Tag: SUPERBOWL

While the Steelers and Cardinals battled for the Lombardi trophy, America was "tweeting." Similar to the Word Train it featured on Election Day, the New York Times has posted this time-lapse map of the country showing the location and frequency of the most commonly used words in Super Bowl posts (called 'tweets') on the micro-blog site Twitter. Twitter has quickly become a useful way to ...

In a Super Bowl programming mistake that made Janet Jackson's nip slip look like an episode of 'Leave it to Beaver,' viewers of the game on NBC affiliate KVOA in Tucson, Arizona got a glimpse at something a bit risqué during this year's big game. Just after the Cardinals' final touchdown of the contest -- at which point everyone was watching, no doubt -- the broadcast was suddenly ...

digg_url ='http://www.switched.com/2009/01/31/worst-super-bowl-ads-ever/'; In what's become TV's biggest popularity contest, Super Bowl commercials often live longer in the memory of the viewing public than the events of the game. With advertisers going for broke, it's not uncommon for there to be a few duds as too many hands reach in to stir the pot; however, there are some commercials ...

The Pittsburgh Steelers have won another Super Bowl! Well, virtually, anyway. The folks at Electronic Arts (EA) simulated Sunday's big game with the help of video game 'Madden 09,' and the Steel Curtain came out on top of the Arizona Cardinals, according to Joystiq. We didn't care at first either, but once we took a closer look at EA's proficiency at prophecy, we weren't nearly as ...

We reported just a few weeks ago about the NFL's new "Electronic Lifeline" system that allows fans who aren't having a family-friendly and fun time at games to get help from security without having to leave their seats. Now, the NFL is confirming that the service will be making an appearance at this year's Super Bowl XLIII, set to kick off on February 1, 2009 in Tampa Bay, Florida. Visitors of the ...

Chances are you've seen some questionable ads during the Super Bowl, and more than a few racy ones. For example, remember when a Miller commercial had two girls ripping off each others' clothes while fighting over whether the beer was better tasting or less filling? We certainly do, but we're not so sure the NFL does, because it has decided to take the moral high ground, banning questionable ...

For years now, companies have sought to produce the most engaging advertisement on the eve of the Super Bowl here in America. In just a few months, however, they'll be vying for something else -- your clicks. Canadian sportscaster Le Réseau des Sports has confirmed that both SD and HD broadcasts of Super Bowl XLIII will feature commercials that are "enabled with interactive functionality ...

It's two things that are inevitably tied to one another each Sunday -- LCD TVs and alcohol. Now, Micro Matic is bringing them together like never before, and only the most serious of in-home bartenders need apply. The v-POD comes in a couple of shapes and colors to best suit your needs, with the stainless steel Kool-Rite boasting a half-dozen taps, stereo speakers and an inbuilt 10-inch LCD. ...

The going rate for 30-seconds of advertising on the Super Bowl is about $3-million. That's a lot of clams, and far too much for most individuals out there to cough up if they wanted to put a joke spot in the commercial lineup. But what if a couple-thousand Internet denizens got together and all chipped in some money? That's the idea behind 30 Seconds of Nothing, which hopes to buy an ad during ...

With electronics showrooms full of seemingly nothing but flat-panel displays, it'll probably come as no surprise to you that penetration of high definition televisions has finally reached 25-percent. A 5.5 million-set buying spree ahead of the Superbowl last year pushed sets over the quarter mark. A big flat-panel was definitely the thing to have for the big game (as well as beer and chips and ...

Of course you want to watch the Super Bowl in HDTV. Who doesn't? It seems the lead up to the big game is the second biggest driver of high-definition LCD TV sales for Amazon.com, according to the e-tailer's latest numbers. (The biggest driver is, of course, holiday season gift giving.) So which TV leads the pack? The mantle this time goes to Samsung and its $2,199 52-inch 1080p LNT5265F ...