Well folks it’s back, and it’s bigger than ever (or so NBC will be telling you prior to the Super Bowl returning to the network this year!). The New England Patriots take on bitter rivals New York Giants in a mouthwatering clash that gives the Pats a chance to take revenge for defeat to the Giants in 2008′s Super Bowl. Our contribution at AllMyFaves is to provide you with the best sites you’re going to need to make this a great Super Bowl experience… and here they are:

1. The Site for the Football Beginner:

A good starting point for football novices and hardcore fans alike.                                      The NFL Official Website is easy to navigate around, great looking, and packed full of news, pre-game coverage, schedules, stats, team pages, fantasy drafts and much more.

2. The Site for the Football Junkie with a Smartphone:

You’ve gotta love smartphones. They’ve made it so, so easy to get all the info we need on the go; and luckily for us the NFL is playing ball. This handy NFL Smartphone Apps Library may not be filled with colorful pictures of the smartphone apps it’s featuring, but it’s so useful. With Apple & Android apps for anything football, from the Official Super Bowl Guide to 3D Live NFL Wallpapers, click here to decide which NFL apps you want to download to enhance your Super Bowl XLVI experience!

3. The Site for the Stats Addict / John Madden Wannabe:

We all know they’re out there, the Stats Addicts, the would-be John Maddens: Waiting for that perfect moment at the Super Bowl BBQ to jump in with a clever stat about which quarterback has thrown the most touchdown passes in this year’s NFL. Well if that’s you, and you want to get your stats and random Super Bowl facts up to speed before the big game, you need to get yourself onto the remarkably comprehensive Pro-Football-Reference.com ASAP!

4. The Site for the Person who’s more interested in the half time Ads:

Everybody knows just how big a deal the Super Bowl half time ads are. Companies will pay millions of dollars to get their product in front of the millions of eyeballs glued to the action. And they’re a heck of a lot more fun to watch than the usual unimaginative commercials. Youtube Ad Blitz is a great channel on Youtube that compiles all the best Super Bowl ads for you to watch and share; and adds in a load of extra content related to the non-football bits that so many of us love about the Super Bowl. Click here to get viewing.

You may also want to check out the Doritos Crash the Super Bowl Contest, which is Doritos’ annual competition to select their Super Bowl ads. All the videos are made by ordinary fans, who have the chance to “crash the Super Bowl” with their video; becoming the official Doritos ad, chosen by a public vote. Check them out, they’re all pretty funny and worth a watch!

5. The Site for the Football Fan WAGs who are more interested in Cute Puppies:

If the football’s not really you’re thing, or maybe not your significant other’s thing, all hope of getting involved in the Super Bowl fun is not lost, thanks to Animal Planet. They’re bringing us their 8th Annual Puppy Bowl – a Super Bowl for cute puppies! What more could you want! Click here to take a look at the rather adorable starting lineups.

6. The Site for the Last Minute Ticket Hunter:

Stub Hub’s got a whole host of last minute tickets for this year’s Super Bowl. They’re all available at the click of a button, although the prices are really crazy. But hey, if you gotta go, you gotta go! Click here if you’re interested in buying that golden ticket, or even just curious as to how much it’d cost you…

7. The Site for… the Patriots Fan!

WEEI.com – Pats news from local Pats fans. Who needs ESPN when you’ve got these die hard Bostonians feeding you all the news and podcasts you need about the team you love!?

And as a little bonus for Patriots who are also music fans out there, Running Back Stevan Ridley has even made a Spotify Playlist of the songs he’ll be psyching himself up with in his pre Super Bowl routine. If you have Spotify, you can check it out here!

8. The Site for… the Giants Fan!

CBS New York – A great page from local NY CBS radio station WFAN, filled with local Giants news, for any Giants fan. It’s got everything you need, from stats, rosters, latest news to Podcasts about your team.

