CNetNews.com reports that “[t]hanks in part to armies of compromised computers, click fraud reached an all-time high in the fourth quarter.  Click fraud lets Web sites increase revenue from ads supplied by services such as Google's AdSense or the Yahoo Publisher Network, though those companies take measures to screen out bogus links so advertisers don't have to pay. But that doesn't stop people from trying, according to a new report from Click Forensics, a company that monitors for click fraud [...]

Reuters reports that, according to according to a survey released today, “[t]rust in business plummeted worldwide last year, as the global economic crisis sent financial institutions pleading for government support, leaving average people to question industry's ability to bring prosperity.  Some 62 percent of informed adults aged 25 to 64 told the Edelman Trust Barometer that they trusted businesses less than they had a year ago, with respondents in the United States and Western Europe more suspicious than those in [...]

Silicon Valley Watcher has an interesting list of “10 reasons why this is a good time to invest in innovation.” The New York Times writes that “[t]he time-tested way for governments to create jobs in a hurry is to pour money into old-fashioned public works projects like roads and bridges. President Obama’s economic recovery plan will do that, but it also has some ambitious 21st century twists.  The $825 billion stimulus plan presented this month by House Democrats called for [...]

The Register reports that “Belgium declared last week that it intends to join the ranks of European nations operating a hidden list of blocked websites.  The move is controversial, as it would build on existing powers to block websites – but essentially hand jurisdiction over what gets blocked on a day to day basis to the police.  In all likelihood, that means federal police special division Federal Computer Crime Unit (FCCU). They would get the authority to compose the blacklists [...]