eBay Inc. (NASDAQ:EBAY) has sent out a press release about how much sales from mobile applications has generated during the holiday season. “As mobile shopping peaked this year, eBay led the way by becoming the go-to shopping destination,” stated eBay VP of mobile Steve Yankovich. “With more than 30 million downloads of eBay’s mobile apps worldwide, eBay is clearly a barometer for mobile shopping trends. We see people buying everything from designer apparel to cars and trucks on their phones regularly, and purchases being made through eBay mobile every second.”

Nintendo has issued a warning about playing too much Nintendo 3DS. Nintendo 3DS players are being told to take a break after using the 3DS for 30 minutes. You should also quit immediately if you start feeling sick. Nintendo is also saying that children under 6 years old should not play in 3D mode at all since their eyes are still developing. [Engadget]

The original Sony Ericsson X10 was the company’s first Android phone. In February 2010, Sony released a Mini and Mini Pro version of that phone. And all of these versions had decent, but not great specs. Now a leaked photo of the X10 successor reveals some details of the upcoming phone. The X10 successor appears to have a 3-inch screen, forward-facing camera, and 1GHz Snapdragon processor. Chances are that we will see this phone at Mobile World Congress. [AndroidAndMe]

Good.is and Column Five have put together a very detailed and creative infographic that reports the quest to plug WikiLeaks. Click the image to enlarge.

TaskSync is an application for Mac OS X that lets you sync your tasks from Remember The Milk to your iCal calendar software. TaskSync is free and it installs itself as a preference pane and background application. You can select how often you want TaskSync to check Remember The Milk for updates. TaskSync works two-way. When you mark a task as completed on iCal, then it marks it as complete on Remember the Milk. [Lifehacker]

On a Southwest flight from Las Vegas to Boise, there was a scuffle between a 15 year old and a 68 year old Treasure Valley resident named Russell Miller. Miller had punched the unnamed teenager after he failed to respond to a message from the airplane P.A. system that it was time to turn off electronic devices. The teenager was listening to music and playing a game on his iPhone. Miller punched the boy in the arm hard enough to leave a mark. After hearing about the punch, pilots used the radio to call the air traffic control tower and request local police to be at the gate. Miller was charged with a count of misdemeanor battery. [kboi2 via Gizmodo]

RapidShare, a file hosting website, was reported by the MPAA and the RIAA to the U.S. government for being one of the “most notorious pirate markets.” The MPAA and RIAA spends quite a bit of money on lobbying and now RapidShare is going to be doing the same. RapidShare has hired lobbying firm Dutko World Wide based in Washington D.C. to represent their concerns. [TorrentFreak]

Back in August 2010 Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) co-founder Paul Allen filed a lawsuit against Google, Facebook, Apple, eBay, Yahoo!, AOL, Netflix, Office Depot, OfficeMax, Staples, and YouTube over patent infringement. In December 2010, Allen’s case was thrown out by a federal judge in Seattle. U.S. District Court Judge Marsha Pechman had told Allen that he had until December 28th to file an amended lawsuit because it was too vague.