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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------   Sponsored Link --> http://www.TechHairBall.com Sponsored Link --> http://www.BlogOnIndia.com     Today's Technology News: Uproar in Australia over plan to block Web sites Report: HP sells printers in Iran with third party Amazon says 2008 holiday season was 'best ever' Wal-Mart to start selling Apple's iPhone on Sunday The smartphone buzz in '09? It's not a product Facebook ban of breast-feeding photos sparks protests Sony Cuts PlayStation 3 Component Costs by 35 Percent New Quad-Core AMD and Intel Chips Surface Wall Street Beat: IT Crawls to End of a Tough Year Windows 7 May Add Spice to CES HP Will Offer Home Multimedia Server for PCs and Macs Sequels keep video games buzzing in 2008 Uproar in Australia over plan to block Web sites Fri, 26 Dec 2008 08:40 am PST AP - A proposed Internet filter dubbed the "Great Aussie Firewall" is promising to make Australia one of the strictest Internet regulators among democratic countries. Full Story Top Report: HP sells printers in Iran with third party Mon, 29 Dec 2008 10:52 am PST AP - Hewlett-Packard Co. could be breaking U.S. trade sanctions by using a third-party distributor to sell printers in Iran, The Boston Globe reported Monday. Full Story Top Amazon says 2008 holiday season was 'best ever' Fri, 26 Dec 2008 01:39 pm PST AP - Online retailer Amazon.com Inc. called this holiday season its "best ever," saying Friday that it saw a 17 percent increase in orders on its busiest day — a rare piece of good news in a season that has been far from merry for most retailers, including online businesses. Full Story Top Wal-Mart to start selling Apple's iPhone on Sunday Fri, 26 Dec 2008 08:10 am PST AP - Wal-Mart will start selling Apple's popular iPhone on Sunday, the chain said, confirming earlier reports by employees. Full Story Top The smartphone buzz in '09? It's not a product Mon, 29 Dec 2008 03:33 pm PST CNET - There's already a lengthy wish list as users ponder the invention of the "ideal" smartphone in 2009. All well and good. But I submit that next year's most important technology development won't have anything to do with a new feature or application. Full Story Top Facebook ban of breast-feeding photos sparks protests Mon, 29 Dec 2008 09:57 pm PST Reuters - Are photographs of a mother breast-feeding her child indecent? The social networking site Facebook has sparked a massive online debate -- and protests -- and after removing photos that expose too much of a mother's breast. Full Story Top Sony Cuts PlayStation 3 Component Costs by 35 Percent Mon, 29 Dec 2008 06:50 pm PST PC World - Sony Computer Entertainment has cut the cost of materials used to make its PlayStation 3 game console by 35 percent, according to market research firm iSuppli. Full Story Top New Quad-Core AMD and Intel Chips Surface Mon, 29 Dec 2008 02:41 pm PST PC World - Computer chip makers Intel and AMD are ending 2008 with a quad-core bang. Intel has a new mobile processor - the Intel Core 2 Quad Mobile Processor Q9000 - that is being hyped by Acer in its just announced Acer laptop. AMD reportedly already has its upcoming Phenom II processors popping up online for pre-orders to consumers. The catch, neither AMD or Intel have made official announcements about either chips - yet. Full Story Top Wall Street Beat: IT Crawls to End of a Tough Year Fri, 26 Dec 2008 06:10 pm PST PC World - Though Amazon and Red Hat provided a few glimmers of sunlight the tech sector suffered through a turbulent week, with no signs of letup soon. Full Story Top Windows 7 May Add Spice to CES Mon, 29 Dec 2008 06:20 pm PST PC World - Software could overshadow gadgets at the upcoming Consumer Electronics Show, with Microsoft expected to shed light on its upcoming Windows 7 OS. Full Story Top HP Will Offer Home Multimedia Server for PCs and Macs Mon, 29 Dec 2008 12:36 pm PST NewsFactor - Hewlett-Packard has unveiled a consumer-oriented multimedia server designed to interact with home computing machines running Windows Vista, Windows XP, or Mac OS X. Slated to ship in February, the HP MediaSmart Server automatically aggregates music tracks, photos, videos and other media often distributed over multiple PCs and other computing devices. Full Story Top Sequels keep video games buzzing in 2008 Mon, 29 Dec 2008 05:03 pm PST Reuters - Despite the sluggish global economy, video game sales remained recession-proof in 2008 as game sequels were snapped up by fans and music games struck the right note. Full Story Top

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