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  IN PICTURES: 20 years of channel distribution roundtable

• Ingram Micro becomes Apple distie in Australia

  By Mike Gee | 13 February, 2012 09:09

  Ingram Micro becomes Apple distie in Australia

• Ingram Micro Inc reports second highest quarterly revenues ever in Q4 2011

  By Mike Gee | 09 February, 2012 11:16

  Ingram Micro Inc reports second highest quarterly revenues ever in Q4 2011

• Lenovo ordered to pay €1920 for making French laptop buyer pay for Windows too

  By Peter Sayer | 07 February, 2012 03:15

  A French laptop buyer has won a refund from Lenovo after a four-year legal battle over the cost of a Windows license he didn't want. The judgment could open the way for PC buyers elsewhere in Europe to obtain refunds for bundled software they don't want, French campaign group No More Racketware said Monday.

• Avnet's Q2 results reflect positive for Asia

  By Matthew Sainsbury | 30 January, 2012 11:59

  Avnet’s Asian market has led some strong results for the global distributor in a tough economic climate.

• Beijing's iPhone 4S turmoil a lesson to Apple, say analysts

  By Michael Kan | 13 January, 2012 21:22

  Apple should consider launching its products earlier in China, and expand its online distribution there, if it wants to avoid future displays of customer dissatisfaction like Friday's egg throwing at a Beijing company store, according to analysts.

• Sweden's Tobii shows 'gaze control' on Windows 8 PC

  By James Niccolai | 09 January, 2012 18:42

  We've had gesture control with Microsoft Kinect. Now get ready for gaze control. Swedish firm Tobii is at the Consumer Electronics Show this week to promote the use of its eye tracking technology in PCs and tablets, though it could be a couple of years before it's ready for mainstream use.

• US holiday online spending up 15 percent to $35.3 billion, comScore says

  By Chris Kanaracus | 29 December, 2011 04:44

  Online spending so far this holiday season in the U.S. was 15 percent higher than last year, rising to US$35.3 billion, according to figures released Wednesday by comScore.

• Samsung to launch tweaked Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Germany next week

  By Jay Alabaster | 17 November, 2011 20:55

  Samsung Electronics will launch a modified version of its Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Germany next week, after sales of the original were banned by a German court for being too similar to Apple's iPad 2.

• Growth 2012: Beating the downturns

  By Spandas Lui | 06 February, 2012 12:12

  InTechnology: The first of 10 interviews with channel-relevant technology companies that have achieved significant growth over the last three years

• Interview: Financing the road to recovery

  By Nadia Cameron | 25 March, 2009 16:43

  Westcon Group veteran CFO, John O’Malley, made his fi rst visit to Australia this month for the local management kick-off. He spoke to NADIA CAMERON about the role of distribution and tackling the dour economic climate.