Android Games from Capcom and Square-Enix on Their Way … In Japan (ContributorNetwork)

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.

Celebs suit up for DirecTV Beach Bowl (AP)

AP - Deion Sanders said he wasn’t worried. Joe Montana went in with his game face on and Jordin Sparks just hoped sand did not end up in her eyes.

Apple, Motorola in patent struggle in Germany (AP)

AP - Apple Inc. has temporarily blocked Motorola Mobility’s attempt to have it withdraw several iPhone and iPad models from its Internet store in Germany, the latest twist in an extended legal duel over patents between the companies.

Singapore’s Artivision says in tie-up with Intel (Reuters)

Reuters - Artivision Technologies Ltd, a Singapore firm that specializes in online video advertising, said on Sunday its technology may be incorporated into a software kit being developed by Intel Corp.

Super Bowl bust: U.S. government seizes 307 domains for violating NFL copyrights (Yahoo! News)

Yahoo! News - While many sports fans are preparing for Sunday’s Super Bowl by organizing parties and shopping for TVs, the U.S. government is preparing in a different way. Just yesterday, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency seized 307 different domains suspected of violating NFL copyrights. …

Facebook Timeline feature unpopular, especially among Baby Boomers (Yahoo! News)

Yahoo! News - The new mandatory Facebook Timeline is a surprisingly controversial feature. You either love it, or you hate it. And according to a new poll, it appears that almost all of you hate it. Overall, only 20% of those surveyed said they liked …

Hackers apparently hit Swedish government site (AP)

AP - A group linked to the hacker network Anonymous says it has attacked the Swedish government’s website and shut it down by overloading it.

For Facebook ‘Hacker Way’ is way of life (AP)

AP - Facebook’s billionaire CEO Mark Zuckerberg calls himself a hacker.

Android OS rules in U.S., gets a Bouncer to keep malware out the Market (Appolicious)

Appolicious - The Android platform expanded its dominance in the U.S. smartphone market during Q4 of 2011, according to the latest ComScore report. Apple may have boosted its share of the mobile handset market with the release of the iPhone 4S, but Android’s still the clear winner in terms of OS use, powering 47.3 percent of surveyed subscribers. That’s up from 44.8 percent last year, growing by slightly more percentage points than Apple’s increase to 29.6 percent from 27.4 percent.

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.

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