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Wize search for product rankings
Searching for electronics usually tends to be somewhat tedious. Researching and trying to gauge the feel for a new product can totally turn you off of even considering said product. You scour the internet looking for the best prices and what users and owners experiences are with the product. With lots of research areas out there, one that I tend to rank highly when making a decision is CNet.com. With video overviews of electronics put together by professionals and users in the field, I always know the information is top. Add to that the comments dropped by owners of the products.But Wize.com has launched a search engine that ranks consumer electronics, focusing on research. Similar companies in the same sector include Become, Retrevo, Shopping, Nextag, and Pricegrabber. Wize does their ranking by putting their "Wize" ranking formula into effect. Venture Beat compares this to Google's Page Rank, a proprietary formula that is of course, not going to be published for public eyes. How does the search fare? When searching for information and rankings on Canon's SD700 digital camera, I was able to see a Wize ranking of 84, see pricing through a long list of online suppliers and ratings, and save my research for viewing later. Wize was very convenient, fast, and a nice companion to my usual CNet ratings. In all, it's another weapon to add to your arsenal when on the lookout for your next consumer electronic purchase. Look out for some growth at Wize as they have just secured some funding that could push their offering out even more.
So, just how good at time waster games are you? Think you've got the stuff? Well, The World's Hardest Game 2.0 doesn't think you do.
Yes, amazingly, it's possible to have a sequel to a game called "The World's Hardest Game". It doesn't seem logically possible, since if the first one was actually the world's hardest, how could another one come along and share the moniker? It made me doubt the name in the first place. That is, until I tried the game.
The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...
