Microsoft's Courier tablet: It could have been great

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How Microsoft blew it with the Courier tablet Microsoft's Courier tablet was a hit that never came to market. Now that we know the inside story, the loss hurts even a little more. Read more Editor's note Get the inside story of why Microsoft cancelled the promising Courier tablet, and my take on the whole affair. Also, get the latest on Gmail's redesign, the missing iTunes Match rollout, and HP's data center news. And, read my editorial on Google's blind faith in the algorithm. That's quite a Tuesday. -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   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 Hey, Microsoft: Google is the real competitor to beat Microsoft is missing the mark and foregoing an opportunity to win customers away from the real competition - Google. Read more The U. S. requests user data from Google four times more than any other country In the first half of 2011, the U. S. asked Google for user data almost 6000 times. Google provided the requested information 93% of the time. Read more IT job openings at CBS Interactive CBS Interactive is hiring experience IT pros. Here's a list of the top openings across the country. Read more News from ZDNet   Windows 7 continues to roll as XP fades away For four years, I've been tracking the share of Windows versions. The latest numbers show unmistakable trends: Windows users are replacing XP machines with new PCs running Windows 7 at a steady... Read more Google debuts Gmail's new design After an extended preview, Google has started to push the new, simplified Gmail design to users, finally bringing the entire Google Apps suite under one GUI umbrella. Read more HP offers counter approach to Facebook-driven green IT project Project Moonshot aims to create an ecosystem and common architectural approach that will help reduce energy consumption, complexity of data center infrastructure. Read more HP's Project Moonshot aims to make ARM servers mainstream Project Moonshot consists of a lab, server development platform and ecosystem. If successful, HP will enable its customers to kick the tires of ARM servers. Read more Ultrabook sales off to a disappointing start, thanks to high prices Intel has invested a lot of money into launching the new Ultrabook laptop platform, hailing the ultra-thin form factor as the future of notebooks. While that still may be the case down the line,... Read more Will Apple's Siri drive iPhone 4S sales abroad? An analyst sees strong sales of the iPhone 4S in its current markets. If that momentum repeats overseas, Apple is set up for a monster December quarter. Read more One in four Britons own an Android phone With half of all Britons now owning a smartphone, Android now powers half of those sold. Where does it leave the other big-name mobile operating systems? Read more Can Apple really sue Google or Microsoft for using its patented sliding on/off switch? Yes, but Apple probably won't. Here's why. Read more Charge your Mac and iPad at the same time with PlugBug Have both a MacBook and iPad? The PlugBug lets you charge them both. Read more Google starts indexing Facebook comments, AJAX/JavaScript content Google has started indexing AJAX and JavaScript content. This includes, for example, the Facebook Comments Box many sites use to power their commenting system. Read more Apple misses iTunes Match target: iTunes developer beta expires Apple has missed its target of releasing iTunes Match by the 'end of October', leaving many developers with access to the unreleased iTunes locked out of the expired software. Read more Today's recommended downloads Free 2011 Salary Report Evaluating Unified Communications Solutions (Cisco Systems, Inc.) The Kellogg Executive MBA Program (Northwestern University (Kellogg)) Social Business Podcast Series (IBM) Fostering Collaboration through Unified Communications (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 Government snooping spikes in 2011: Google breaks it down Patrick Lambert discusses the latest Google report on the number of user-data requests it receives from world governments. These requests spiked 29% in 2011. Must-read posts The 10 rising tech trends of 2012 Top IT skills wanted for 2012 Tablets will replace PCs for many enterprise users What the IT department will look like in 2015

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