Can Google survive its blind faith in the algorithm? | Tech Sanity Check

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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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[TechRepublic] Cracking Open the 7" Acer Iconia Tab

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Editor's note In case you missed it yesterday, I cracked open the 7" Acer Iconia Tab Android tablet this week. Check out the gallery. Cracking Open the 7" Acer Iconia Tab (A100) Resource of the day Evaluating Unified Communications Solutions This white paper from Cisco outlines what to look for when shopping for a unified communication system. It'll take you through the benefits and drawbacks to the different approaches and help you make a decision. Additional TechRepublic resources   Acer Iconia Tab A100 teardown: Lots of tech crammed into 7" case The 7" Acer Iconia Tab A100 looks a lot like the 10" Iconia Tab A500, both inside and out. Unfortunately, the similarities aren't all good. Read more Windows 8 registry tweak gives you Windows 7 Start Menu Bill Detwiler shows you a quick registry tweak that makes the Windows 8 Start Menu work like it does in Windows 7. Read more Windows Server 8 to offer DHCP Failover DHCP is one of the critical services for today's IT environment. IT pro Rick Vanover shows a new availability technique with Windows Server 8. 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 Choose the most efficient paste settings for you Word lets you decide how to most efficiently paste text. There are four flexible options that let you, not Word, decide how to paste. Read more 10 tips for breaking in a new IT staff member With a little effort and preparation, you can help your new employees get acclimated and up to speed with a minimum of anxiety and frustration. Read more   Microsoft predicts the future - without laptops (photos) Photo Album: Autumn in our National Parks ready for your Windows Desktop Tokyo gallery showcases robots as art (photos) Cracking Open the $1,800 Alienware M14x gaming notebook Featured multimedia   All-in-one desktops Our all-in-one desktops picks for holiday shoppers. View on site Input Devices A travel mouse or a portable Bluetooth keyboard make great tech-cessories for the geek in your life! View on site Slim and ultraportable laptops CNET's top picks for the best little laptops you can find this holiday season. View on site Today's recommended downloads Remote support for PCs, Macs and Smartphones (LogMeIn) The Kellogg Executive MBA Program (Northwestern University (Kellogg)) Appliance Power: Crunching Data Warehousing Workloads Faster And Cheaper Than Ever (IBM) 5 Steps to Telecom Transformation (ProfitLine) Free Download: Important Power Considerations for Virtualized IT Environments (Eaton)   About this newsletter TR Dojo is built around a philosophy of constant learning. Our bi-weekly newsletter is my chance to share real-world lessons, IT best practices, and advanced technical tips. Bill Detwiler Head Technology Editor My Twitter feed: @billdetwiler Happy 20th to Vim The best command-line editor has just turned 20. Sorry, Emacs users; it's true. 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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[TechRepublic] Cracking Open the 7" Acer Iconia Tab

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Editor's note In case you missed it yesterday, I cracked open the 7" Acer Iconia Tab Android tablet this week. Check out the gallery. Cracking Open the 7" Acer Iconia Tab (A100) 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 Additional TechRepublic resources   Acer Iconia Tab A100 teardown: Lots of tech crammed into 7" case The 7" Acer Iconia Tab A100 looks a lot like the 10" Iconia Tab A500, both inside and out. Unfortunately, the similarities aren't all good. Read more Windows 8 registry tweak gives you Windows 7 Start Menu Bill Detwiler shows you a quick registry tweak that makes the Windows 8 Start Menu work like it does in Windows 7. Read more Windows Server 8 to offer DHCP Failover DHCP is one of the critical services for today's IT environment. IT pro Rick Vanover shows a new availability technique with Windows Server 8. 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 Choose the most efficient paste settings for you Word lets you decide how to most efficiently paste text. There are four flexible options that let you, not Word, decide how to paste. Read more 10 tips for breaking in a new IT staff member With a little effort and preparation, you can help your new employees get acclimated and up to speed with a minimum of anxiety and frustration. Read more   Microsoft predicts the future - without laptops (photos) Photo Album: Autumn in our National Parks ready for your Windows Desktop Tokyo gallery showcases robots as art (photos) Cracking Open the $1,800 Alienware M14x gaming notebook Featured multimedia   All-in-one desktops Our all-in-one desktops picks for holiday shoppers. View on site Input Devices A travel mouse or a portable Bluetooth keyboard make great tech-cessories for the geek in your life! View on site Slim and ultraportable laptops CNET's top picks for the best little laptops you can find this holiday season. View on site Today's recommended downloads Free 2011 Salary Report Evaluating Unified Communications Solutions (Cisco Systems, Inc.) Live Webcast: Fast-Track your Subversion Journey to the Cloud (CollabNet) Fostering Collaboration through Unified Communications (Cisco Systems, Inc.) The Kellogg Executive MBA Program (Northwestern University (Kellogg))   About this newsletter TR Dojo is built around a philosophy of constant learning. Our bi-weekly newsletter is my chance to share real-world lessons, IT best practices, and advanced technical tips. Bill Detwiler Head Technology Editor My Twitter feed: @billdetwiler Happy 20th to Vim The best command-line editor has just turned 20. Sorry, Emacs users; it's true. 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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[TechRepublic] Has Windows Phone won you over?

