Das Keyboard has brought back the clickity-clack magic with their Professional and Ultimate keyboard models. The clicking comes from gold-plated key switches that are the product of the German Cherry engineering corporation.

Both of the keyboards have a sleek glossy black design. The Professional has the traditional look of a keyboard, but the Ultimate has keys that are completely unlabeled for a very unique look.

Both the Das Keyboard keyboards install easily to a laptop or desktop with the long (6.6 foot) USB cord. They have two USB ports on the side for charging or syncing with any USB related devices the user may want. Another feature is the n-key function which allows the simultaneous hitting of 12 keys all at once.

Both the Das Keyboard Professional and Ultimate are available off the company website for about $129.00.

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This keyboard is a Really Cool keyboard, as in that’s its name. What’s so cool about it, you ask? It’s waterproof. Admit it, you’ve spilled coffee or soda on your keyboard before, rendering it sticky and useless, much like our own Peter Ha.

It’s also quiet, unlike Peter, meaning you won’t disturb your fellow cubiclemates with your clickity-clack while updating your precious Facebook.

Plus, it looks pretty cool, as far as keyboards go. It’s available in white or black and uses a standard USB connection. No special drivers are needed, and it has other optional features like MacBook Pro-like backlighting. Really Cool indeed.

I’ve never given much thought to how important using a keyboard is. If one thinks about it, a proper keyboard should have a good tactile feel, minimize wrist and shoulder pain, and have some flexibility with the function keys.

I admit I’m not a touch typist, but I have mastered the hunt and peck style of typing and fully utilize the cut, paste and spell check combinations for successful clickity-clack typing.

I’ve been using the new Kensington SlimBlade™ Media Notebook Set along with the optional SlimBlade Media Remote. Let’s take a look inside the packaging.

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As you can see, Modu can be operated on its own as a very simple cellphone or become a full-fledge multimedia phone, a portable media player, a car sound system, a full car GPS, a bike mini-GPS, a toaster or a fully armed, fully operational battle station. Maybe, not so sure about the later. The video shows the Modu being inserted into a MacBook Pro and I wonder if it uses a standard

The concept of carrying a small module with basic communications capabilities, holding your personal data so all these other devices can change personality is attractive. Specially since some devices could be shared with other members of your family. On the other side, it could be the dumbest, biggest flop in cellphone history.

In any case, we will be all over them like shareware. If only for the NES clickity-clack sound of getting Modu inside whatever jackets. The price is great too: $200 for the basic module plus two jackets. The company says it plans to introduce other jackets for $20 to $60, which is quite an agressive strategy. If they work well, collecting them may get more popular than picking Pokémons. [Modu via Business Week]

Clickity-clank, clickity-clank, my money goes into my piggy bank. The Pig E Bank talking piggy bank is soooo cool for two reasons:

1. It keeps track of how much money is inside so you don’t have to break it open just to find out that you don’t have enough to buy what you want.

2. It talks when you put money into it.

Pig E Bank keeps track of your dough and talks to you!

The Pig E Bank electronic talking piggy bank is a really cool toy. The packaging says 3+. Normally, when we see an age range like that, we sort of scoff. I mean, how many toys have you seen that are marked 5+ and should really be marked: "5-7 (maaaybe on the 7, more like 5-6 max)". Our point is that this is a pretty cool item even for us old(er) folks.

For the kids, it’s great because the Pig E Bank not only keeps track of how much money you’ve saved (via the LCD coin counter), but it also talks to you when you enter money. For youngsters just learning coin values, this is great reinforcement.

For the adults, how many of us come home each day with a little pocket full of change. Dump it in the Pig E Bank and instantly retrieve the balance by hitting the "Bal" key on the LCD coin counter. This way, when you want to order a pizza, you’ll know if you can afford extra large cheese sticks. Hmmmm.

Stores dollars, too

The Pig E Bank electronic piggy bank can also accept dollars (although not through the coin acceptor). Underneath his tail (why the manufacturer put it here is beyond us), simply unscrew the cap and store money (or secrets).

See a demo video below: 

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