Facebook phone debuts

Network operator 3 has unveiled a handset that will make Facebook fans jump for joy, reports The Register.

The INQ1 is a slider designed with one thing in mind: social networking. It features access to a series of communication apps, including Facebook, Windows Live Messenger and Skype.

Manufactured by Amoi, the INQ1 runs on a platform designed by self-styled “new company” INQ, which claimed the device is “the world's most advanced social networking phone”.

Internet shoppers will not have to pay customs duty on items they have bought for less than £105 from outside the EU, says The BBC.

The change, which comes into force on 1 December, extends the duty-free limit for goods bought online from £18, says HM Revenue and Customs.

The move will benefit thousands of consumers who buy items such as DVD players from the US, which have a 14% duty rate.

The closure of a Web hosting firm that is believed to have had spam gangs as clients has led to a drastic reduction in junk mail, reports The BBC.

Two US Internet service providers have pulled the plug on the firm McColo, following an investigation by the Washington Post newspaper.

Anti-spam firm Ironport has seen junk mail levels drop by 70% since McColo was taken offline on 11 November.

Scientists who want to see how the moon has changed in the years since the Apollo missions will soon have the ability to do just that, reports CNet.

This is thanks to a new Nasa project in which the agency has restored 42-year-old images taken of and from the moon, all of which will be made freely available to the public.

And, while many people will surely have an interest in examining the iconic images, Nasa explained it provides the real scientific benefit of making it possible to closely compare even the smallest changes to the lunar surface over the last 40-plus years.