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Canon Gloss Photo Paper 100Sheet 4x6"

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from: Canon

October 15, 2007
When there are lots of sellers, the one that you see is the lowest priced, not including postage. Given that this seller charges double the p&p if you order two units, it's clearly just a way to inflate the price and still make sales by looking like the cheapest. Wouldn't blame the seller, it's just a problem with Amazon's system being legitimately (within the rules set by Amazon) exploited.

You just have to look harder for the actual cheapest seller

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Western Digital Elements 1TB USB 2.0 External Desktop Hard Drive

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from: Western Digital

June 30, 2008
It's difficult to find reliable hard drives, external or otherwise; having lost everything from two failed WD My Book 1 TB drives (despite being mirrored), plus one LAN drive with a WD 1 TB disk, a couple of Lacies and several Maxtor/Seagates (which, frankly, have been the worst of the lot) there were two ways of looking at where to go next. Either avoid WD at all costs or hang on to the premise that lightning cannot continue to strike in the same place . . . my network. So, needing a replacement back-up for my backed-up back-up, I decided to risk WD once more and went for this Elements USB drive. With no time to consider the ramifications of having to format and mess around, this drive went straight onto one of my Macs and is accepting everything quite ... Read More:

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Western Digital My Passport Essential 320GB USB Portable Hard Drive -Intense Blue

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from: Western Digital

March 26, 2008
The best of a variety of external HDD's I've used. I store VMware images on mine, and my virtual machines run great even though they're on a USB drive. With the compact size, and the fact that it is cool and quiet I highly recommend.

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Dragon NaturallySpeaking Standard 10.0

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from: Nuance Communications, Inc.

August 20, 2008
Within minutes of completing the acoustic optimisation procedure after installation you will be surprised at how quickly and naturally you can speak and how accurate the voice recognition is. For me, it was about 98% accurate and much faster than typing.
Unfortunately, this was spoiled by a headset that pinches, even after being adjusted for size, and leaves you with a headache within fifteen minutes. This seemed more like a poorly designed product than a manufacturing error. The manual also states that the headset can be worn either way round. However, the earpiece is obviously designed to be worn over the left ear and is much less comfortable over the right. This is inconvenient if your computer is on your right. I don't know whether all the Standard ... Read More:

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TDK 8cm DVD-RW 1.4GB camcorder discs 10 disc spindle

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from: TDK Media


value of this item is excelent even with postage 1/2 what i paid at jessops. service superb due to a senior moment my delivery address i sent was incorrect i changed this the next day and still received the item the following day. i now need a battery for my camcorder hope k.k electronics sell them

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Targus XL Metro Messenger Laptop bag Black & Sliver 17"

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from: Targus

June 02, 2005
Very happy with this laptop bag, fits my 15.4" widescreen laptop perfectly. Well recommended if you have a 15.4" widescreen laptop like me.

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Belkin Pro Series HDDB15 Male to Male VGA Monitor Signal Replacement Cable 2m

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from: Belkin Components

September 22, 2003
It takes a bit of cheek to charge even three quid for this. Using it to connect my PC to my LCD monitor produces a picture with the worst ghosting I've ever seen. Jiggling the cable about, switching off nearby appliances, offering sacrifices to Greek gods, none help.

The trouble is, every cable on the market seems to have at least one bad review attached to it, so it's hard to know which to buy. Whatever the answer, it isn't this.

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Collins Concise English Dictionary

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from: Collins

June 02, 2008
This is a decent modern dictionary, rather more 'hip' than the Oxford equivalents and none the worse for that.

Dictionaries are in part entertainment (as Sam Johnson knew) and it is as enjoyable to browse this as it is to look up a word for your homework. A good effort!

I'm surprised a reviewer comments its too long - there are many bigger dictionaries, and this compacts a great deal into a reasonably compact package.

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Kingston Technology 1GB 400MHz DDR Non-ECC CL3 (3-3-3) DIMM

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from: KIngston

December 02, 2007
Kingston Technology 1GB 400MHz DDR Non-ECC CL3 (3-3-3) DIMM
Got this overnight from 'MyMemory' and it plugged straight into my system. No fuss whatsoever. I use a ASUS P4P800S-X motherboard and it is totally compatible. I will be getting another soon. Kingston are a well rated maker and this is no exception. Buy now at a great price!!

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Olympus VN-2100PC Digital Voice Recorder with microphone

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from: Olympus

August 21, 2007
Appears fine at first, but the controls have a very annoying fault - fast forwarding or rewinding is done with the same buttons that jump to another file either forward or backward, and it's very easy to accidentally jump to the end of a recording - very irritating when you're 20 minutes in to a 90 minute interview. I agree with the other comments re: Digital Wave Player - it's a pain, and life would be far simpler if the recorder could be plugged into any PC and seen as an external hard drive from which to drag and drop audio files.
Worse still, my VN-2100PC has now packed up altogether. It won't transfer files via DWP without an error message popping up halfway through the process, and it dies without warning even on fresh batteries. Useless.