The Register – Cybercrooks befuddled by Icelandic volcano name

Scareware slingers have balked at using the name of the Icelandic volcano that this week has prevented planes flying across much of Europe as a theme for search engine manipulation campaigns because its name is simply too complicated.

Information Age – Google reveals government censorship requests

Google has launched a tool that allows users to see how many censorship requests each of the world’s governments have made to the online search giant

CIO – Clegg popularity puts pressure on Lib Dem websites

The Liberal Democrats’ website struggled to cope with a surge in demand following Nick Clegg’s success in the televised leaders debate last week, according to Keynote Systems.

Light Reading – 100G Watch: 40G Strikes Back

The news around 100-Gbit/s developments has understandably slowed in the wake of OFC/NFOEC, but a few new developments have passed our way lately. First, the anti-100-Gbit/s news: Force10 Networks Inc. is coming out saying that 40 Gbit/s will be more useful to enterprises than 100 Gbit/s.

ComputerWorldUK – Facebook says social links should replace hyperlinks
Facebook has revamped its application development platform to make it possible for the social-networking site and other websites to mesh what they know about their end-users and automatically personalise the experience people have online.

BBC Tech – Google reveals government data requests and censorship

For the first time Google has released details about how often countries around the world ask it to hand over user data or to censor information.

business customer base, with SMEs’ data traffic rising 290 per cent, the report said.