The past two years weren't kind to dividend-paying tech stocks. Rising interest rates drove many investors from tech stocks toward more conservative sectors, while rising yields for fixed-income investments made dividend stocks a lot less appealing.

Yet, there are still plenty of blue-chip tech stocks that are cheap, pay high dividends, and are poised to bounce back in a healthier market. I believe these three tech stocks -- Cisco Systems (NASDAQ: CSCO), IBM (NYSE: IBM), and (NYSE: HPQ) -- are still great income investments for investors who can tune out the near-term noise.

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