The new HP rp5800 Retail System, Digital Signage Edition drives two discrete channels of content with a powerful graphics subsystem and comes with retail-hardened features including the ability to operate in a 40 degree C (105 degree F) environment.

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That is not surprising given the current uncertain investment environment and the high degree of pessimism about the stock market.

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Within those categories, there are more than 100 sub-criteria, like degree of confinement in the work environment and income growth potential. (My colleague Jacquelyn Smith covered the last best and worst lists here.) The data come from the BLS, the Census Bureau, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, and an array of private compensation surveys, trade association studies and state statistics.

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They work in a comfortable, air conditioned environment and have a high degree of job security.

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CMInsight's Mr Havard agrees that call centres need to focus more on providing a high degree of motivation and job satisfaction in this repetitive environment.

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The debate now centers on how -- and to what the degree -- the United States will balance protection of the environment with economic concerns.

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At some fundamental level, Americans are going to have to ask themselves about the degree to which they are willing to openly expose their personal information within the digital environment.

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