This Kropserkel designed stuffed throw is reminiscent from the old Godfather movie where to get even with a movie producer, Don Corleone has a mobster cut off the head of one of his prize horses and puts it into his bed for a nice morning surprise. Not ...

We aren’t talking about some half-ass barebones kit or a build your own toy set. The “ITX-Laptop” is a step by step how-to on how to make your own laptop based on the design of this project. Not only can you make it yourself, but the laptop is said to be just as powerful as a desktop computer. Sure, it’s ...

In the 80’s, Casio was the king of campy gadgets that they knew would make us look back from the future to giggle and prod at. The Casio Robot Alarm Clock doesn’t fail in that venture either. The stumpy, and almost awkwardly heavy-looking Robot Alarm Clock would of thrilled any child of the 80’s, both then and now. But what ...

One of Lifehacker’s Downloads of the Day, iConcertCal is a cool little plug-in for the Apple app, iCal. The iConcert freeware embeds a schedule of artists from your iTunes library and synchronizes them with your calender so you can see when in the future your favorite bands are playing close to you. For an easier guide, just change the location ...

Nothing makes a man feel more like a man then having full control over the gadgets and electronics he surrounds himself with. What about a remote that looks just as cool as any of the gadgets it controls? The Logitech Harmony 1000 has a full color touch screen that, from the looks of it, looks really cool. The remote displays ...

Many guys have issues with their jealousy. And with the amount of sluts roaming the streets we don’t blame them much. But does it really require something like the Forget-me-not Panties to keep a watchful eye on them? These panties, specially made with a GPS locater built in, will track your lady everywhere she goes when shes wearing them, despite ...

And we thought roadside advertising was already obtrusive into our lives! Cisco Systems plans to have a multi-billion dollar business running through digital billboards by 2010. Google and Coca-Cola, among others, have already shown their interest in extending their advertising wings to these massive animated billboards. Interestingly, these billboards are already technologically advanced enough to actually interact with the people ...

Belkin is releasing some very useful peripherals for your desktop and laptop right now, and we appreciate it. In addition to the Cooling Stand, they have also just announced the Flip DVI-D. So what does it do? The Flip allows you to plug in all of your other peripherals including DVI-D monitor, two USB devices, speakers, and what looks to ...

One of the models that deserve attention in the Winter line-up of AU KDDI would be Sanyo’s W42SA. This phone supports a new kind of handwriting recognition that does not require a stylus, instead you would be using your thumb to “stroke” over the number keys. Of course you can still use the usual T9 predictive text system, but just ...