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Can Google survive its blind faith in the algorithm? It's been a tough year for Google search. It's had a difficult time targeting content farms and has accidentally removed good content. Read more Editor's note In addition to the lead story on Google's search problems, don't miss the news about UK hiring cloud experts, Amazon starting a lending library for Kindle, and Apple confirming the iPhone 4S battery problem. -Jason Resource of the day Free 2011 Salary Report IT Professionals - Register on activeTechPros for immediate access Business Professionals - Join the activeBizPros community to view the report More from TechRepublic   Google: Blind faith in search science does not lead to user trust There is a very large amount of dissatisfaction with Google search results, but we still continue to rely on it. Something has to give. Read more UK is leading the way for hiring for the Cloud A new report from Elance says that the UK is leading the way for hiring IT pros for the Cloud. This trend seems to be growing throughout Europe. Read more News from ZDNet   Amazon debuts Kindle Owner Lending Library Amazon has launched the Kindle Owner Lending Library. It offers bestsellers to Amazon Prime members that can be borrowed at no cost. Read more PANIC OVER! Apple confirms iPhone 4S/iOS 5 battery problem, promises fix Update already pushed out to developers. Read more New House of Representatives bill may strangle the Internet or nerf the First Amendment If you love your Internet, you must read this article. Congress is once again mucking around with our rights, and it ain't good. Read more HTC Rezound coming to Verizon Wireless to challenge Galaxy Nexus HTC held an event in New York this afternoon to announce the next generation of their Incredible look-alike black slab Android phone, the HTC Rezound. Read more If Steve Jobs were starting out today Silicon Valley VCs would reject him We need more people like Steve Jobs is a popular refrain but Silicon Valley VCs wouldn't fund them -- they want engineers and they disdain marketeers. Read more Only one out of ten hospitals surveyed is ready for electronic records prime time According to a recent HIMSS report, only one out of ten hospitals is ready to meet the core measures for Stage 1 compliance with meaningful use. Read more HP looks to set new standard for datacenter density Bringing ARM to the datacenter is HP's first step in changing the way the datacenter game is played. Read more Apple's Android fragmentation, Kindle Fire case: Does the argument hold up? In Apple's view, Android fragmentation can derail a big chunk of the tablet army gunning for the iPad. Does fragmentation matter that much? Read more Microsoft: Hey, we're supporting Apple's iOS, too Microsoft's Bing and Hotmail teams are both doing more to improve their experiences on iOS, Android -- and, oh, yeah, Windows platforms, too. Read more HP Slate 2 is a Win 7 tablet for road warriors, $699 (video) HP's new tablet trades webOS for Windows 7, and consumers for businesses/professionals -- meet the Slate 2 Tablet PC. Read more Target selling the iPad cheaper than Apple Apple forces retailers to sell the iPad 2 at the full retail price, just as it does. Target is getting around that by giving an instant gift card with the purchase of an iPad. Read more Featured multimedia   Microsoft predicts the future - without laptops (photos) Microsoft has predicted the future of computing lies with smart devices in connected rooms that will change their settings according to the person using them. View on site Today's recommended downloads Free 2011 Salary Report The Kellogg Executive MBA Program (Northwestern University (Kellogg)) Speeding Software Innovation through Mass Collaboration (CollabNet) Introducing Microsoft Office 365 (Microsoft) Evaluating Unified Communications Solutions (Cisco Systems, Inc.)   About this newsletter The Tech Sanity Check newsletter gives you my picks for the top tech stories of the day on the products, people, and ideas that are revolutionizing the planet. Jason Hiner TechRepublic Editor in Chief For real-time updates on the latest tech stories, follow: My Twitter feed: @jasonhiner My Google+ feed: +Jason Hiner The five best emergency toolkit apps to have in the field Maybe you can't anticipate every type of tech crisis you're going to run into. But these five recovery tools will help you resolve a lot of dicey problems. Geeky TechRepublic galleries New York Comic Con 2011: Costumes and cosplay BlizzCon 2011: Serious gamers unite Toronto Zombie Walk and undead wedding SteamCon III: Costumes of Steampunk enthusiasts Seattle hosts the very first GeekGirlCon

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