Is there no end to Japan’s love for Leah Dizon? The Chinese, Filipino and French beauty seems to have captured their eyes and hearts.

I’m not sure how DeclareYourself.com came up with the idea that placing Jessica Alba in S&M gear would make want to make us register to vote. I guess seeing photos of her being strapped in latex and nailed with a Hannibal Lecter mask would get our butts to take action??? Certainly wouldn’t do it for me, if I wasn’t registered to vote.

We’re all about milestones here at Engadget, so today we’d like to congratulate HP on releasing its first 13.3-inch laptop, the Pavilion dv3500t. Yes, it’s been a struggle for the company, missing just high and low of this (apparent?) sweet-spot, which strikes a good blend between power and portability with Core 2 Duo processors ranging from 2.0 to 2.53 GHz, RAM up to 8GB, and up to 400GB worth of disk space if you want it, backed up by an 8X, dual-layer, Super Multi DVD writer. Gigabit Ethernet is on the back, while ports for USB (3), HDMI, and a 5-in-1 card reader occupy the sides, all in a package that weighs in at just over 4 pounds. That new screen delivers a respectable 1280 x 800 resolution and, if you’re willing to cough up $100 extra over the $999.99 starting price, you can opt for an LED backlight. If only you could opt out of that garish “Intersect Imprint” exterior.

[Via Laptoping]

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