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Gadgets & Personal Technology

1. Android Alternatives to Apple's Siri Personal Assistant (ContributorNetwork)
   ContributorNetwork - When it was announced in October, one of the headline features of Apple's iPhone 4S was Siri, an "intelligent assistant" which answers spoken questions and takes orders given in natural English. It was less like Google's Voice Actions for Android, an app which understands a limited set of specific commands, and more like the computers on Star Trek.
2. TiVo shares appear to be discounted: report (Reuters)
   Reuters - TiVo Inc is trading at a compelling discount and could be a possible acquisition target by Microsoft or Google, Barron's financial newspaper reported on Sunday.
3. 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.

   
   
4. Four of the Strangest New Video Game Controllers (ContributorNetwork)
   ContributorNetwork - Back when home video games were still new, every new console's controller was an experiment. And before people settled on things like the Atari 2600's joystick and the Nintendo Entertainment System's gamepad, which influenced everything that came after them, they tried out some ... unusual form factors. Like the Fairchild Channel F's hybrid paddle-joystick, or the Mattel Intellivision's disc-and-touchpad arrangement.
5. 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.
6. The Super Bowl: The most DVR’d, and DVR-proof, broadcast on TV (The Cutline)
   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 [...]
7. 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.
8. 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 …
9. 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.
10. How Wireless Carriers and Manufacturers Screw Up Android (ContributorNetwork)
    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.