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Google Search Just Got Better with Instant
For some, it may take time getting use to, but for me, I like the change. Google Instant is a new search enhancement that shows results as you type. This new change will improve search results and performance. This change will reduce the time it takes to enter a search term. Before Google Instant, the [...]
Full StoryDo You Remember The Game Pong?
In 1974, Atari engineer Harold Lee proposed a home version of Pong that would connect to a television: Home Pong. The system began development under the codename Darlene, named after an attractive female employee at Atari. On September 5th, 1975 the home version of Pong was released and sold exclusively by Sears. The cost was [...]
Full StorySears ServiceLive to link clients, contractors
Just in time for Valentine’s Day, Sears is getting into the matchmaking business. This isn’t for people looking for love. Rather, the connections Sears hopes to make are of another sort, the kind that can turn your life upside down, make your stomach do back flips and generally leave you unhinged: the relationship between you [...]
Full StoryGovernment Bailout Solution or Problem
First it was the financial industry, and now the Detroit automakers are waiting on relief from the government. What’s next? What about those retail businesses that have been operating since the depression, are we to say they don’t matter? What about one of the the major retailers that our grandparents shopped at for many years and [...]
Full StoryCyber Monday Blackout
Gomez.com, one of the many analysts sites tracking Web-site uptime, reported that Dell, Victoria’s Secret and Williams-Sonoma’s websites all experienced issues during the morning of Cyber Monday. In addition to Dell and Victoria’s Secret having issues, Williams-Sonoma’s website experienced slowdowns at the shopping cart/view payment pages with a typical transaction slowing from 26 seconds at [...]
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