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In case you missed it, it was Eurocom’s Phantom-X that managed to swipe that “fastest tested laptop” mark from the MacBook Pro last year — and totally ruin a perfectly good commercial. Now the company is back for more with the M860TU Montebello 15.4-incher. We’ll have to wait for the benchmarks to see how this one stacks up against the recent crop of Penryn laptops, but what’s new here is that the Centrino 2 “Montevina” chipset is under the hood, which should support faster Penryn processors, lower power consumption and some new fancy security features. Other specs on the M860TU include a 15.4-inch 1920 x 1200 LCD, 512MB NVIDIA 8800M GTX graphics (with a future option for 9xxxM GTX chips once they’re announced), 4GB of RAM, HSDPA and external eSATA and HDMI plugs. Yeah, pretty hot. No word on price, but the laptop is slated to ship May 1st.

The $300-million Masdar HQ in Abu Dhabi is claimed to be the world’s first “positive energy” building — creates more energy than it uses. Click here for first picture in gallery.

The Masdar HQ is the very vision of a greener future. In fact, a roof pier will be the first part of the building to be hoisted into place, which will be covered in solar panels that will generate energy for its own construction

[via Gizmodo]

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GT provides us with a first look at Super Monkey Ball for the iPhone. Unlike other versions, this one makes use of the iPhone’s accelerometer. Video after the break. Click here for one more picture.

This is not a cellphone game. This is a full console game. And we underestimated the power of the device. We had to fly in a developer to upscale the art for the iPhone

[via Gizmodo]

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According to its creator, this high-tech robot “draws on paper, or cuts metal, based on any given Mastercam 3D model.” Continue reading for the video. Click here for first picture in gallery.

(Thanks, David P.)

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If you’ve always wondered how gypsum board (drywall) was manufactured, then check out this interesting “How it’s Made” segment. Video after the break.

drywall panel is made of a paper liner wrapped around an inner core made primarily from gypsum plaster, the semi-hydrous form of calcium sulphate. The raw gypsum must be calcined before use

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Breaking complete from the standard design for laptops, these concepts are a nice change, aesthetically and technologically. Continue reading to see them all. Click here for first picture in gallery.

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So you’ve probably seen the Nissan GT-R, but how does it stack up against Honda’s NSX — size wise? Click here for first picture in gallery.

And while the NSX was of the extra light and nimble European mid-engined supercar variety, the new GT-R is decidedly more American (lots of power, engine in the front, gigantic proportions)

[via Jalopnik]

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What sets this case mod apart from the others is that it’s powered by the AMD Phenom 9900 CPU. Plus, it features 2GB of OCZ PC2-8000 memory and a WD 400GB hard drive. Video after the break. Click here for first picture in gallery.

You know that potent 2.6GHz Phenom 9900 CPU that quite a few folks are waiting for? Apparently, exactly one of said chips has escaped the labs and made its way into the sponsored (and recently completed) Project: Phenom gaming rig

[via Engadget - TheModnation-Forums]

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When we gave you readers a shot at ranting about the Everex gPC, little was left unsaid. If we were betting souls, we’d guess the firm’s

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MixMeister Scratch basically “uses the iPhone’s multi-touch screen to let you scratch audio tracks just like a real turntable.” Video after the break.

MixMeister Scratch lets you choose from a bunch of digitized scratch sound effects, then lets you perform some turntable wizardry on any tune you’ve got loaded into your iPhone or iPod Touch

[via Technabob]

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