http://www.pcretailmag.com/ Hot Topics from PC Retail en-uk Copyright 2008, Intent Media http://www.pcretailmag.com/hot-topics/203/bOpinionb-Mixed-Times How about a brief round-up of some Apple Channel news this month...? http://www.pcretailmag.com/hot-topics/207/Dab-hand-at-technology Former DSGi man David Gould, now commercial director at UK-based online technology retailer Dabs, speaks to <b>Andrew Wooden</b> about the difference between High Street and online stores, the netbook explosion and the firm's plans for the future... http://www.pcretailmag.com/hot-topics/206/bOpinionb-Friends-in-high-places 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. http://www.pcretailmag.com/hot-topics/205/bOpinionb-Ahoy-there-you-pirate-scumbags 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. http://www.pcretailmag.com/hot-topics/202/Opinion-The-benefits-of-a-trade-body <b>John Harris</b>, finance director of the PCA, takes a look at what makes the PCA successful and recounts that summer's day back in July when the channel gathered to play come gold and network... http://www.pcretailmag.com/hot-topics/201/September-Appointments This month's appointments include... http://www.pcretailmag.com/hot-topics/204/bCommentb-A-rolling-stone There is an extremely vocal group, which for some reason hates Microsoft. If it were a British phenomenon, I would put it down to our inclination to root for the underdog or cynicism towards success � but the sentiment is by no means confined to this country. http://www.pcretailmag.com/hot-topics/200/A-license-to-print-money With hundreds of magazines to choose from, it can be hard to decide which will help increase your margins. <b>Ben Furfie</b> speaks to the publishers behind the magazines to find out just why they could help boost your bottom line... http://www.pcretailmag.com/hot-topics/199/PC-gamings-dead-you-say The PC as a gaming format has supposedly been on death's door for the best part of a decade, yet a look at the releases lined up for the rest of the year proves that�s utter nonsense. <b>Ben Parfitt</b> overclocks his GPU and installs a heavy-duty heatsink� http://www.pcretailmag.com/hot-topics/197/The-revolution-will-be-wireless It was for a long time the 'next big thing' but with wireless well and truly established as one of the must-have technologies, Ben Furfie investigates just what is the current state of the wire...