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REGULARS News ....................7 Appointments ....92 Brigantia ..............96 TCA ........................100
in association with CHANNEL SURVEY
We present the results of our retailer and reseller poll, including views on 3D, the cloud and threats to the market
RETAIL FOCUS Hardware
Pages 49-60 23 Software Pages 61-80
ISSUE 87 DECEMBER 2010 Review of the year
PCR takes a look back over the biggest news from the tech industry in 2010 ................17
Distributor business hours
Don’t miss out - check when your distie closes for Christmas with our handy guide .........29
PCR comes to iPad Read your edition in more
formats than ever before ....36 FRONTLINE 40 | INDIE PROFILE 43 | MYSTERY SHOPPER 44
Consumer Electronics Pages 81-88
55 Sweex
David Saab, Sweex’s area manager for the UK and Ireland, waxes lyrical about the peripheral vendor’s plans for 2011
GfK..............51 Business group director Carl West discusses tablets and what we can expect from this growing sector during the Christmas period
MARKETPLACE
www.pcr-online.biz
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AVG President and CEO JR Smith tells us about the security sector and cyber warfare
Games....................................67 The latest and bestselling PC titles
Windows 7 ........................ 69 Microsoft exec Rich Reynolds discusses the operating system one year on
Creative software ........ 75 A look at design and learning products
MP3 players and accessories
PCR checks out a selection
of portable audio devices currently on the market, as well as the speakers,
earphones and other
accessories that go along with them
MP NEWS 90 | PCR RECOMMENDED 102 | OUT OF OFFICE 112 December PCR 5
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