The Apple figures are for GROSS margin at 39.9%. it's operating margin is 28.72% and it's actual profit margin is 21.61%.

This is comparable with other hardware manufacturers (gross/profit) e.g. Samsung (electronics) at 39.87% / 11.76% profit, Blackberry 51.70% / 20.68%, Intel 63.7% / 20.95%, Nokia 44.46% / 24.12%, Cisco 59.89% / 16.25%.

TL;DR Apples actual PROFIT is comparable with similar companies and it's gross margin is way LOWER.

Apple's Gross Margin is 39.9% - Samsung's is 39.87.

Compare that to Microsoft's at 61.71%, IBM's 53.34%, Blackberry's 51.70%, and Red Hat at an eye watering 84.35%.

I don't think there is one common link, or one blockbuster hack of a single service (which means Apple is getting some very unfair press right now).

Looking at the whole picture of data, dates, locations, resolutions, phone models, file names etc, it appears to be multiple hacks conducted quietly over a number of years and in a number of different ways. So it's possible this is the output of one or more collectors operating over a long time.

The backstory to this is going to be very interesting!

Looking at the EXIF data attached to the photographs, where it's available, and the structure of the filenames I can see that only some of them came from iPhones/iCloud. I can also see photographs from Android phones (Nexus 7 and Samsung Galaxy 5s) likely acquired via Google Drive, other photographs clearly taken from Dropbox accounts (the dumps include default dropbox files), and many clearly taken from Twitter and Facebook private messages (filenames are a dead giveaway).

Some of the filenames look like those you would get from a recovery or backup programme rather than an auto generated one, which chimes with what victims have said on Twitter regarding deleting the images months or even years ago.

In any case there are clearly multiple sources and as usual Apple Derangement Syndrome is in full swing.

Likely as not this was related to the heartbleed bug. Large amounts of passwords were acquired around that time, and were probably being used on multiple services. It's equally possible that this wasn't a breach at Apple et al but a breach of Amazon Web Services or Microsoft's Azure as those services are used to backup data from iCloud, Google Drive, and many others.

What's worse for some of the celebs is that the pictures contain GPS data that could compromise their homes.

I went for 'forms' rather than 'groups' because I thought it easier to understand and the distinction seems increasingly important to researchers, pharmacists, and patients. I'd classified MODY as Type 2, although looking back I probably shouldn't have. I'd probably also take back the use of 'cured', as the patients would have a normal range A1c but would still be considered diabetic by most Endocrinologists.

I was an undiagnosed Type 2 for a very long time, and since diagnoses it's become clear to me that brain function and mood are very closely tied to my blood sugar levels.

Undiagnosed I would experience bouts of temper or melancholy that came from nowhere in particular, and these have been mostly eliminated since I started to medicate.

When sugars a low it's very hard to think at all, you can't concentrate, and it's hard to coordinate movement. Those that think lows can be cured by simply eating chocolate haven't drunk 10 pints of beer and then tried to find a source of sugar in a three bedroom house!

When sugars are high you can be hyper for a time, before you begin to lose control of your body temperature and the slightest thing can send you into a rage.

Uncontrollable rage is very common indeed in teenage diabetics.

There are already five forms of diabetes. Type 1 (early onset, no pancreatic function, incurable); Type 1.5 (Late onset, no pancreatic function, incurable); Pre Type 2 Diabetes (insulin resistance building, possibly curable); Type 2 (late onset, insulin resistance, some pancreatic function, incurable); and Gestational Diabetes (hormonal imbalance create insulin resistance, temporary). So this might be a sixth.

I have some phone insurance through a fee 'premium' based bank account ( I also get AA membership, household emergency insurance and the like) - which has turned out to be a handy investment, especially when the heating broke down. On top of which I stick 25 quid a month into a medium interest savings account for the next/replacement phone - thus far this has more than covered my needs.

It really depends on your budget but the biggest single price issue is screen size - the best deals are for 15.6 screens but if she wants something larger or smaller then the prices for decent machines go up wildly. Look for a powerful processor with a good GPU that has dedicated RAM, as much non-graphics RAM as you can afford and x64 Windows 7 with good build quality and you should have a machine which will perform well and last a long time. http://www.cpubenchmark.net/ is really handy for checking on what's good/not for processor and GPU deals Both Lenovo and Samsung make excellent machines which both look good (which could be important, quite a few of my female friends use Samsung) and have great build quality

The SSL service only seems to work with https://www.google.com/ attempting https://www.google.co.uk/ or .de .it .com.au etc lands you back at http://www.google.whatever/

If you had the experience I've had, watching my father die from cancer, you would understand that after a certain point the patient is no longer able to make rational decisions. The long term effects of the morphine, chemo drugs, and the metastases of the cancer often render the sufferer distressingly incompetent.