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November 13, 2012, 9:15 AM

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Microsoft:

Microsoft Announces Leadership Changes to Drive Next Wave of Products — Steven Sinofsky to leave the company; Windows executives Julie Larson-Green and Tami Reller take expanded roles. — Microsoft Corp. today announced that Windows and Windows Live President Steven Sinofsky will be leaving …

Ina Fried / AllThingsD:

Windows Head Steven Sinofsky to Leave Microsoft — Windows unit president Steven Sinofsky is leaving the company, effective immediately, AllThingsD has confirmed. — The move comes less than a month after Sinofsky presided over the launch of Windows 8 and Microsoft's Surface tablet-products seen …

More: CITEworld, BGR, PC World, TheStreet.com, The Verge, Network World, The Next Web, Inquirer, Neowin, Ars Technica, Business Insider, CNET, Mashable!, SuperSite for Windows, SiliconANGLE, ITProPortal, ABCNEWS, GeekWire, InfoWorld, WindowsWave, LiveSino, GigaOM, Winsyde, Current Editorials and BetaNews

Tweets: @valleyhack, @parislemon, @maryjofoley, @jessicalessin, @alex, @findingnewo and @markgurman

Sean Hollister / The Verge:

Steve Ballmer's letter to team on Sinofsky departure — We've just learned that Windows chief Steven Sinofsky has left Microsoft, less than a month after the Windows 8 and Microsoft Surface launch. Here's what CEO Steve Ballmer had to say about the executive departure …

More: CNET, Business Insider, BrianMadden.com, BGR, WindowsObserver.com, TheStreet.com, VentureBeat, WindowsWave, iFans, AllThingsD and Neowin

Dieter Bohn / The Verge:

Inside Microsoft, a clash of personalities led to Sinofsky's departure: sources — As with Scott Forstall at Apple, Sinofsky clashed with core teams and executives — The abrupt departure of Windows and Windows Live President Steven Sinofsky this evening has surprised …

More: ZDNet and blogs.telegraph.co.uk. Tweets: @mikeisaac

Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet:

Who is Julie Larson-Green? Meet the new head of Windows — Summary: Microsoft announced on November 12 that Windows President Steven Sinofsky is leaving, effective immediately. Meet the new head of Windows engineering, Julie Larson-Green. — I don't know the back story here …

More: Fortune, SuperSite for Windows, Techie Buzz, 24/7 Wall St., TechCrunch, LAPTOP Magazine, memeburn, SlashGear, The Seattle Times, LiveSide.net and Business Insider. Tweets: @caseynewton

CNET:

Sinofsky's memo regarding his departure from Microsoft — The internal e-mail Windows chief Steven sent to employees regarding his departure from the software giant. — Microsoft announced the immediate departure of Windows President Steven Sinofsky this evening.

More: Business Insider, InfoWorld, Techie Buzz, DailyTech, WindowsWave, The Verge and 9to5Mac. Tweets: @alex

Joshua Davis / Wired:

Murder Suspect John McAfee: I'm Innocent — As Belizean police combed the property of expat antivirus pioneer John McAfee Sunday afternoon, McAfee was closer than they could have known. He'd seen them coming, and says he hid — burying himself in the sand with a cardboard box over his head so he could breathe.

More: Inquirer, CNET, memeburn and Gizmodo

Tweets: @mikeisaac, @mercbizbreak and @nickbilton

Jeff Wise / Gizmodo:

Exclusive: John McAfee Wanted for Murder (Updated)

More: Digital Media Wire, Business Insider, TechEye, The San Pedro Sun, BGR, Mercury News, ITworld.com, Neowin, VentureBeat, SecurityWeek, Reuters, Ars Technica, ZDNet, The Daily Caller, Betabeat, The Verge and Examiner

Zach Honig / Engadget:

SugarSync releases version 2.0 beta with new UI, drag-and-drop sharing and cross-device search — SugarSync's popular cloud sharing app just got a complete web and desktop makeover. Version 2.0 beta is now available in desktop, web and Android app flavors, bringing a handful of new features to subscribers on multiple platforms.

More: SiliconANGLE, The Next Web, AllThingsD, VentureBeat, Mashable!, GadgeTell and The Verge

Jessica E. Lessin / Wall Street Journal:

Apple Gives In to Employee Perks — CEO Tim Cook Pushes Employee-Friendly Benefits Long Shunned by Steve Jobs — When it comes to keeping employees happy, Apple Inc. appears to be taking some inspiration from Google Inc. — Earlier this year, Apple told some employees about a new initiative called …

More: Business Insider, The Next Web, digitaltrends.com, Mashable!, PhoneArena, The Verge, TUAW and AppleInsider

Matt Brian / The Next Web:

Google's Nexus 4, 3G Nexus 7 and Nexus 10 go on sale across Europe — With its Nexus devices already sold out in Australia, Google has pushed live orders for the Nexus 4, 3G Nexus 7 and Nexus 10 in the UK, France, Germany and Spain allowing customers to get their hands on the heavily-discounted …

More: SiliconANGLE, CNET, digitaltrends.com, Gizmodo Australia, The Register, Inquirer, ZDNet, SlashGear, TechCrunch, Engadget, ITProPortal, Tracy and Matt's Blog, Mashable!, Ausdroid, Pocket-lint, Electronista, Android Police and The Verge

Jordan Kahn / 9to5Mac:

Fender launches new $199 Squier USB Stratocaster for iOS devices exclusively at the Apple Store — While there are a quite a few USB guitar solutions on the market already, Fender is bringing a USB version of its popular Squire Stratocaster series exclusively to the Apple Store.

