Analyst predicts new operating system could arrive much sooner than expected

Reports emerge that vendor is looking build alternative to Windows, but firm casts doubt on rumours

Distributor's trade event set to show retailers this year's biggest products

Flagship Smartphone backed by ?4 million campaign

However, firm reveals Chrome is response to fears over Microsoft's browser dominance

There are a couple of updates to discuss this month. First of all there?s the Vista downgrade rights issue I talked about last month. I had bought a Lenovo laptop from Ingram Micro identical to one I?d had a couple of weeks earlier.

Earlier this month, the UK's six biggest ISPs agreed to support the record industry with their fight against copyright theft by issuing letters to people using P2P (peer to peer) sites for downloading. We at ITACS support the record industry in their educational campaign and have linked up with www.ifpi.org.

Web search giant unleashes contender to Microsoft?s Internet Explorer, tailored to modern internet use

We're offering one lucky reader of PC Retail the chance to win a superb sound system

Annual trade event hits Islington, London on September 9th, with plenty of new products on show