DVD.CO.UK changes their name to BASE.COM

One of my favourite internet selling sites is changing its name. I have been using dvd.co.uk to buy dvds and to buy video games for years. A couple of years ago they expanded their catalogue and started to sell books and cds and last year they started to sell memory cards and to sell electronics items like PC accessories, MP3 players and the like.

Because of this growing catalogue they are changing their name from dvd.co.uk to base.com so that customers don't feel it is unusual to be buying a laptop case from a site that is specifically named dvd.

www.base.com looks a little different from their original site but as a website that sells dvds they provide all of the information and features that they had at dvd.co.uk and more with movie trailers appearing on most of the dvd product pages.

You can also buy cds and you can buy video games but the most important change is that they now sell lots of other items from t-shirts to memory to backpacks, you can see some of their new items at the links below:

• Computer Memory RAM and Camera Memory/Flash Cards
• Printer Ink
• T-Shirts
• Bags & Cases
• Electronics

Check them out

Price Comparison site that shows stock availability

Here's something that I really like. A price comparison site that shows the stock availability of the products that they list.

I spent the weekend trying to track down a copy of Wii Fit and was constantly frustrated as no one suggested which retailers actually had the product in stock. FindPrice.co.uk does.

So, if you're going to shop online, they get my vote. We all do online comparisons before we buy and I recommend www.findprice.co.uk , they've quickly become my preferred site to compare prices.

Roll up, roll up, get your discount Macs here, only $300.

Yep, Pystar Corporation have created a Mac Mini clone that does more than the Mac Mini for less money. Called the Open Computer, the tower style box paves the way to cheaper prices and better performance for Mac owners, but, Mac owners don't agree. Forum discussion suggest that the Cult of Jobs continues to hold its grip on the Mac using public as they voice their disappointment that anyone would consider competing in the production of Mac hardware. With statement about the boxes ugliness and suggestions of 'cheap' PC style internal components, Mac users are obviously happy to keep forking out over the odds for their processing power.

UK Coins Updated by the Royal Mint

The Royal Mint is updating the coinage of the United Kingdom replacing coins that have been in use for almost 40 years.


The coins have a bold design that, when laid out together, display the Shield of the Royal Arms which has been cleverly split among 6 coins from the 1p to th 50p.

Expect to see the new coins introduced throughout 2008.