More: iPhone Buzz, Pocket-lint, The Verge, SlashGear, PhoneArena, App Advice and Gizmodo

Tricia Duryee / AllThingsD:

Another Square Copycat: Bank of America Launches Mobile Payments — Square may get get a lot of credit for making mobile payments mainstream, but the ability to accept a credit card using a smartphone is turning into an unmistakable commodity. — The latest to enter the space is Bank …

More: GigaOM, GadgeTell, The Verge and Howard Lindzon

Ryan Lawler / TechCrunch:

YouTube Adds AirPlay-Like Functionality For Google TV With An Update To Its Android App — Online video site YouTube is huge online and in the browser, but not quite as big on the biggest screen in people's homes — the TV. Partly that's because the user experience isn't as good …

More: CNET, Engadget, The Verge, Fast Company and YouTube Blog

Marco Arment / Marco.org:

The iPad Mini and the cost of Retina — The iPad Mini is a conflicted product. — It's much better than the iPad 3 and 4 to handle, carry, and hold up during use. It has the best external design of any iPad to date. It runs cooler than the iPad 3 or 4, it has almost the same battery life despite …

More: Daring Fireball

Kara Swisher / AllThingsD:

Along With New Homepage, Yahoo Also Set to Launch a “Gmail-Like” Email Reboot to Slow Gmail Gains — According to sources close to the company, Yahoo is prepping to launch a major overhaul of Yahoo Mail — which sources said has a cleaner, “more Gmail-like” look.

More: CNET

Lucas Mearian / Computerworld:

Everspin ships first ST-MRAM memory with 500X performance of flash — The current DIMM has 64MB capacity — Everspin Technologies today announced what it is calling the industry's first Spin-Torque Magnetoresistive RAM (ST-MRAM) chip, which offers a non-volatile alternative to non-volatile DRAM sub systems.

More: VentureBeat, GigaOM and EE Times

Sara Forden / Bloomberg:

Google Said to Face Ultimatum From FTC in Antitrust Talks — Google Inc. (GOOG) is being pressed by U.S. Federal Trade Commission Chairman Jonathan Leibowitz to make an offer to settle the agency's antitrust investigation in the next few days or face a formal complaint, two people familiar with the situation said.

More: Hillicon Valley, ITProPortal, AdExchanger, CNET, Inside Google, The Technology Chronicles, BGR, ZDNet and Search Engine Land

Leena Rao / TechCrunch:

DataSift Raises $15M To Help Businesses Mine And Analyze Social Data — DataSift, company that provides developers and third parties with access to Twitter, Facebook and other social data sources, has raised $15.25 million in Series B funding led by Scale Venture Partners with Northgate Capital and Daher Capital participating.

More: VentureBeat

Brittany Darwell / Inside Facebook:

Facebook test makes comments on page posts more like web plugin, including in-line replies and ranking algorithm — Facebook has given us an update on its latest test for page post comments: in addition to a new option to reply to specific comments, the entire thread will be sorted …

More: VentureBeat

Samantha Murphy / Mashable!:

Facebook Tests Ranked Comments to Boost Engagement

More: SocialTimes, SlashGear and AllFacebook

Andrea Shalal-Esa / Reuters:

Lockheed says cyber attacks up sharply, suppliers targeted — (Reuters) - The Pentagon's No. 1 supplier, Lockheed Martin Corp, on Monday cited dramatic growth in the number and sophistication of international cyber attacks on its networks and said it was contacting suppliers to help them shore up their security.

More: BBC, ITProPortal and CNET

Kim Zetter / Wired:

Email Location Data Led FBI to Uncover Top Spy's Affair — U.S. Army Gen. David H. Petraeus, commander of U.S. Central Command, presides over a re-enlistment and awards ceremony while visiting Soldiers of Task Force Mountain Warrior. Photo: U.S. Army Spc. Albert L. Kelley, 300th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment

More: Forbes, Associated Press, WorldViews, Lifehacker, The Atlantic Online, CNET, digitaltrends.com, Betabeat and The Verge

Phone Arena:

Root users: Samsung S-Memo is insecurely storing your Google Account credentials — This is a warning for some Samsung Galaxy users out there who have rooted your device: Samsung's S-Memo is not securely storing your Google Account credentials, and because your device is rooted, that data could be at risk.

More: Help Net Security, TECHGEEK.com.au, xda-developers and Geek.com

Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet:

Microsoft to deliver SharePoint apps for Windows 8, Windows Phone, iOS starting in early 2013 — Summary: Microsoft is readying two new companion apps for SharePoint that will work on Windows 8, Windows Phone and iOS devices starting early next year. — Microsoft is working …

More: Computerworld, iPhone Hacks and AllThingsD

Alex Williams / TechCrunch:

Microsoft Drops Yammer Prices, Sends Message To The Market That It Is All In On Social

More: TechNet Blogs, Winsyde and Business Insider

CNET:

France says Amazon owes $252 million in back taxes — Tax claim just the latest flare-up between U.S. tech companies operating overseas. — The French government says that Amazon owes it $252 million in back taxes. The sum includes interest and penalties.

More: Tax Research UK, The Register, ZDNet, Gizmodo, Reuters and Forbes

Jason Ankeny / Fierce Mobile Content:

SMS traffic and revenues decline for the first time ever in U.S., Chetan Sharma says — U.S. mobile operators raked in third quarter 2012 data revenues of $19.9 billion, up 3 percent quarter-over-quarter and 17 percent year-over-year—despite suffering their first-ever decline …

More: DSLreports, Chetan Sharma, Gotta Be Mobile, TUAW, NYT Bits, CNET, PhoneArena, GigaOM, Computerworld, iDownloadBlog.com and Ars Technica

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