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Yahoo! News: Gadgets & Personal Technology Android Games from Capcom and Square-Enix on Their Way ... In Japan (Con... ContributorNetwork - States-side fans of video game consoles, from the first Nintendo Entertainment System to its modern successor the Wii, know what it's like for a game that looks awesome to only come out in Japan. The Super Bowl: The most DVR?d, and DVR-proof, broadcast on TV (The Cutl... The Cutline - More than 111 million people are expected to watch the Super Bowl between the New York Giants and New England Patriots on Sunday—roughly a third of the U.S. population and the largest television audience in television history. And virtually all of those viewers will be watching it live. "Live sports is the most DVR-proof programming [...] Sprint investors in purgatory until 2013 (Reuters) Reuters - Sprint Nextel , like its bigger rivals, is expected to report a steep decline in fourth-quarter profit margins due to its launch of the costly Apple Inc iPhone. Just Show Me: How to see recently used apps in Android 4.0 (Yahoo! News) Yahoo! News - Welcome to Just Show Me on Tecca TV, where we show you tips and tricks for getting the most out of the gadgets in your life. In today's episode we'll show you how to find out what apps are running on your Android 4.0 ? Google tightens security in Android app store (Reuters) Reuters - Google Inc has been quietly policing its online store for months now in an acknowledgement of malware's growing threat to its increasingly popular Android mobile software. How Wireless Carriers and Manufacturers Screw Up Android (ContributorNet... ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | Google recently unveiled its new Android design guidelines, which are meant to help people develop apps for its open-source smartphone and tablet operating system. The guidelines work in tandem with Android Ice Cream Sandwich's visual overhaul, which was designed to "enchant" smartphone and tablet users in a way that Android's previous, bare-bones iterations, did not. Steve Jobs brought back to life as an Android fan in Taiwanese ad (Yahoo... Yahoo! News - In the months following long-time Apple CEO Steve Jobs's untimely death, we've seen him resurrected in many forms. He's already been brought back in plastic and bronze, but we never thought we'd see him reborn as an Android supporter. Leave it to a Taiwanese tablet ? The $23 Android Tablet You Can Buy in India (ContributorNetwork) ContributorNetwork - You can buy it in India if you're a student, that is. According to Jamie Yap of ZDNet Asia, the Aakash tablet is priced at 2,200 rupees, or 45 U.S. dollars, while students pay a special subsidized price thanks to a government contract. 25,000 students have already requested one from the University of Mumbai, and more than 1.4 million people have ordered the tablet so far, with three new factories being set up to meet the demand.

BusinessWeek.com -- Technology Las Vegas: Startup City Zappos founder Tony Hsieh is spending $350 million of his own to make Sin City a startup hub Who Does Google Think You Are? A tool tells users what the company infers about your interests and age Google Sponsors Conservative Conference Google Inc., whose chairman has served as an adviser to President Barack Obama, is one of the sponsors of this month’s Conservative Political Action Conference, co-hosted by the Tea Party. White Male Facebook Board Prompts Questions While most of Facebook’s more than 800 million users are women, and females are more active social networkers, the company’s board lacks women and minority members Telenor Seeks Norway’s Help After Cancellation of India Permits Telenor ASA has enlisted the help of the Norwegian government to protect its investment in India following the cancellation of 122 mobile-phone licenses by the nation’s top court. Panasonic Forecasts Record $10 Billion Loss on Floods, Charges Panasonic Corp. almost doubled its annual loss forecast to a record 780 billion yen ($10 billion), the latest Japanese electronics company to predict weaker earnings because of Thailand floods and slowing demand for TVs. Orange Austria Deal May Need Changes for Antitrust Approval Hutchison Whampoa Ltd. and Telekom Austria AG’s purchase of Orange’s Austrian mobile-phone assets may have to be amended to win European and Austrian approval, the country’s Federal Competition Authority said. JPMorgan, BofA Sued by New York Over Use of Mortgage Database JPMorgan Chase & Co., Bank of America Corp. and Wells Fargo & Co. were sued by New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman over the use of a mortgage database that the state said led to improper foreclosures.