Just about the time you thought it was safe to go on the web… A recent investigation has found that thousands of fake sites are created each week in an effort to capture your login and banking information.

The iPod Touch has been upgraded and now offers two cameras, a faster processor, and 3-axis gyroscope.

Officials in India have begun the first phase of providing each individual in the country with a biometric ID based on their fingerprints and iris pattern. While the hope is to simplify access to services by the poor, many argue that it will do little to stop corruption.

BoxTone announced it has extended its MSM solution to offer additional mobile support and training capabilities for smartphones via LogMeIn Rescue. With the LogMeIn option, BoxTone provides remote control for a variety of smartphones including BlackBerry, Nokia Symbian and Windows Mobile.

It’s still not that common in other devices, so a dual-core ARM processor capable of 1080p video that can be installed on a smartphone is causing some excitement.

iOS 4.1 has been released. With it come some fixes to the proximity sensor, video uploads over Wi-Fi, TV show rentals, and more.

Google’s new Instant search is a step up from the old type-ahead feature in your word processor. Developed for those who hate to wait, the new search tool suggests results based on popular queries.

RIM has purchased Documents To Go, along with a large portion of DataViz, to help improve BlackBerry. The program allows you to edit Microsoft Office documents on a mobile platform.

We believe there’s a new family in town, one that’s got a lot more computers than even a few years ago.

Read this Computing Unplugged article.

The Pirate Bay site has been taken off-line as police departments staged coordinated raids in as many as 14 countries.