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Top 10 Most Memorable Tech Super Bowl Ads

Posted by Zonk on from the hee-she-throws-a-hammer dept.

theodp writes "From 1977's lovable Xeroxing Monk to 2007's smug-and-rich SalesGenie pitch man, Valleywag has rounded up videos for its Top 10 most memorable tech-oriented Super Bowl commercials. The commercials are: Apple (1984), Monster (1999), CareerBuilder (2005), GoDaddy (2005), Xerox (1977), E*Trade (1999), Pets.com (2000), Computer.com (2000), SalesGenie.com (2007) and OurBeginning (2000). This year's ads are coming soon." I've always been a fan of the Outpost.com gerbil cannon spot.

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  1. BTW, where is The Dot? by D4C5CE · · Score: 2, Informative
    Probably this Sun did not rise in the Superbowl break, but they did make a movie trailer of "Just when your competition thought it was safe to do business" back in the day.

    And then there were IBM's OS/2-toting nuns ("my mobile") & gears supplier (to Japanese clients)... Sightings, anyone?

  2. Still waiting... by MousePotato · · Score: 2, Informative

    Back in the early 90's they had an IBM ad for a slick phone/wearable computer/heads-up display. Some guy was trading pork belly's in a park on the other side of the world while feeding pidgeons. They showed it again on the last episode of Star Trek TNG. Probably a few times after that. The product never made it to market and even if they launched it today would probably be the iphone killer that every geek dreams of.

    My vote for the biggest vaporware product ad evah.

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  3. Re:godaddy by Grimoire · · Score: 2, Informative

    That would be pets.com. Now the sock hawks car loans.

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  4. Re:godaddy by slashdotmsiriv · · Score: 2, Informative

    I believe that was pets.com. Godaddy is still alive and kicking.

    It seems that computers.com did not fare good as well.

  5. Re:Idle by Idiomatik · · Score: 2, Informative

    Not only that, its enforced pointlessness.
    http://slashdot.org/users.pl?op=edithome
    Its the only section that you can't shutoff from showing up on the main page. Obviously just forgotten but still ironic they'd miss the only section a significant number of members will shut off.

  6. Re:digg? by mortonda · · Score: 2, Informative

    Check my UID. I'm not THAT new. Yes, you are.