HockShow Episode 27: I forget

1. The Super Bowl Was Sunday. Oh, the commercials, the over-hyped disappointing half time shows, the attempts at cultural relevance during the pregame, ten million shots of Tom Brady looking pensive and Eli Manning doing the manning face while Bill Bellichick rummages in his pockets for quarters. Oh...I guess there's a game too? It doesn't matter. I didn't do a prediction column on Tuesday because I didn't want to think about the Patriots winning any more. But I'll sneak it in here just so I will have picked every game this Playoffs for the site.

New England 35, New York 27

2. The Wall Street Journal Is Hiking Their Online Rates. Rupert Murdoch bought the Journal, in part, with the intention of adding their resources to all his "free new media applications." In other words, to make it free so that he could link all his other sites through it. Well, now, not only is it keeping the archaic pay for content model, but it's raising it's prices. Wha-huh? The differences in quality amongst News Corps sites is just nuts.

3. Tuesday is Super Tuesday. The Most Superest Tuesday I know! Lots of electoral votes will be determined in both the Democratic and Republican primaries, and we should have a much clearer picture of who our presidential candidates will be in 2008. Well, except for the Republicans, of course, who will find some way to split the votes between McCain, Romney, and Huckabee. Look for Ron Paul to get a random vote from New Weedistan too. It almost makes me wish Al Sharpton were running this year. *sniff*

4. The Hobbit Officially Officially Announced. At the helm? Spanish Wunderkind (that's Spanish for Director) Guiremo Del Torro, the man behind that really weird art house flick Pan's Labyrinth. Peter Jackson is on board to produce, and filming is scheduled to start in 2009 (pending the writer's strike).

5. TiVo May Kill DVR in the U.S. If you're recording your TV on any DVR device that isn't made or authorized by TiVo, you may be in trouble in the next two years. A court ruled recently that TiVo did indeed patent "Multimedia Time Warping Technology (that is the...um...pausing and playing of "live" TV...which...isn't true, but ok)" and that Dish Network has to pay out damages or stop allowing its users to access its DVR service. So far, TiVo is mum on whether or not it plans on pursuing settlements on similar boxes issued by TimeWarner, DirecTV and Comcast, but...it stands to reason, eh?