Cute as they were, and even being a Mac user myself, I always found the Get A Mac campaign to be a huge, unfair middle finger to PC users. But while Apple was no longer producing new ads already, it seems now that the campaign has been completely removed from Apple’s site, as well – attempts to locate it as such simply lead to the newly-beefed Why You’ll Love A Mac page. While removing a campaign from a website is nothing terribly out of the ordinary – after all, marketing has to move on – it makes me wonder for what reason Apple would so flippantly remove such a high-visibility campaign. The Get A Mac ads are…

Cast your mind back to June 2007, when Apple CEO Steve Jobs appeared at D:All Things Digital alongside Microsoft’s Bill Gates. Now watch this video in which Gates describes his vision of the future of computing, which sounds remarkably like, erm, an iPad…. “I don’t think you’ll have one device. I think you’ll have a full-screen device that you can carry around and you’ll do dramatically more reading off of that… yeah, I mean, I believe in the tablet form factor [...] You’ll have some way of having a hardware keyboard and some settings for that. And then you’ll have the device that fits in your…

Dear Game Publishers, what are you thinking? For years, loyal supporters of your games have dealt with ridiculous price increases, overpriced downloadable content, and silly DRM schemes. Yet now, in these most critical times for the game industry, your idea of repaying them is to make us pay even more? Really? Furthermore — stooping to an all-time low — EA has stepped up for your industry and decided that users should be pushed (if not forced) to purchase new games only, punishing gamers who legitimately purchase used games. The idea behind this is essentially to make them pay extra money…

This robotic creature transforms into a Mini-ITX test bench.  The four adjustable legs create a spider-like effect. Designer Lian Li created it primarily for open- air PC benchmarking; the design makes it easier to build up and tear down again. You will be able to purchase your creepy-crawly friend on May 21st of 2010. Spidey comes in three colors; silver, red and black. Features: Unique eye catching design Available in red, silver and black colors For mini-ITX motherboards Supports one 5.25″ slim CD-ROM Adjustable leg angles Evolved spider design with only 4 legs Availability: Arriving…

If you ever wonder why some people do inexplicable things, don’t ask Jeffrey Stephenson. He’s won’t explain a damn thing. But, nevertheless, he shouldn’t have to. His work is jaw-dropping enough on its own. Jeff builds PCs based on classic radios. Now, I don’t know much about classic radios, or about Art Deco in general, but I do know that these are some truly sexy units, and Jeff has taken great pains to pay proper tribute to the devices upon which these are based. Seriously, these are all computers. Yes, even the microphone. Stephenson’s full portfolio is here. I don’t know if these are for sale,…

Get the pizza in, buy the beers and prepare to sign your autumn away on news Electronic Arts will release The Sims 3 for all three consoles and the Nintendo DS this fall. The Sims 3 is already a big seller on the PC and Mac platforms. Millions rushed out to pick up The Sims 3 on the PC/Mac last summer making it the biggest PC launch in EA’s history and the best-selling PC title in 2009. Now, EA says the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii and DS versions of The Sims 3 are on the way. The PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions will allow content creation and sharing online. The Wii versions gets an exclusive new area Beach…

Remember the ’90s? Remember when PC gaming was all the rage? All night Warcraft and Starcraft sessions until the sun came up. Computer hardware was improving at a blistering rate while games were constantly pushing the boundaries of modern computing power. Those days were amazing, and those days are long gone. The sad part is that much of this could have been prevented, but it is seemingly impossible to salvage the glory days of PC gaming. However, hope remains. …