Catalogs VS. Online Shopping

This is the time of year that most people will receive countless catalogs in their mailboxes. With online shopping continuing to increase why are so many retailers mailing catalogs? The strategy is fairly simple; retailers are hoping that their catalog will direct consumers to their online sites.

Take Advantage Of Vistas Powerful Search

The Windows Sidebar team blog has a tip for getting the Vista Sidebar Slideshow Gadget to use images based on a search, rather than all the images in a specified location. The trick is to take advantage of Vista's powerful search functionality (which regrettably, is hidden and handicapped in the Vista Explorer UI) to get the Gadget to use a virtual folder (known as a…

Google Checks Out PayPal’s Market Lead

Google's young online payment service, Checkout, is one of the few Google products to live up to the hype in some time. As of Cyber Monday 2006, Checkout halved PayPal's market share lead.