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Laptop Confidential II: We Have a Winner!

Tue, 28 Aug 2007 17:00:00 EDT

All the votes are in for our Laptop Confidential II contest, and the winner is the video above, entitled "The Gizmodo Informant," a brutal look at the torture of an innocent detective whose clueless captor can't figure out that "mocodomzig" is Gizmodo.com spelled backwards. The winner, calling his group "Hidden Agenda," takes the $2000 laptop with an Intel Core 2 Duo processor inside. Special thanks to all who entered, and congratulations to our worthy winner!

Last Chance: Laptop Confidential II Final Vote

Mon, 27 Aug 2007 08:15:00 EDT

Today is the last day of voting for the Laptop Confidential II Contest. If you haven't seen them yet, take a look at the finalists here, and then follow the MORE link at the end of this post to cast your vote. The winner will receive his or her choice of any laptop with an Intel Core 2 Duo processor inside, with a value of up to $2000. Let the voting begin, and may the best film noir video win!

Laptop Confidential II Finalists Selected

Wed, 22 Aug 2007 11:50:00 EDT

If you've been following our Laptop Confidential II video contest, you might have already picked out your favorite film noir mini movie created by our talented Gizmodo readers. Entries are now closed, and we've narrowed it down to the top nine submissions.

Take a look at top nine videos here, and get ready for the final poll on Friday where you get to decide which one of our worthy contestants wins a $2000 dream laptop with an Intel Core 2 Duo processor inside. We'll announce our winner Friday afternoon.

Laptop Confidential II: Treason

skidder — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 18:12:58 EDT

Laptop Confidential II: Her Calling

skidder — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 18:10:26 EDT

Laptop Confidential II: You Wont Feel A Thing

skidder — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 17:45:39 EDT

Laptop Confidential II: Rain Swept Neon

skidder — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 17:41:58 EDT

Laptop Confidential II: The Gizmodo Informant

skidder — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 17:24:14 EDT

Laptop Confidential II: Dark Armed

skidder — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 17:21:54 EDT

Laptop Confidential II: Fun House Mirror

skidder — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 17:17:41 EDT

Laptop Confidential II: My Phone

skidder — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 17:13:51 EDT

Laptop Confidential II: The Wiivenge

skidder — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 17:03:58 EDT

Win a $2000 Laptop in Laptop Confidential II Contest

Mon, 06 Aug 2007 14:00:00 EDT

Pssst! Hey you! Want to win a $2000 laptop? Enter our Intel-sponsored Laptop Confidential II contest by making a one-minute film noir video, and if yours is the best, take home any laptop of your choice as long as it has an Intel Core 2 Duo processor inside and doesn't cost more than two grand. Jump for the details.

This year's contest is exactly like last year's with one difference: You can only show one actor in the video, but there needs to be multiple characters. The film must be inspired by film noir. You don't know what that is? OK, it's a type of cinematography that started in the early 1940s and typically had dark, moody lighting, often had a narrator, and usually was used in crime and drama films. Sin City would be a good example of a modern film noir movie.

To enter, upload your one-minute video to YouTube and send an email to laptopconfidential2@gizmodo.com with a link to your video and LAPTOP CONFIDENTIAL II in the subject line. Please do not reuse old content or movies—this is an original work of film noir, not a remixed one-minute version of Spiderman III. Make it great, and stick Gizmodo in there somewhere, and you'll have a chance to win the Grand Prize.

Contest starts Monday, August 6, 2007, deadline for entries is 11:59 p.m. on August 19, 2007, and all the standard Gawker contest rules apply.