This portable hard drive comes in a range of colors and sizes. The 500 GB model will set you back $140. The range is designed to be rugged and durable and it comes in a shock resistant case. The shell is drop resistant aluminum alloy and the rubber bumper adds a splash of color as well as keeping your data safe. The hard drive has a triple interface so you can hook it up via FireWire 800, FireWire 400 or USB. It can draw power from the computer so there’s no need for a power adapter.

This hard drive is also very portable and it measures 3.5 x 1 x 5.7 inches and weighs in at under 9 ounces. Back up software suitable for PC or Mac is provided and you’ll also get a free year of LaCie’s Online Backup Service so even if you lose the hard drive your data will be safe.

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This is another all-in-one small office solution which works as a printer, copier and scanner! You can print in color or black and white, high quality scanner and you can reduce or enlarge images from 25 to 400 percent. The plain paper documents are fade resistant and it can print text in black and white at up to 34 pages per minute.

The machine also offers one touch copying, auto photo correction and you can get cartridges with instant dry ink. It has USB connectivity and you can use it to print color photos as well. This is a perfect 4-in-1 device for the home if you are on a budget because surprisingly it is available at under $100. The quality may not be amazing but it does the job and features a compact design which is very easy to use.

For further details you should have a look here.

This is a specialist gaming keyboard from Saitek which reminds me of Battlestar Galactica. The angular, futuristic design features backlit keys which can be adjusted to display in a variety of colors, you can mix shades from red through amber to green. There is also a touch sensitive control panel display and twelve programmable keys for macros so you can set up various game related commands with ease.

The hard wearing metal plated keys have been designed with the hardcore gamer in mind and they should last you a lifetime. The keyboard also has a USB connection and audio and microphone sockets. There is even an adjustable wrist wrest for maximum comfort and the keyboard can be set up at various angles.

It retails at under $90 which may sound like quite a lot but it’s actually quite reasonable for the features included here and who can resist the visual aesthetic?

It seems there is a real glut of all in one devices on the market nowadays and here is Dell’s effort. A printer, copier and scanner all in one this is available for around $100 which places it at the cheap end of the market. It has a simple look and it is functional, dispensing with popular all in one features like a fax machine and auto document feeder in order to keep the price down.

This no frills device has a basic easy to use control panel and works as a 1200×2400 dpi scanner. It prints up to 4800 dpi and can churn out nearly eight pages a minute but the photo printing capability is less accomplished. Reviews report the need to frequently replace the cartridges which are very expensive and highlight the poor quality photo prints as a major drawback. It also lacks an Ethernet port but then you get what you pay for and this is a cheap device.

Dell Coupons and other promotional codes are great for saving money on items that can be purchased with a discount.

This easy to use photo printer from Canon is one of their cheaper options at around $100 but it has a range of features. There’s a 63mm color LCD panel, three memory card slots for SD, memory sticks or compact flash and a PC connection. You can use it without a PC and simply insert the paper cassette to produce high quality color prints.

It will produce a high quality photo from your memory device in around one minute and part of the printing process also dries out the photo produced so you can handle it immediately. This is completely tailored towards photographs and ease of use so for anyone into their photography who wants to be able produce high quality prints in a hurry it looks like a great product. The quality provided here is excellent for the price and the compact design is quite attractive.

Last week I received the WorkForce 600 from Epson and couldn’t wait to get it out of the box to give it a good testing. I put this printer through a lot of the same tests as the Epson Artisan 700 printer that I recently reviewed. The WorkForce 600 is a 5 in 1 printer with Wi-Fi supporting Print, Copy, Scan, Photo, Fax. This printer is specifically designed for the small business office and home office.

As a quick overview I have listed some of the benefits of this printer below:

1. Great laser quality documents – My test confirmed the same.
2. Prints fast – In our tests we didn’t have any problems getting the printer working with 5 – 10 users.
3. Printer Cartridges – You get 4 separate cartridges which means you only have to replace 1 color cartridge instead of all colors.
4. 2 year product warranty – This is a significant warranty given that the industry standard is only 1 year.

There was a time that people had to pay up words of $300.00 for this type of equipment and it’s great to see Epson selling this printer for $199.99 and standing behind the printer with a 2 year warranty.

If you would like to see more of the features of this printer you can have a look here more info.

The HP Bluetooth Foldable Keyboard has been designed with convenience in mind. It folds up to just 5.72 x 3.9 x 0.8 inches and opens to give you a laptop sized keyboard at 11.25 x 3.8 x 0.5 inches. The layout is standard QWERTY and the keyboard takes two AAA batteries. Set up is a breeze with this wireless keyboard which should be detected automatically through your Bluetooth interface although it is designed specifically for the HP iPaq range of PDA’s and won’t work with anything else.

It features four rubber feet to prevent slippage and a stand to hold your PDA there are also a few handy shortcut keys. If you use your HP iPaq on the road and want to be able to type quickly this could be a great solution for you. However at well over $100 it is not a cheap accessory.

In the last few years we’ve seen hard drive space grow to levels I never thought was possible. Today I came across a nice post from the guys over at mydigitiallife. The world’s largest desktop hard drive is now a staggering 1.5TB and what’s even scarier is that Seagate is talking about delivering 2.5TB by the end of 2009.

I’m just wondering does anyone actually use or need a hard drive larger than 500GB? I know that I struggle to go over 100GB.

Ok guys time to review some printers. Last week I received the latest Artisan from Epson, I decided to put this on our company network here in the office and put it through some tests.

Feature Overview:

• 4 in 1 with WiFi: Print / Copy / Scan / Ultra Hi-Def Photo
  
• Up to 38 ppm, photos in as fast as 10 sec1
  
• Professional quality CD/DVD printing
  
• Wi-Fi and Ethernet networking
  
• Two-sided printing saves paper
  

Tests:

Test 1: Wi-Fi connection.

I connected the printer 3 rooms away from my office (50 feet) and connected to the printer through Wi-Fi.

Result: Worked great, better than the Dell I used to have J

Test 2: Printing.

I decided to do some High – Def prints to test out those colors and the speed of the print outs

Result: Perfect colors and pretty fast at printing took about 10 seconds to print our pictures that I had taken with a 7.1 Megapixel Camera.

Test 3: CD Printing, Scanning.

    CD Printing is quick and easy and I didn’t find anything wrong here.

    Result: Very easy and fast.

Overall:

Great printer and well worth the money for small office use and home use. You can check out more of the features here.

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To be honest, building a computer inside of an aquarium filled with clear mineral oil, seems to be a great challenge and the guys at PugetSystems did it. They managed to submerge, first an old computer and then an Intel Core 2 Duo E6600, 2GB of RAM (OCZ), with an NVIDIA 650i Ultra motherboard, a 8600 GT video card and a 74GB Western Digital Raptor hard drive.

They used an Eclypse System 6 Aquarium, Lian-Li motherboard tray, clear acrylic panel, silicon sealant, weather stripping, an air pump and bubble bar for the bubbles of course, and obviously 5-6 gallons of mineral oil.

This is just a fun model and Puget Systems won’t sell it. Here are more info if you want to build your own.