Eleven people have been charged in an identity theft and computer fraud scheme involving some of the largest data breaches in recent U.S. history.

Micro blogging site Twitter is the latest target of cyber criminals who are increasingly finding fertile ground on social networks.

Beware of offers to upgrade your Flash Player. Also no bites for the Microsoft-Free Desktop. Dvorak has details on today's Tech5.

Microsoft-Free Desktop Planned | tech5's Previous episodes | mevio 40 Million credit cards stolen. Crooks busted, finally. Worldwide-scheme. IBM pushing the "Microsoft-free" desktop. Nobody is biting. Delta to offer Wi-Fi across entire US fleet. Sony grabs Rocketboom for exclusive distribution rights. PayPal co-founders investing in Space-X venture. AT&T now into Cloud Computing. Lenovo growing too slow. AMD versus Intel with new code words. Be careful if you are asked to upgrade your flash player. Hackers lurk.

There's a new portable fireplace out there anyway. Cali has details, along with an iPhone update, a pocket printer and more on GBTV 404.

On this week's Gamesweasel gaming video podcast we discuss Ghostbusters, Capcom Comics, Peggle for the PC - and review Guitar Hero Aerosmith and Metal Gear Online.

Dvorak has the backstory on Intel's foray into GPUs. Also, happy birthday to SanDisk and good riddance to old iPhone software. It's Tech5.

It took 40 minutes to update my iPhone with the 2.0.1 update, but so far, it’s been good. The most annoying issue fixed by the update (for me) was how hitting the delete button once would activate delete, delete, delete, delete, etc., until my whole line of text disappeared. iPhone App reviews are at www.iCali.tv. John Carmack, anything but an Apple fanboi says the iPhone is more powerful than the Nintendo ds and PSP combined. The Boynq Swing is possibly the greatest design for a USB hub ever conceived. Planon, the company that brought us the DocuPen scanner (covered on Brief 22), now has a tiny pocketable printer called the PrintStik. It connects to a mobile phone or laptop via bluetooth, and based on one of the promotional photos, it’s apparently ideal for printing in a restroom stall. Maclife.com has a DIY solution for stoping GSM buzz coming from speakers when a mobile phone is nearby. It involves ferrite beads and electrical tape. The MacLife step-by-steps are here. We thought we had the fireplace portablity market cornered with our iYule Log, but the Travelmate Portable Fireplace has taken the throne with their fireplace in a briefcase. I’m just not sure how a story about fireplaces ...

Intel Developing a GPU | tech5's Previous episodes | mevio Intel decides to get back in to the graphics chip business. I have the backstory. Apple updating the new iPhone already? Looks like the run rate for the thing is 800,000 a week. Meanwhile AT&T keeps the exclusive. Microsoft getting grief over Vista. Company proves that everyone is indeed within 6-degrees of Kevin Bacon. Google may lose suit over AdSense. Thailand bans GTA IV. New initiative to make $12 computer as an SOC. Motorola has a new co-CEO. SanDisk is 20 years old.

Microsoft has kicked off a research project to create software that will take over when it retires Windows. They call it Midori.