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Buy a Blu-ray Drive Today or Wait to See if Prices Drop?

Should I Buy a Blu-Ray Drive Today or Wait?
So, you woke up this morning, turned on Good Morning America on your new HDTV you bought yourself for Christmas, grabbed a steaming cup of coffee, and started perusing your mail. Bills, ads from politicians you’ve never heard of, junk mail, bills, EUREKA! Your Netflix is here! […]

Canon Pixma Ip2600 - Best Budget Printer?

Canon’s latest bargain basement inkjet photo printer is the Pixma iP2600, at under £30 this is the replacement for the Pixma iP1800 and as such is a basic model with a limited number of features. It misses out such extras as a PictBridge port and memory card slot but is a capable basic prints that […]

Cost Of Printer Ink Rises To $20,000 A Gallon

If you are not careful, this is the price you could be paying for the printer ink in your inkjet printer. This would make the ink in your replacement cartridges just about the most expensive liquid on the planet.
Why is the printer ink so dear? Printer manufacturers make very little money from selling […]

External Hard Drive Are Great For Backup Storage Needs

If you have been looking for for an external hard drive recently, you probably already know how many different options there are on the market. Each manufacturer seems to have several different drives with varying storage capacities. The task of choosing the hard drive best suited for your needs can be confusing.
Pre-installed […]

Should I Believe My Computer Repair Guy?

I was having an interesting conversation with a fellow computer repairer the other day about the benefits of updating or spending time doing a computer repair on an older Pc.
I was quite taken aback at his adamant stance that it was far better to build a new computer than to repair the old one, and […]