There’s a new contender for the Extended Keyboard II and IBM Model M keyboards’ laurels, and it will be available for Mac OS X users in a couple of months. In the meantime, we have been supplied with an early production tester of the new Das Keyboard Model S Professional for Mac, and while a full product review is forthcoming, and it’s early days yet, I thought I would relay my initial impressions, which are so far very positive.

Love your iPhone, but sick of running out of battery by the end of the day each day? Spyder Digital Research is here to help with a new docking case that charges your phone all day long. Spyder’s PowerShadow Battery Case & Charge/Sync Dock, which works with both the iPhone 4 and 4S, consists of a thick case that charges the iPhone, as well as a USB-based dock that, essentially, charges the charger. It is also possible to charge the phone directly through the dock.

PowerPoint presentations are a staple of modern business, for good or for ill, but as yet there is no official PowerPoint app for the iPad. Enter BrainShark, with their cloud-based PowerPoint solution for iPad called SlideShark, and their newest product, Team Edition, which enables the iPad to become an indispensable tool for on-the-go professionals who rely on PowerPoint.

Not just an accessory, but a revelation in iPhone usefulness, the FlyGrip is easily one of the top ten iDevice accessories of all time. A combination ergonomic gripper and kickstand, the FlyGrip ensures your smartphone adapts to your current activity, rather than you fumbling not to drop your shiny iPhone in everyday use.

Another Macworld has come and gone, this time taking a new name with it. And just as the new name implies a shift away from the Macintosh and towards Apple’s iDevices, so do our surprising finds, for the second year in a row. iOS apps and accessories dominated the show floor, three of which took us pleasantly by surprise: a video app, an art app, and some slick iPhone cases.

I was moderately excited when I heard about CloudOn, a new, free iPad application that purports to let you create, view, and edit files directly in Microsoft Word, Excel & PowerPoint on the tablet. This sounded like pretty good news. However, upon downloading CloudOn and checking out its Word module, I came away disappointed.

In Legacy of a Thousand Suns, you travel around the galaxy from a planet full of robots to a planet full of prostitutes as you fight to free the Sian Empire after it was invaded by the Centurian Collective. Along the way you find new allies to engage in daring missions and dangerous enemies that will test both your mental and fighting abilities.

If you’re new to Apple’s iDevices…first of all, welcome. They’re tremendous fun, and quite powerful. Much more powerful than these Angry Birds and Words With Friends crazes would have you believe. Those are certainly entertaining games, but that’s not all that’s out there; you’ve also some games that put other portable gaming devices to shame, more »

According to Wikipedia, Scrabble sets are found in roughly 1/3 of American homes. I don’t doubt that, as I often played it growing up. Unfortunately, it can be difficult to get people together to play a board game, and that’s where Facebook comes in. Being able to play with friends, family, and strangers all over the world means it’s easier than ever to play a game of Scrabble.

Avernum: Escape From the Pit from Spiderweb Software is due to be released before the end of the year, just in time for Santa Claus to (digitally) deliver. If you’re a fan of adventure games, role-playing games, and/or any game that features turn-based combat and an epic story with multiple endings, dozens of quests, and innovative character creation, then you should be eagerly counting down the days.