What would be your recommendation to a non-techie person if they want to make sure they don't lose their digital photographs in a fire?

I'd be interested to see what the volume looks like rather than just the sales position, particularly as most of the other entries in the top 10 are comprised of Lenovo laptops and not Dell or Apple laptops (which make up the majority of devices I see in the wild)

It could just be that Amazon is the most convenient place for people to buy a Chromebook, whereas the vast majority of people who buy a Dell or Apple machine will purchase it direct from the manufacturer.

I don't think it is a sensible idea though.

Let's say there are a lot of Italian businesses selling to people overseas via the internet. Forcing them to pay tax in the location of the customer means they need to be compliant with the tax codes of all the nations they sell to, so that they can pay corporation tax. Instead of coming up with a singular profit/loss figure, they need to work out profit for each country they sell to so that they can sell an appropriate amount of tax to each country's tax service.

Seems rather onerous and potential devastating for the economy.

If I visit a site on my phone or tablet intending to buy something and the site doesn't work for me, I will go to another online shop whose site does work on my chosen device. As a customer, all I know is that Joe's Widget Store works on mobile Safari whereas Jack's Widget Store does not.

Developers, suits and designers should meet to their customers needs and wants (obviously within reason) because the customers are the ones who have an interest in buying your product. There was a recent news article (Black Friday I think) which showed that iPhone/iPad customers spent the most money via mobile shopping. Do you really want to alienate such a large potential customer base because you think it isn't your fault?

(Note: I would argue that failing to test your site in the most common web browsers, and modify the code to correct any weird stuff, probably is your fault).

It becomes a discriminatory practice when the rule is not waived for those who need prescription glasses to manage their disability. Your alternative, of course, is to provide standard glasses with the appropriate prescription strength to those who require them.

Try putting up a sign in your business denying entry to all those in wheelchairs and see how far you get.

Personally, I don't like OS X but if you want a fully functioning workstation which runs Apple's OS and you don't want to deal with the hassle of building an unsupported Hackintosh setup, then maybe an Apple computer is the most appropriate solution.

Besides, from what I've read from other posters and sources, it sounds like you can't actually build a superior machine (or even one with the same specs) unless you spend more money than the Apple model.

Certainly, looking at some their other products, there is no evidence to support your theory that it's a tax on the ignorant considering my Sony Z1 cost more than my iPhone 5 did.

What in particular don't you like about it?

I've used WP8 and it is a very nice OS with a modern design. I'm one of those crazy people who quite likes the Metro UI and I think the live tiles are quite useful.

While it isn't ready for my use yet (variety of reasons) there are certainly a lot of advantages to the OS when compared to the likes of Android and iOS.

If I was one of the early miners who made thousands of bitcoins and still had them, I might decide to sell the wallet itself rather than transferring them.

Leaves less of a paper trail and makes it somewhat easier to avoid paying capital gains tax on the proceeds.

One of the "facts" mentioned was "it is the distro with the best variety of packages". and you claim this to be correct.

Yet Debian specifically only allows Free Software and excludes closed source software solely on the basis that it is not Free. While I admire this stance, it does however rule it out of being the distro with the best variety of packages.

You are confusing the Free Software community with the Linux community.

I'm quite sure the Free Software community still has your ideals and you will probably find some like minded individuals there. Over the past few years, the "Linux community" now includes millions of people who accept locked bootloaders as standard and install closed source apps from an app store whose goal is to collect as much information about them as possible.

The Spotify technique has always impressed me. Turning the volume too low is clearly the obvious solution to avoiding adverts, so they figured out how to reduce the number of customers who don't pay but still want to avoid the ads.

As a premium subscriber, I have managed to avoid the Spotify commercials for about two years - so it is possible to avoid them, at least in the UK. If only I had the option of paying £10 a month to cut adverts out of broadcast TV too.

UK law is clear in that ownership has not transferred to the recipients and that the items should be returned.

I think in this type of situation, it's a reasonable expectation that the recipient should return the PS Vita too. They paid £19.99 and got sent a completely different item; it isn't as if the PS Vita was priced at £19.99 in error and the company mistakenly fulfilled the order.

Sadly, I see similar situations happen all the time. Companies make a mistake with their pricing online and don't fulfil the order and the people who thought they were getting a 40" TV for £50 start talking about their "right" to buy it for that price.

It's an obvious mistake by the retailer and if their customers are being uncooperative then they have every right to pursue the legal avenue. Let's turn it around a bit: if the customers had asked to return the game they bought and accidentally sent a PS Vita to the company, would the customers be arguing that their mistake represented an "unsolicited gift"?

DVD replaced VHS because it offered vastly superior video playback quality as well as many other advantages.

Linux does have some advantages over Windows, but the reverse is also true. Windows also has an entrenched position in workplaces as well as in the home.

Having first tried Linux on the desktop about 14 years ago and having continued to follow its development, along with the progress of Windows, I don't see any evidence which suggest Linux is suddenly going to acquire so many advantages over Windows any time soon.

I used to be into free WiFi but over the last few years it has become a chore, with more and more places (even smaller stores) replacing unprotected WiFi routers with these annoying systems that make you login with an email address or force you to accept their terms and conditions.

With mobile data plans veering towards truly unlimited (at least in the UK) and mobile data speeds even surpassing that of home broadband, there is less of a need for these free WiFi solutions. And whilst there are some places, like pubs in the countryside where there is no mobile coverage, where free WiFi would be useful, its usefulness is almost always outweighed by the scenarios where I'm passing a shop or coffee place and my mobile internet stops working because my phone has decided to latch onto a WiFi hotspot that wants me to login.