Archive for March, 2008

We all have the environmental issues high on the awareness Radar these days, but I like most people struggle to juggle running a business with reducing my Carbon Footprint. Being slightly cynical I sometimes think that this Carbon Offsetting is a scam to take even more money off me. Green Taxes from the Government are just Taxes in a different guise, if they were actually set aside and...

If you are looking for a good quality low cost photo printer - then look no further.  This new offering from Canon the Pixma IP2600 fits the bill perfectly.  Online prices for the printer are around the £25 mark which is actually less than the cost of a couple of cartridges, but by utilising their proprietary FINE print system the output you will get is of a very high standard, photos are sharp...

Unusually these days, when it seems that Boardroom Emoluments are unaffected by the performance of the company for which that Boardroom is responsible, Lexmark executives have had their Bonuses slashed, reflecting the fall in the companies share price over the past 12 months. In a Proxy statement released by the company this week, it revealed that the board cut an annual incentive bonus...

If you are looking for a quick, high quality mono printer, then look no further than the HP LaserJet P1006.  Newly launched by HP, it is according to the company the smallest laser printer it has ever made and it certainly is compact and stylish.  Highlights of the HP LaserJet P1006 Space-saving design with visual appeal Ready when you are ...

Canon's new SOHO printer is a market leader, full of features that will maximise your investment in technology...

Do you want a Deskjet printer capable of printing 2,600 pages a minute? - well don't hold your breath just yet...

Printer sales fall behind PC sales I'm sure that you, like me, have bought a PC/Printer bundle in the past?. It would seem that these are now a thing of the past and since 2003 the number of printers sold has dropped below the number of PC's sold, and in fact that sales of PC's have increased in 2007 by 14% worldwide, but printer sales rose by just 3%. Five years ago Printer Sales were the...

Celebrity Chefs – Should they be held culpable? Back in Olden Times (OT), BCC (Before Celebrity Chefs) we used to cook wholesome, nutritious tasty food purchased from our local Supermarket and generally based on Jars, Bottles, tins and the freezer section! Then two things happened, TV Dinners and TV's obsession with Celebrity Chefs (CC) and cookery programmes. I suspect that they are very...

We all are waiting for AMD’s comeback, for a processor that revolutionizes the way we are using a computer. But after yesterday’s Intel analyst day, it appears that AMD’s situation may get much worse before it gets better. Intel has a huge lead in 45 nm, popping out 100,000 CPUs - ever day! read more | digg story

HP Laserjet P1505 Review Pitched by HP at the entrylevel end of the laser market the HP Laserjet P1505 is available online for under £100 at the time of writing (March 2008). This printer along with all of its rivals is made to a price and gives you no fancy control functions or LCD displays, instead reverts to buttons and LED's. It more than makes up for this in the print speed...