Back in June we reported on the limited edition Jeff Staple Star Trek inspired Airwalk high-tops and the announced plan to sell them in Payless ShoeSource.  We have good news, the shoes are finally available for purchase. 

MMORPG.com just released three new Star Trek Online screens featruing Federation ships and the Jem'Hadar. Victory is life! Check out the high-res versions over at MMORPG.com.

Star Trek Online is in it's closed beta phase and we can neither confirm or deny whether or not we're currently participating :).  We can, however, let you treklings know that the officially release date is set for Feburary 2nd 2010.  Yes friends, that's the year we make contact!

Also, in other trek gaming news, Star Trek D-A-C is finally set for it's release on the PC on November 12th.  Check out more deets below.  BTW, the pic above has nothing to do with either of these announcements.  It just makes me happy inside.

ST:O info:

Cryptic and Atari have confirmed that their MMO Star Trek Online will be released for PC on 2nd February 2010 in North America, and 5th February in Europe.

From our PADDs to our burgeoning replicator technology, we're almost living the dream of a full Trek lifestyle. Thanks to Makezine.com and a link from Gizmodo, we can now take another step closer to that dream.

Our good friend, and counter-culture geek hero, Wil Wheaton recently revealed that he actually did the voice-over work for Nero's crew in Star Trek XI.  It's a pretty interesting turn of events, I guess Leonard Nimoy wasn't the only former Trek actor to make an appearance in J.J. Abrams Star Trek reboot.

Thanks to The Trivia Tribble David Kleparek for sending us a link to the article.

Wouldn't it be great to simply ask your computer for a nice piece of pumpkin pie or a bar of gold?  Someday in the near future that might be possible, But, today NASA is working on the first iteration of replicator tech called EBEF3 (electron beam free form fabrication).

Here's your chance to own your very own Shuttlecraft.  Well, actually, it's your chance to own a cool looking shuttlecraft exterior with lots of MDF and turn of the century Macs stuffed in the interior.

As reported by io9, the Alpine School District's Christa McAuliffe Space Education Center in Pleasant Grove, Utah is putting the shuttle up for the highest bidder.  Check out the auction description below.

The USS Galileo Space Ship Simulator

With it's closed beta underway, Cryptic Studio's Star Trek Online is already offering pre-order bonuses through Gamestop and Amazon.com.  As reported by Big Download, the pre-order bonuses include a collectible box, comm badge, in game Constitution Class ship, special crewmen, art book and access to the closed beta, from the online retailers.

Check out the exerpt below for details.