Backlash against that racist Salesgenie.com Super Bowl ad with the cartoon panda bears speaking in exaggerated Asian accents has, after a slow start, become a frenzy. First it came out that the "horrible," "offensive" ad was personally written by Salesgenie CEO and Clinton buddy Vinod Gupta. Now, Asian-American…

Behold the best tech ad in Super Bowl history: Apple's "1984" ad, which cost $1.6 million to make and run, and only aired nationally once. The following nine ads, while perhaps not as iconic, are all fascinating in how they seek to make the mysteries of tech compelling to the masses.