Computing.co.uk – Mobile device sales to bounce back in 2010
Worldwide sales of mobile devices in 2009 beat gloomy expectations despite a small decline and are forecast to increase by nine per cent next year, according to a Gartner report released yesterday.

BBC – Teletext close mid-December
The Teletext information service on analogue and digital television will close across the UK on 16 December. Limited services including holidays, racing and bookmaking and the subtitles on analogue channels will remain available.

IT PRO – Google unveils URL shrinking service
Google has unveiled its own URL shrinking system, dubbed Goo.gl. Link shortening systems cut down full-length URLs into much shorter ones so they’re easier to share, such as on sites like Twitter, which limit posts to 140 characters.

Total Telecom – Australia pushes ahead with controversial Internet filter
Australia said Tuesday it would push ahead with a mandatory China-style plan to filter the Internet, despite widespread criticism that it will strangle free speech and is doomed to fail.

CBR – Spammers target online Christmas shoppers
Cyber criminals are using the pre-Christmas online shopping rush to target users with seasonal spam message, new research from Symantec has revealed. The security firm’s State of Spam report for November found that during that month and October, spammers have been sending emails with references to online shopping and luxury goods.

Computer Weekly – Social media has changed online shopping forever, says report
The way consumers shop online changed over the past year as a result of the abundance of social networking applications enabling people to help each other make decisions. Web shoppers today are sharing information and their views on products and services through social networking before deciding what they buy.