Over the last several months, it seems we can’t go a day without a cover story on the real-time Web. Marshall Kirkpatrick of ReadWriteWeb just published the first of what will likely be many more lengthy reports on the topic. Mashable’s Pete Cashmore has predicted that the real-time Web will be one of the driving forces of 2010, paving the way for real-time news, search, collaboration, reviews and more.

The numbers are in: E-commerce sales for Cyber Monday – the first Monday after Thanksgiving – are up five percent from last year, according to comScore.