The Guardian – George Osborne facing budget backlash

Budget plans attacked by unions and business leaders as chancellor warns UK is on ‘road to ruin’

Information Age – Government plans IT ‘skunk works’

Cabinet Office strategy document reveals plan for a flexible task force to improve IT projects, plus increased power for government CIO

The Register – Google’s Wi-Fi snoop nabbed passwords and emails

The Wi-Fi traffic collected by Google’s world-roving Street View cars included passwords and email, according to a report citing a preliminary study from the French data protection authority.

ZDNet – Vodafone joins iPhone 4 pricing fray

Vodafone has announced its pricing for the iPhone 4, with the 16GB version of the handset being available for free on two-year, £50-per-month contracts.

The Daily Telegraph – Facebook users turn their back on virtual friends

A survey by Facebook has revealed a sharp spike in the number of cases of ‘defriending’ – when a person revokes someone else’s friendship status on their social networking site. The surge in defriending appears to be linked to attempts by social network users to control more strictly who has access to their personal pages, updates and photographs online