| Editor's note: The 911 system in the US is going to join the digital revolution and start accepting text and multimedia messages to help bolster public safety. The FCC also took a step forward with Net Neutrality, and don't miss the news about Google Search identifying harmful sites. -Jason FCC starts to boot up Next Generation 911 (NG911) About 70% of all 911 calls in the US are now made from mobile phones and the FCC is working to bring 911 into the digital age by enabling it to accept text and multimedia messages. Read more | News from ZDNet | | | FCC approves net neutrality framework; Now the politics begin The Federal Communications Communication approved Net neutrality regulations, but these rules are likely to face challenges. Read more | | Microsoft breaks silence on Windows Phone 7 sales Microsoft has unexpectedly broken the silence over sales of its new Windows Phone 7 handsets to announce that over 1.5 million were sold to mobile operators and retailers during the first six weeks of availability. Read more | | Microsoft on Windows Phone 7: "We're in it for the long run" Microsoft is finally ready to talk about numbers for its Windows Phone 7 platform, announcing that 1.5 million devices have been sold in the first six weeks. But those numbers need a bit more parsing than usual. Read more | | WSJ: Mark Hurd's resignation from HP being investigated by SEC The Securities and Exchange Commission is looking into the resignation of Mark Hurd as Hewlett-Packard's CEO, though it's unclear whether the inquiry will actually go anywhere. In a report this afternoon, the Wall Street Journal cited "people familiar with the matter" as saying that the SEC's "broad inquiry" includes claims... Read more | | Linux rules the Clouds And, Ubuntu rules the cloud Linux distributions. Read more | | Kindle sales figures: Less relevant as Amazon's strategy, brand flourish It's the guessing game that never ends - and, at this point, might not even matter: How many Kindles is Amazon really selling? Two people who are "aware of the company's sales projections" tell Bloomberg that the company is will likely sell more than 8 million Kindle e-readers this year. It's a... Read more | | SSD reliability lower than disks? Recent reports suggest that SSD's are no more reliable than 1 TB hard drives. Given that few SSDs are 1 TB, the reliability per bit is much lower for SSDs. Why? Read more | | HP's Kevin Bury on how cloud and SaaS help pave the way to increased IT efficiency in 2011, and beyond We're probably past early adopter and more into mainstream. I anticipate it will continue to grow and gain momentum. Read more | | How will Microsoft address the ARM-based tablet space? Bloomberg is reporting that Microsoft will announce at the upcoming Consumer Electronics Show (CES) a version of Windows that will work on ARM.If I were a betting woman, I'd bet against them on this one. Read more | | Will Chrome OS fail or be the next big thing? Depends who you ask Oh, it will succeed...the real question is how long will it take the world to be ready for it? Read more | | A Very Chrome-y Christmas The Cr-48 and Google's Chrome OS makes a great light vacationing computer. But can it and will it replace tens of millions of PCs? I think the answer is yes. Read more | | Apple gives Google TV a raspberry: Apple TV to hit 1 million units Apple said it expects to sell more than 1 million new Apple TV units this week in a move that is timed perfectly to mock Google TV. Read more | | Nexus One getting Android 2.3 Gingerbread update soon Good news for HTC Nexus One owners. A Gingerbread treat is definitely on the way for you...soon. Read more | | Nvidia to make the case for discrete graphics at CES Despite rumors of its demise, Nvidia says discrete graphics is alive and well, and the company will make a big push at the Consumer Electronics Show to prove it. Nvidia is expected to release a new family of GeForce GPUs for Sandy Bridge laptops. Read more |
|  | | About this newsletter | The Sanity Check newsletter is my daily update on the technology world. You'll get my opinions, rants, reviews, user polls, and hand-picked stories of the day. Jason Hiner
TechRepublic Editor in Chief
|  | | | My Twitter feed: @jasonhiner | | Video: TR Dojo bloopers for 2010 Watch Bill Detwiler, host of TR Dojo, flub his lines, growl at the camera, and even answer a support call while filming in this blooper reel from 2010. | |
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