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I'm still waiting for Windows Phone to win me over Deb Shinder is a fan of Microsoft products, but there are several reasons why she hasn't completely jumped on the Windows Phone bandwagon. Read more Resource of the day Download a Free Trial of Diskeeper 2011 EnterpriseServer Discover the only solution specifically designed for your largest servers, the ones that must be kept online with volumes up to 20TB and millions of fragments. Achieve peak performance 24-7 with Diskeeper 2011 EnterpriseServer. Learn Windows Phone 7 Mango camera fundamentals Justin James details the basic components of the camera system on Windows Phone 7 Mango that WP7 developers need to know. Read more Quickly create mobile dashboards for your mobile device Scott Lowe says that SoftwareFX has transported the power of creating dashboards to the mobile world with PowerGadgets Mobile. Read more Create a smartphone that dreams are made of Jack Wallen specs out what his dream smartphone would look like. Detail your own dream mobile device in the discussion thread. Read more PhoneGap plugin vs. a native solution in Android Mobile developer Kyle Miller compares PhoneGap plugins to a native solution in Android. Find out which approach he thinks is better. Read more Set-up an environment for Android, Eclipse and PhoneGap PhoneGap is the cross-platform framework that allows developers to create mobile applications using HTML, CSS and JavaScript -- but getting going with the platform requires a few hoop jumps. Read more Android activist Mark Murphy shares app testing best practices William Francis interviews Android community activist and author Mark Murphy, who offers developers app testing tips that won't empty their wallets. Read more Featured multimedia   Top 4G smartphones Speed is your thing, and you'll accept nothing less than the best. Well, my friends, this flock of fantastic 4G smartphones is for you! View on site Samsung Stratosphere (photos) Verizon has finally blessed a keyboarded phone with its ultrafast 4G LTE technology. Here's a closer look, in pictures. View on site The top iPhone 4S accessories (photos) So your shiny new iPhone 4S finally arrived. Now it's time to outfit it with some killer accessories, from cases and chargers to headsets and speaker docks. View on site HTC Evo Design 4G (photos) The fifth member of Sprint's family, the HTC Evo Design 4G, runs Android 2.3 Gingerbread and has hidden talents as a world phone. View on site 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 Today's recommended downloads Enterprise 2.0: Taking Collaboration to the Next Level (IBM) Can You Afford Not to Manage Mobile? (ProfitLine) Comparing Availability of Various Rack Power Redundancy Configurations (American Power Conversion (APC)) Identifying Reliability and Stability Issues Caused by File Fragmentation (Diskeeper) Live Webcast: Fast-Track your Subversion Journey to the Cloud (CollabNet) Perennial favorites   Lesser-known Android tips and tricks Smartphones with the lowest and the highest radiation levels Ways to improve your mobile computing experience Happy 20th to Vim The best command-line editor has just turned 20. Sorry, Emacs users; it's true. TechRepublic newsletters   Get product reviews, tips, the latest tech news updates, and more in the following TechRepublic newsletters. Automatically sign up today! Tablets in the Enterprise (launching soon) App Builder 10 Things Tech Sanity Check

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