No sarcasm intended, but I'm failing to see why this is news. What am I missing?

3rd world education would benefit from a netbook that requires a reliable internet connection?

I agree the website isn't clear, it's the Zino HD that has those options and it is too expensive IMO. http://www1.euro.dell.com/uk/en/home/Desktops/inspiron-zino-hd/pd.aspx?refid=inspiron-zino-hd&s=dhs&cs=ukdhs1

I wonder if the recently launched Dell Zino could have been a motivator? http://www1.euro.dell.com/uk/en/home/Desktops/inspiron-zino/pd.aspx?refid=inspiron-zino&s=dhs&cs=ukdhs1

Why on earth is this modded offtopic? The comment is totally relevant, reporting to management within a company of 20 is effectively the same as sending a report to you immediate team within a big corp, my biggest surprise is that the OP doesn't have a good enough relationship with this small team to ask them directly. Anyway....If you offer a list of every possible metric you could report on as suggested earlier you will typically get asked for everything whether it is of use to the recipient or not. Speak to your management, ask them what they have to provide to their stakeholders and come to an agreement about how best to present it to them. Don't simply assume they want more reporting and send it to them, there is no point in doing the work if nobody reads it.

My bank does this with every transfer or payment, it's called transaction signing. Since the codes are sent via SMS it even confirms the amount and destination in the SMS.

The Mac in your comparison has the most expensive processor and actually looks like something you'd want to put on your desk, that's why it cost more. You don't mention details about the monitors other than size. Apple have great screens, I'd be surprised if the Dell/HP are comparable.

If anything your comparison supports the idea that Macs are fairly priced.

N.B. Not a Mac user.

Pah, repost, with formatting this time.

I trust my mobile phone as much as I trust a SecurID token, I would certainly realise if it went missing a lot sooner.

I think there was an article on here a while back about people being able to hijack phone numbers, so it's not perfect, but it does allow a convenient and cheap way to handle 2 factor authentication and transaction signing.

I use this on one of my accounts:
1. I enter my online banking ID and password and click next.
2. A 6 digit code is sent to me via SMS with the phone I registered for the service, the SMS includes the time of my last login.
3. I enter the code and click next.

I'm then able to browse my bank statements, if I want to make a payment an SMS is sent to me with:
1. The amount
2. The IBAN
3. A new code.

I have to enter the code to complete the payment, obviously the code that is sent to me changes every time and is valid only for a short period.

To compromise my account an attacker would have to get my login ID, password and corresponding phone number, they'd also have to have a way of intercepting my SMS without me knowing. I think the level of security offered is enough to convince an attacker to try a different bank.

I trust my mobile phone as much as I trust a SecurID token, I would certainly realise if it went missing a lot sooner. I think there was an article on here a while back about people being able to hijack phone numbers, so it's not perfect, but it does allow a convenient and cheap way to handle 2 factor authentication and transaction signing. I use this on one of my accounts: 1. I enter my online banking ID and password and click next. 2. A 6 digit code is sent to me via SMS with the phone I registered for the service, the SMS includes the time of my last login. 3. I enter the code and click next. I'm then able to browse my bank statements, if I want to make a payment an SMS is sent to me with: 1. The amount 2. The IBAN 3. A new code. I have to enter the code to complete the payment, obviously the code that is sent to me changes every time and is valid only for a short period. To compromise my account an attacker would have to get my login ID, password and corresponding phone number, they'd also have to have a way of intercepting my SMS without me knowing. I think the level of security offered is enough to convince an attacker to try a different bank.

2 and 3 can be done with a mobile phone over SMS

I'm saying the food looks ok and based only on the pictures I can establish if I have been given BigMac, a cheese burger or a Filet-O-Fish.

No I just have bad eyesight ;-) You could argue that at least the advertising pictures show what the burger contains, it would be impossible to tell from the actual burger. The KFC and Taco Bell realities look like road kill though.

I live in Switzerland, the photo pretty much matches what you get here. On point 3 you have me though.

Anyway, pedantry aside my point is that the picture is meant to represent a McDonalds burger, of which there are many and a variance is expected. When a photo Halle Berry is airbrushed the real Halle Berry is misrepresented and young girls might aspire to a figure or look that is, in fact, unobtainable.

A decent comparison using the McDonalds burger analogy would be if we took a picture that was simply meant to represent a human, you would understand there are many humans and that not all humans look exactly like the picture and the picture is unlikely to be idolised and figure aspired to in the same way that of a celebrity might be.

Pictures of burgers are representative of the type of burger you can expect, you do not expect the exact burger that is in the photo otherwise they would have to take a lot of photos!

Good for the French anyway, this can only be a positive thing.

In OpenSolaris 2009.06 they have massively improved IPS, specifically it's speed. Admittedly it's not as good as apt yet but it's good enough that apt is not a reason to use Nexenta.

Do you think that somebody that sets up a scam site is worried about getting sued for patent infringement?