We've long since evolved past the days of using a ball-driven mouse to putter slowly across our Windows 95 setup on screen. These days it's all about slick moving optical mice, especially if you're keen on data or gaming. So do we actually still need an old fashioned mouse pad? The answer might actually surprise you.

1. Protect your desk surface.
2. Improve mouse movements.
3. Consider size, material, and ergonomics.

Mouse Mat Importance

The old school ball mice needed to make contact with a smooth surface to move properly, hence why we all started using mouse mats to begin with. But modern optical mice don't have to make contact with a smooth surface to run - so why do we

Here at Cubic Promote we are all about bringing the old school into the new. What better way to do this than through reliving the nostalgia of PC accessories of years past and looking at how to bring out personalized computer accessories of our own to match.

Retro PC Art

From lying in bed flicking between apps on an iPad to working on a mechanical keyboard attached to a flat screen monitor it’s easy to forget how the computers of yesteryears were cumbersome, room filling and noisy. Kimon Keramidas, director of the Digital Media Lab at Bard Graduate Center in New York, is revitalising our interest in the retro years of computing