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    IBM PC
    August 12, 1981 - United States

    IBM introduced the PC personal computer for $1,600 base price. It shortly eliminated most other machines suitable for home or small business such as those with the S-100 bus, running on CP/M or their own operating system. The PC was developed in less than a year at IBM's Boca Raton Florida facility by using existing off-the-shelf components. The IBM-PC established the dominance of the Microsoft operating system. The IBM PC hardware design also became the industry standard for PC compatibles, with the ISA bus. Its Intel 8080 processor speed was 4.77 MHz, and it used from 16K up to 640K of memory. Data storage choices included 5.25" floppy drives, cassette tape, and later hard disks.

    DEBATE OVER USE OF THERAPEUTIC CLONING OF EMBRYOS
    August 12, 2004 - USA

    The continued debate over the use of therapeutic cloning for stem cell research continues to gather pace both in America and other countries of the world . Many believe that the research will lead to medical breakthroughs in Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's and Alzheimer's disease. Many believe that the research raises serious questions of 'ethics' and embryos have rights to life which is a gift from God not from a scientist in a lab.

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Selling online has a number of advantages over conventional methods. By selling online you can reach shoppers worldwide, compete with larger stores by being able to open 24/7/365, attract customers who would not usually visit your type of high street outlet. All these can up your sales. However, the increase in online sales also includes luring more visitors to your site and converting them into actual buyers. Driving traffic to your site can be achieved by applying various website forwarding solutions. But once you get a visitor on your website, your storefront is the only tool to trap and encourage a customer to buy your products.

What should be done to forward an online store and improve sales?

1. Comprehensive merchandise description
The description of a product should highlight its core features and benefits, including the quality. Moreover, you can use customer testimonials and merchandise reviews to add an impartial viewpoint.

2. Cross-selling
Use the cross-selling strategy to promote complimentary goods on your website. Improve online sales by giving prominence to all complimentary goods at high selling merchandise pages.

3. Easy shopping experience
Simplify registration and check-out procedures on your online store and allow shoppers to spend quality time on shopping.
Appealingly display the 'Buy' button along with the product image and description. This will help you up web sales through impulsive buying and will build an easy shopping atmosphere for your shoppers.

4. Discount options
Carry on offering diverse discount and rebate tools to encourage your customers to come back to your store. Introduce 'surprise' discount schemes for few merchandise groups, for fixed terms. Encourage swift buying by specifying the time deadlines for your discounted prices.

5. Treating regular customers
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