A new set of aluminum MacBooks were the center of attention at today’s keynote. The laptops feature glass multi-touch trackpads, improved graphics performance and a seamless aluminum enclosure. Prices start at $1299. For those interested, the white MacBooks picked up a superdrive and had their price reduced to $999.

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Art. Lebedev Studio has created a rather interesting prototype for a keyboard. Each key contains an LCD capable of displaying whatever graphics you like on a key. When you hit shift, letters on the keyboard change case. When using applications such as Photoshop, the keys can display the icons of tools on the appropriate shortcut keys (illustrated below). Apparently production has been in the works for a while but the keyboard is slated for release in March. Presale orders are being taken here for $462.

In an interesting fusion of clock, music, choreography, and Japan, this screensaver was apparently made to promote Japanese store Uniqlo. Check it out here and if you like it, you can download the screensaver (33 MB) for Mac or PC.

Apple just announced a refresh to their iMac line. The refresh is thinner, more powerful (the intel chips provide a notable increase in performance), and larger. The only regret about the iMac design is the lack of environmental and economical foresight in fusing a display to a computer. People need to upgrade displays far less frequently than they do the rest of their computer. Building a display into the computer forces a user to replace what might be a perfectly good display when they upgrade. It’s a wonderful computer though. The 20 and 24-inch widescreen models starting at $199 and $1799 respectively. If you have had a chance to use the new keyboard, let us know what you think.