Apple will be able to sell its iPad 2 with 3G, iPhone 3GS, and iPhone 4 via its online store in Germany after all, thanks to a temporary extension courtesy of a German court. As noted by the , an appeals court lifted the ban on certain iOS devices just after Apple was forced to remove them from its German online store earlier on Friday. Still, not all is going Apple's way, as a Mannheim Regional Court also ruled on Friday that Apple had infringed upon a patent owned by Motorola that allows devices to sync e-mail across devices wirelessly, which may spell out changes for iCloud users in Germany.

For the first time, the NFL is providing live streaming video of the Super Bowl, both on Web browsers and through a smartphone application. Now you'll have any number of viewing options and combinations: sit in front of an HDTV with a laptop or tablet to gain DVR controls and extra camera angles not available on the main NBC feed. If you can't get to a TV or browser (or if someone is blocking your view at the local watering hole) just whip out your smartphone and watch the game in miniature—assuming you're a Verizon customer and have a network connection that's fast enough.

As a Massachusetts resident and Patriots fan, I will likely be too nervous and anxiety-ridden to operate any type of technology once the Super Bowl starts around 6:30 PM ET Sunday. But if you're a huuuugggeeee fan who can't get enough coverage, your best bet is probably sitting on the couch with a laptop or tablet, as the NFL says the live stream will be available in tablet browsers, which likely means both the iPad and Android tablets.

A customer satisfaction survey of Kindle Fire owners shows that while the vast majority are satisfied with their purchase, it is mainly the low price fueling their happiness. ChangeWave Research asked a sample of new Kindle Fire owners how they were enjoying their device so far; slightly more than half reported being "very satisfied," and 59 percent said the $199 price of the Kindle Fire was what they liked best about it.

The survey asked 254 people who had recently acquired a Kindle Fire what they liked about the device, and beyond the low price, they had little to say. Thirty-one percent liked the color screen, 27 percent the ease of use, and 20 percent liked the selection of books. "Long battery life" and "screen size" were the favorite features of only 12 percent of respondents.

When asked what their least favorite part of the device was, 27 percent said they didn't like that there were no hardware volume up and down buttons. Twenty-one percent were most displeased that the Kindle Fire has no camera, and 15 percent said that the battery life was too short.

Overall, 54 percent of the Kindle Fire owners reported being "very satisfied" with it—not quite the iPad's 74 percent of customers who report being "very satisfied," but better than the 49 percent figure for other tablet devices. Combined with the 38 percent "somewhat satisfied" group, the Kindle Fire reached a 92 percent approval rating, according to ChangeWave.

The Kindle Fire has met with wide success in spite of lukewarm reviews, many of which cited the price as the main mitigator for its shortcomings—at least 4 million Kindle units were sold in December, the bulk of which were Kindle Fires, and the Kindle Fire shot up to a 36 percent market share of Android tablets in only three months. However, Boy Genius Report points out that the percent of people "very likely" to buy a Kindle Fire has dropped to 2 percent, down from 4 percent in December.

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Windows Phone 8 will be based on the same kernel as Windows 8, and will support multicore processors, NFC, and full device encryption according to a leaked video seen by PocketNow. This in turn inspired Paul Thurrott to reveal a little more about the software too. In the video intended only for internal consumption by Microsoft and its partners, Joe Belfiore, director of the Windows Phone program, describes the extensive features that Windows Phone 8, codenamed "Apollo," will contain.

Addressing widespread concerns about Windows Phone's mid-range hardware specification, Apollo will support processors with up to four cores, four different (and unspecified) screen resolutions, NFC for contactless payment, and removable microSD storage.

When the US Supreme Court decided last year to extend full First Amendment protections to video games, many likely thought that was the last word on potential legal assaults on the medium. That's not the case though, as an Oklahoma lawmaker has now proposed a special tax to be focused on "violent video games."