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Dell’s patent application 11/936,895 is for a lighting control framework, which creates a standardized way for software applications to control lighting attached to your computer, laptop, DAP, and the like.  As Dell states, “the lights may be used by a variety of applications for a variety of purposes such as, for example, gaming environments, ambience, video accompaniment, audio accompaniment, and/or a variety of other purposes known in the art. The lights may be utilized by software to change states of the lights. The changing of states may include, for example, turning on, turning off, changing color, changing brightness, and/or a variety of other state changes known in the art.” 

So the next time you’re fragging, it may be complemented by flashing white lights.  Or perhaps you can enjoy some ambient lighting the next time you’re ready to get cozy with your word processor.