The TTS Easispeak microphone and recorder. Forget having to plug a microphone in, firing up software and poor quality. This gem sorts it all. You can take it anywhere, no need for a laptop or PC. You just press record and it works. Press record again and it stops, you can also play back your recording to check it. When you get back it just plugs into the USB port on your computer and away you go. It can record as .wav files or mp3 format. Brilliant device, everyone should have one and at less than £25 it's a steal. Visit TTS to see for yourself.

Ordering new PC's for school? How about specifying that you don't want floppy disk drives but would prefer a nice little multi card reader instead? Thye just fit in the space where the floppy used to go and allow you to put in the memory cards from your school digital cameras. Simple, time saving and it works.