Here’s the Worst Super Bowl Ad of 2012

It’s for the Super Bowl, from Verizon.
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Are You Ready for Some Football? A Techie Guide to the Super Bowl.

For those looking for a side of tech to go with their Super Bowl, AllThingsD’s Ina Fried offers a guide to all the apps, streaming and more, designed to make the most of NFL’s championship Sunday.
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NFL Brings (Some of) the Super Bowl to Tablets

If you’re one of those football fans who likes to watch — and rewatch — key plays after the game, this app’s for you.
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NBC Puts the Super Bowl on the Web Because It Thinks You’ll Watch It on TV

NBC is letting you watch the Super Bowl on the Web, for free, on Sunday. Here’s why.
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Super Bowl Predictions: How EA Uses Madden to Guess the Final Score

Electronic Arts is using artificial intelligence and real-life data to predict that the New York Giants will defeat the New England Patriots by a field goal on Sunday.
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Can This Broken Robot Help Save Cisco Systems?

A new advertising campaign aims to help Cisco Systems reintroduce itself to its customers, and remind them what it does best.
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NBC Will Stream Super Bowl Broadcast Live

A first for pro football: It will put its biggest game of the year on the Web, live, for free. The NFL says February’s NBC broadcast will also be available on Verizon phones; NBC already streams its Sunday night games on the Web. The move parallels other broadcasters’ moves to put some of their big games on the Web, most notably CBS’s broadcast of the March Madness tournament.

An Instant SNL Classic: Jesus Tells Tim Tebow to Watch Some Game Film

The sketch you’ll be talking about all week.
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How to Watch the NFL on the Web, Legally, for Free

Of course, you should watch football on TV. But if for some reason you can’t …
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Trading Card Company Topps Buys Facebook’s Gift Card Provider

Topps, maker of the trading cards from childhood, is expanding into digital goods with the purchase of GMG Entertainment, the gift card provider for Facebook.
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TMZ Sports? Why Not?