Around the Web 1.2.09: Higher music sales, an Easter egg from Google and a key to unlock iPhones
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-- Happy New Year! Unearthed Outdoors gives out free high-resolution images of the planet. BoingBoing
-- Music sales grew 10% to 1.51 billion units sold in 2008, fueled by digital downloads. CNet
-- Intel and Yahoo to unveil plans and partners for connected televisions at CES next week. CNet
-- Google to expand Android to netbooks. VentureBeat
-- For hackers only: Yellowsn0w application unlocks iPhone 3G. PCWorld
-- 8020 Media, a reader-generated photography journal, shuts down today. NYT
-- Deal or no deal? Here’s a list of the deals that weren’t in 2008. PaidContent.org
-- Out of Town News, the newsstand in Boston’s Harvard Square that goosed the entrepreneurial ambitions of Bill Gates and Paul Allen, is in danger of shutting down. Boston Globe
-- It’s never too early in the year for an Easter egg. One is discovered in Google’s Voice Search iPhone App. VentureBeat
-- Alex Pham