Xbox 360 owners will be getting a dose of brain training next year with Gameloft's Brain Challenge. The mobile phone game developer and publisher has announced that it will be bringing Brain Challenge to the Xbox Live Arcade in early 2008.

Brain Challenge will also be making its way to the Nintendo DS, iPod and PC soon. More at the full article.

This year, we've seen a lot of crazy things. But what's been popular though (Vanessa Ann Hudgens photos aside)? Yahoo! can probably answer that with their annual "Top Trends in Search" list for 2007.

While there are a lot of keywords being searched this year, what concerns us is the list of top 10 searches in technology. Who're the movers and shakers? You can probably guess already, but read more to see the full list!

If you've got your iPod plugged in while you're reading this article, we certainly hope you've already updated it with Steve Jobs' latest software revision, version 1.2.3.

The biggest fix the new update resolves is the bug where songs and other content do not appear after updating to software version 1.2.2.

More details in the full article!

Apple's new iPod Touch already has a lot of features packed into its design, true to Apple's promises of a more versatile mobile device. However, one thing it lacks is a proper recording capability to step up its already hefty multimedia features.

Marian, an iPod Touch modder, is coming up with a mic pre-amp which should fit perfectly into the iTouch's dock connector. Check out more details of this unique mod after the jump!

Some developers are being rumored to be in possession of early versions of Apple's upcoming iPhone and iPod touch software developer kits. This according to Electronista.

These developers are reported to have gotten more advanced yet still rough versions of the current web-only solution. The SDK will become officially available to the development community in February next year.

Microsoft and Apple rivalry is nothing new nowadays, after Apple's advertising efforts have taken to the airwaves and become a staple of competitive adverts. But it seems a new development in the gadget scene is causing some annoyance, and that Apple has once again did something to keep an Apple product from working well with a Microsoft platform. Apple just rolled out a new software update for their Apple products, and a few iPod owners have found it has swatted more than just bugs.

If you haven't satisfied that nostalgic fix for playing old-school games on your iPhone or your iPod touch, then homebrew developer ZodTTD has just the thing for you. The latest 0.0.7 version of gpSPhone, a homebrew GBA emulator, includes a lot of new fixes and features which finally make this application worthy enough to be called an honest-to-goodness emulator. Read the full article for more details on this.

Download: gpSPhone v0.0.7

There's a GBA emulator on the Apple iPhone and iPod Touch, and it goes by the name of gpSPhone. Sounds familiar? gpSPhone is based off of Exophase's gpSP homebrew emulator for the Sony PlayStation Portable. GP2X developer ZodTTD adopted the gpSP code and added a few coding tricks.

And voila! ZodTTD presents gpSPhone version 0.4 and it though it leaves a lot to be desired in interface and presentation, it works like a charm. With future upgrades at the horizon, there's a lot of promise coming for Apple gamers everywhere.

In case you haven't heard, a jailbreak application is a program that allows you to install third-party applications on your iPhone or iPod Touch. Well, conceited software has come out with a new application that allows you to jailbreak your own iProduct. Users are advised to go through the readme before using this application. Read the full article for more details as well as the download.

Download: 1.1.2 Jailbreak

If you're a fan of arcade-type rhythm games and an owner of an iPod as well, then here's good news: Harmonix and MTV games have recently launched a new music-based game called Phase for players like you. The interesting thing is that, for $4.99, you can actually turn your personal music collection into a BEMANI-style music game courtesy of Harmonix and MTV Games' Phase.

Want to find out more about Phase? Check out the full article after the jump!