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If Tesco flexing its muscles in the PC and consumer electronic arena last month wasn?t enough to make the UK retail sector wince, then Best Buy?s declaration that it is to stage a full scale European invasion certainly will have done just that. Andrew Wooden reports?

Hands up all those Apple resellers who read the reports of Apple's Q2 financial results announced on April 23rd?

New products help drive firm?s plan to expand the remit of GPUs

Vendor sees 41 per cent increase in like-for-like profits thanks to CS3

Vendor set to launch next stage of channel programme soon

UK system integrator makes strategic move to capitalise on strong sales

Softly-softly approach is key to avoid mistakes of rivals, stresses international CEO Bob Willett

Also, Keith Warburton takes a look at add on sales and GfK investigates security software

If you ask resellers to list some of the most profitable things they could sell, notebook computer cases would be on the list.

Security software is one of the most important segments of the non-game market.

As another Channel Expo draws to a close at the Birmingham NEC, many of the same questions and comments hang in the air like the smog over the city's other landmark, the Spaghetti Junction.

Chip giant shuts down Israel research centre, allegedly in line with stricter processor focus