CRN was launched in 1982, back then it was known as Computer Retail News. As part of our 30th anniversary, we look back at some memorable computer ads from the early days of CRN, like this Texas ...

Microsoft's bizarre campaign to turn $300,000,000 into a marketing message took an even stranger turn Thursday with the airing of the company's latest television commercial: "I'm a PC." What began as ...

"I know I said I was going to the party dressed as a clown, but what do you think of this pin-striped suit?" When you've worked in advertising for a long time--especially if you're on the creative ...

Remember those good old days of PC game advertisements when the mix was terribly wild, with bold claims, over-the-top scenarios, and sometimes even a pinch of controversy? These were times when print ...

As Windows 11 users are becoming accustomed to more ads in key places of the operating system, Microsoft is seemingly experimenting with adding yet another advert covertly presented as a ...

More than a quarter century later, PC World associate publisher Jeff Edman's 90-minute presentation on the state of the ad market in the mid-1990s is a piece of publishing history. So if you’ll ...

Not only Microsoft is celebrating the launch of Windows 7 with some new ads, but Apple is also taking a stab at the introduction of the new OS, in its usual deprecating manner. Microsoft on Thursday ...

The first two I’m a PC ads from Microsoft used little girls, and were super super cute. This latest one? Not so much. Nothing against little boys, but nobody likes ...

It's always fun to take a walk down memory lane, especially the gold age in the advent of Personal Computing technologies. Some of the best ways to revisit this era are through print magazine ads that ...

Microsoft is preparing a free Xbox cloud gaming service that includes ads. The company lets players stream games they already ...

It’s been a while since Apple last mocked Windows security, but the iPhone maker has just released an ad that hits Windows ...