Specials in this week's Office Max weekly flyer (2/10 to 2/16/08)

Office Max, the home of no rebates allowed, is having a new round of specials for the upcoming week of 2/10 to 2/16, of the earth year 2008. Let's see what might be hot.

For laptop users, the Targus Tornado Cooler is available for $20. Especially a must if you use your laptop a lot, or if it has a battery that heats up.

Store your data at a bargain price! 100-packs of Verbatim DVD-R and DVD+R blank discs are offered for the special price of $20. That comes out to just 20c per disc. Not a bad price considering this is Verbatim. Of course the best thing to do is to check the media ID of these, to be sure you are getting a good batch.

More with the data saving theme, the 4gb Verbatim USB 2.0 flash drive is offered at just $30, the price of $7.50 per gigabyte. Anything under $10 per gigabyte at brick and mortar stores is a good price!

And a 500gb Seagate FreeAgent of the USB 2.0 variety, is offered at $120. Not a bad price for half a terrabyte.

And how about a 20" Sceptre widescreen monitor for just $170? And no rebates! Oh my!

If you don't object to "couponizing", Officemax.com has printable coupons on their website to provide you with additional savings. Check their site for more details on those.

As it is with this time of the year, tax software are offered in different prices and configurations, with different bonus items. The usual suspects of course are Quicken Turbo Tax and H&R Block TaxCut.

On the computer front, there isn't a bargain laptop, but there is a $500 desktop bundle that includes a 19" widescreen LCD. This is an HP Pavillion.