9. The Site for the Armchair Fan with a PC, but no TV:

Watch the Super Bowl Live Online, on NBC – Haven’t got a TV? Away from the one you do have? Never fear, because for the first time, the Super Bowl is being streamed completely live online via NBC’s Super Bowl Website. Check out all the pre game buzz now, and check back again on Sunday to catch the entire game live!

10. The Site(s) for the Football Intelligencia: Best Football Blogs

I couldn’t pick just one blog here, because there’s too many great choices. But here’s three that really stand out for interesting content: 1. Grantland – long articles, in-depth analysis, with a touch of humor 2. The Fifth Down – comprehensive, covers interesting stories, but then it is the NY Times NFL Blog so it delivers where we’d expect it to! 3. SBNation Super Bowl Special – site for all things football, made by fans, for fans.

Try out this amazingly comprehensive, personal video feed, stuffed with great videos just for you!

Frequency – There’s just so much interesting video content floating around the internet on any given moment, on any given day. And that means it’s really easy to miss a heck of a lot of good stuff! Stuff that gets posted on Facebook or Twitter by your friends or people you follow; stuff that gets posted on news websites (of which there are far too many to browse through in one go…); or just random, funny videos that get posted by random, funny people on Youtube.

And that’s where Frequency comes to the rescue. It’s basically the Google Reader of Video, but a lot more accessible! Or in other words, a real-time, social platform that brings you video content from a variety of different channels that you’re interested in. After registering for free, click the ‘guide’ button at the top of the page, and from there select the types of video that will appear in your personal feed; picking either the genre (business, sports, politics etc.) or ‘following’ specific sources Twitter-style (anything from videos your friends share on Facebook, to BBC News, to Apple videos, to the White House official feed!). Literally there’s something there for everyone; a plethora of content waiting to be funnelled to your starting page. We at All My Faves see Frequency as a really useful, and not-too-complicated way of getting the best video for you.

A preview of my personalized Frequency Feed (slightly embarassed by the Disney video but oh well, I do love it!)

Click here to try Frequency out. I feel confident enough to guarantee that you’ll find a lot of video that you’ll think is absolutely fantastic, on any subject!

1. Kindle Fire

This isn’t an iPad. It looks a lot like an iPad, works a lot like one, and most importantly, is under half the price of an iPad! Ladies and gents, this is the Kindle Fire: the MUST HAVE gadget of Christmas 2011. It’s a simple, well-crafted tablet PC that lets you read books, newspapers and magazines; watch videos; play games; and browse apps, all in the palm of your hand. It’s sharp display, intuitive touchscreen and beautiful user interface are just amazing for a price of $199.

2. Arcam rCube

The Arcam rCube is one for the sound enthusiast in you. This is probably one of the absolute best high-end speaker docks for your iPod in the world. It’s expensive, but not overpriced for the utterly gorgeous sound quality it gives you. It looks as stellar as the music coming out of it too, and is compact enough to fit in even the smallest space.

3. Sony PS Vita

The handheld gaming market’s been all about Nintendo’s 3DS this year. But now Sony’s fighting back. The Sony PS Vita is all about gaming quality, and your kids (or you!) will love it. It feels nice to hold, has amazing graphics, great games, and a touch screen for easy browsing.

4. Samsung MV800

One for the narcissists among us. Samsung has brought out this absolutely lovely little camera, with a touch screen that flips out in a way that makes it easy to take pictures of yourself! And if self-pics aren’t your thing, you can bet every one of the $199 it costs that your teenager loves ‘em. By the way, it also takes great photos of other people too!

5. Nike+ SportWatch with TomTom GPS

If you like running, you need this! It’s a watch that uses TomTom GPS systems to find your location during a run; and tells you your pace, distance, time taken, and calories burned. Connect to a PC and it shows you maps of your runs and uploads your stats. It even acts like a personal trainer on your wrist, motivating you verbally while you run, and reminding you if you haven’t run for a few days!

6. Casio TRYX

The Casio TRYX is one of the most innovative camera designs ever. Because you can twist its body in all sorts of directions, it can be used as a tripod, hung on a hook, adjusted to allow for a camcorder-like grip, and tilted to make shooting overhead and low-angle shots much easier. There’s nothing else like it!

