Here are some pics of the rumored iPhone air that is set to be the newest iPhone model coming out in 2010.

Two of the new rumored features are:
iChat Camera
OLED Screen

Both would be great additions to the current 3GS. If we hear anything more we will post. Lets hope this is real but we are definitely skeptical.

Today marks the end of an era, as The Pirate Bay team announces that the world’s largest BitTorrent tracker is shutting down for good. Although the site will remain operational for now, millions of BitTorrent users will lose the use of its tracker and will instead have to rely on DHT and alternative trackers to continue downloading.

At last, here’s the droid we were all looking for. In this frame you can clearly see R2-D2’s cameo in JJ Abrams’ Star Trek. This time there’s absolutely no doubt about it: It’s been confirmed by ILM.

Can you see him floating there, on the left, right below the huge arrow that I also missed when I saw the movie? That’s obviously him, a fact that has been confirmed to me by one of the movie’s sequence supervisors at Industrial Light & Magic—the same guy who said this previous sighting was just the shuttle.

I don’t know about you but, right now, I feel like what I imagine my dog Jones feels every time I take his collar off to scratch his neck. Oh yesyeyeyeyes. YES. Harf. Woof. [Image capture from Science Fiction Stuff—Thanks ILM tipster] [gizmodo]

The new 360 Live is more functional and packs more features than previous attempts at remote Xbox Live control over your iPhone, but it comes with a cost $1.99. However, a year-old Microsoft policy might reduce that to $0.00.

360 Live automatically retrieves your friends list when you sign into your Xbox Live account with it; organizes and groups your friends the way you’d expect to see them on a console; lets you change and update your Gamer Profile info and, most usefully, allows you to send and receive messages over XBL, even to multiple recipients.

Left unsaid is how this fits with Microsoft’s edict last year that all iPhone/iPod Touch apps pertaining to Xbox Live be offered for the super-low price of free. For now it’s $1.99, a nominal-enough fee if you just have to have the capability. Otherwise, keep an eye on it, this might attract attention from Redmond. Or, if Microsoft insists that it go for free, it might get pulled. So then you might want to buy it now. Who knows.

[via kotaku]

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 could be the largest video game launch in history and Activision isn’t the only company looking to turn a buck on the game.

Mad Catz has rolled out an entire line of third-party peripherals, including PC keyboards and mice, controllers, headsets and, most intriguing of all, a nifty Xbox 360 throat communicator.

Does Mad Catz deliver with the military-inspired microphone or is the Throat Communicator a waste of time and space?

Loved
Comfort: The lightweight throat communicator gently hugs your neck, making it easy to forget it’s there within minutes of putting it on. The attached in-ear earpiece features soft rubber that fills your ear canal without any strain or pain. No more ear or scalp irritation for you.

Isolated: These aren’t military quality, so to use the throat communicator you will have to speak at normal levels. That kills off my dream of whispering to team mates during late night gaming sessions. But the microphone, which presses up against your neck, does a great job of cutting down outside noise. That means less echoes and less noisy roommates and music. I even tested eating with it, though to Fahey’s disgust, he could hear what he swears was the sound of my mastication and swallowing.

Hated
Muting and volume controls: With the fancy behind-the-neck design, it would have been nice if Mad Catz came up with a better system for earpiece volume control and muting. The dangling, rather small piece of plastic features a tiny switch to mute and a dial for volume which works just fine. But the extra plastic sort of kills the whole “I’m a cut-throat mercenary” feeling, leaning more towards the “I’m a douchey walk-and-talk businessman” vibe.

Overall, I’m pretty happy with the Throat Communicator. In my time spent using it, the communicator was very comfortable and did an admirable job of doing what it says it will do. The volume dongle is a little off-putting but not a deal breaker. When it comes to inexpensive microphone upgrades for Xbox 360 Live, this seems like one of the best deals around.

Mad Catz Throat Communicator for the Xbox 360 was developed by Mad Catz for the Xbox 360 and released on Nov. 10. Retails for $29.99 USD. A Throat Communicator was given to us by Mad Catz for reviewing purposes. Played several hours of Halo ODST and on Xbox Live with the communicator. Ate, cranked up the volume and had my son yell to test isolating effects.

[via kotaku]

The game that has sent the competition scurrying into 2010 looks set to break all kinds of sales records when it’s released next week, with Modern Warfare 2 setting a new mark for pre-orders at GameStop.

Speaking with USA Today, the chain’s executive vice president for merchandising and marketing, Tony Bartel, has revealed “As of today, the number of pre-order reservations we’ve taken for the game is the highest for any title we’ve ever sold in our 6,200 store network.”

As a result, he’s on record predicting the game will be “the biggest entertainment launch of all time”. It’s OK, Halo 3. You had a good run.

‘Modern Warfare 2’ invades Game Hunters [USA Today]

[via kotaku]

Lionhead have tonight released some new artwork for the upcoming Fable III, showing that, as promised, Albion is moving on from a stylised renaissance and is, Dickens novels in hand, marching straight into a stylised industrial revolution.

This is Bowerstone, circa Fable III. Little late to catch the steampunk bandwagon, sure, but clock-powered bad guys and RPGs with trains and moustaches are always appreciated.

Xbox Live subscribers of Gold distinction can enjoy the Xbox 360 Left 4 Dead 2 demo as of right now. The 1.69 GB demo is yours for the downloading from Xbox Live Marketplace.

Second-class Xbox Live Silver members will have to wait another week to get their hands on the Left 4 Dead sequel. But if you don’t already have a Gold subscription, Left 4 Dead 2 probably isn’t your thing. What are you going to do? Play single-player again and again? Let’s be serious.

The tiny taste of Left 4 Dead 2 features gameplay set in The Parish campaign, offering a preview of the game’s new melee weapons and Special Infected.

The PC version of the demo is still listed as “available now for those who pre-ordered via Steam or at participating retailers,” which may change any second now.