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	Windows head Steven Sinofsky to leave Microsoft Steven Sinofsky, the executive in charge of Microsoft's Windows 8 operating system and the driving force behind its new OS, is leaving the company, Microsoft announced late Monday. Read More WHITE PAPER: Sourcefire, Inc. 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RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: AT&T Voice Transformation: Taking the First Steps Voice has been - and will continue to be - a foundational component in business communications. But the aging, disconnected voice infrastructures of today are doing more than just impeding productivity, they're impeding progress. Find out in this AT&T article how to transform voice communication in your enterprise today. Click Here HTC's Windows Phone 8X review: Fast, bright and sleek If you're looking for a well-designed phone that really shows off Windows Phone 8, you'd do well to consider the Windows Phone 8X by HTC. This sleek device wraps the newest version of Microsoft's smartphone operating system in a nifty and svelte piece of hardware. Read More HP tweaks Windows 8 downgrade policy Hewlett-Packard has twice revised its message to customers about downgrading new PCs equipped with Windows 8 to the older Windows 7 in an attempt to clarify its position. Read More Google rides out service blockages in China Google's services have been riding a bit of a rollercoaster in China over the last several days. A one-hour or even 12-hour blockage wouldn't hurt the company. It's the potential for a much longer blockage that could be problematic for Google, says one analyst. Read More 3 tools for secure BYOD Wi-Fi setup See how to use ClearPass QuickConnect from Aruba, XpressConnect from CloudPath and open-source SU1X for configuring safe Wi-Fi connections. Read More SAP unveils Ariba integration plans SAP on Tuesday is expected to showcase how it will tie together its business applications with the cloud-based business network it gained through the acquisition of Ariba during the Sapphire and Tech Ed conferences in Madrid. Read More Antivirus pioneer John McAfee reportedly wanted for murder in Belize Antivirus pioneer John McAfee is reportedly wanted for murder in Belize after allegedly gunning down a U.S. citizen in San Pedro Town on Sunday. Read More WHITE PAPER: EMC Corporation Big Data, Big Storage Demands Unstructured data in the enterprise is growing faster than ever. With this surge in growth comes the need for new approaches to managing such data. What's needed is scale-out storage and analytics tools that offer improved data availability, performance and scalability – all which derive valuable insight and a competitive edge. Learn more. Microsoft, Google to do battle over patent royalty rates Microsoft and Motorola Mobility will face off in court Tuesday for the start of a patent trial that could help establish how royalty rates are calculated for standards-essential patents. Read More US mobile users sending fewer text messages: 678 per month Anyone who finds it hard to believe that the average U.S. mobile subscriber sent 696 text messages per month in the second quarter of this year may be relieved to know that this figure fell to 678 per month in the third quarter. Read More Cyberwarfare evolves faster than rules of engagement As the rhetoric heats up over cyberwar -- including warnings that attacks on the U.S. are imminent and alarms that the U.S. has escalated the risk via malware attacks on Iran's nuclear program -- the rules of engagement are missing in action. Read More Microsoft addresses Yammer integration plans at SharePoint conference Microsoft will shine the spotlight this week on SharePoint's new 2013 version at a conference devoted to the popular collaboration server, but recently acquired Yammer may grab substantial attention. Read More McAfee: Watch out for holiday scams Web users and people shopping online during the upcoming holiday season should watch out for a new crop of scams, some of them targeting users of mobile devices, cybersecurity vendor McAfee warned. Read More JR Raphael: Google's Nexus 10: To buy or not to buy? Google's new Nexus 10 tablet goes on sale this week. 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