7. Roku LT Streaming Media Box

There’s a new way to watch HDTV, and it only costs $50! This is Roku, a box that streams music and video from a HUGE variety of high quality sources, onto your television. No longer do you even need a cable subscription: this streams tv shows and movies from sources like Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Instant, Pandora, HBO Go, Crackle, Disney, NHL Gamecenter, among many others. The list is endless. And Roku is an essential purchase this Christmas!

8. Lomography Diana F+ Medium Format Camera

Retro is cool. And so is this Lomography camera. Really cool in fact. It allows you to take professional-looking, classic shots, and even develop them like the ‘olden days’. And it’s relatively cheap for a camera, coming in at an affordable $80.

9. Native Union Play’s Video Memo Pad

With this ingenious little gadget you can leave video reminders for you or your family and friends! It’s the post-it note of the digital age and does what it says on the tin. You record a video using the front camera, and leave it somewhere you’ll see it as a useful reminder to yourself. And it’s magnetic, so yes it can go on your fridge!

10. Apple iPad 2

Ok, shocker, it’s an iPad. I’m pretty sure you don’t need me to be the billionth person of 2011 to tell you how amazing it is, but hey, it’s amazing! The Kindle may be great for the price it’s being sold at, but there really is nothing out there that beats the sheer usability of Apple’s iPad 2. My 70 year old uncle even has one, and trust me, that tells you just how easy it is to navigate around, browsing news, internet, the app store or the music player. If you haven’t got one yet, think seriously about it here.

Tweet #BestOf2011

Once you sign up via Facebook and start contributing content to the Miso network (via check-ins, statuses, posts, etc.), you’ll see you start earning posts which yield badges later on. Miso is definitely the closest TV-based social network platform to Facebook I’ve seen so far, and you will notice the evident similarities between the two from the get-go. Miso seems like a promising endeavor, and I’m curious to know where it would be in a year from now. If you love TV shows and Facebook, give Miso a try. To learn more about this cool platform see the video below.

Miso is available as a Web app, but also as a mobile app (compatible with iPhone, iPad and Android).

The idea is that instead of surfing different entertainment sites to keep track with  your favorite TV show, stars and gossip, TVLine serves as your one-stop place for all of the above and much more. To see an example of TVLine’s power, check out their Glee section and you will learn just how comprehensive this site really is.

Want some more? Check out these two: American Idol Semifinal Results Recap: Now That’s What I Call a Top 13! and the Exclusive Glee Video of Gwyneth Paltrow Channel Her Inner Joan Jett – see below.

Which TV commercial was your absolute favorite? I couldn’t decide between these three:

Cable TV Mini page. This is one of the most comprehensive cable TV resources you can find online. You’ll find here all the official websites of major channels, including less mainstream yet equally entertaining cable TV ones so you can satisfy all your TV entertainment needs. Get your favorite show’s schedule, see upcoming shows and movies, watch videos of interviews with the stars, independent films and trailers, and lots of more great content, conveniently located in one place. To access the Cable TV Mini page click here, or go to the Entertainment page and hit ‘TV.”

Lifestyle Faveline and Mini Page. This unique collection of lifestyle websites will make you motivated, inspired and energized, and it’s one of my personal favorites. The faveline includes a top-notch lineup of insightful websites and blogs addressing better and healthier living, great food, tips for a saner state of mind in a busy, chaotic world, style and culture, and great hacks for a soothing atmosphere at home.

You can access the Lifestyle faveline by going to Blogs and scrolling down alphabetically to “L.” Clicking the faveline’s title will prompt you the Mini Faves page where you will find many more better living resources you don’t want to miss!

Brand New Games Faveline: Flight. Airplanes, flight simulators, landing strips – we’ve got it all here in this fresh-out-of-the-box faveline and category page, especially for you! We’ve got Naval Strike, Sim Air Traffic, Helistorm 2 and many many others! Roger that.