Apple Inc. (NASDASQ:AAPL) has announced today that Bertrand Serlet is stepping down. Serlet is the SVP of Mac Software Engineering. Craig Federighi, Apple’s VP of Software Engineering, will handle Serlet’s responsibilities and report directly to Steve Jobs.

Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) subsidiary McAfee has announced that they are acquiring database security company Sentrigo. Sentrigo had previously raised $9.5 million in VC funding from Benchmark Capital, Stata Venture Partners and Juniper Networks. Sentrigo sells host-based software that can protect enterprise databases by monitoring activity in real-time and providing alerts. McAfee had partnered with Sentrigo in 2010 as part of an OEM agreement to support McAfee’s own database security software. Intel acquired McAfee for $7.68 billion in August 2010. [TechCrunch]

Yesterday Internet data between AT&T and their customers was temporarily directed through China Telecom hardware before reaching the destination. Alarmed by the situation, security researcher Barrett Lyon notified The Register UK.

Rob Solomon, the COO and President of daily deals website Groupon.com, has stepped down. It is uncertain why he is leaving, but Groupon CEO Andrew Mason said that he is moving back to Woodside, California. “He will remain a friend and advisor to the company into perpetuity,” said Mason. [AllThingsD]

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) has made the first full Windows Phone 7 update available for download. The “NoDo” update on devices was made available yesterday with copy and paste, WiFi improvements, Outlook improvements, messaging improvements, Facebook/camera/audio improvements, faster start/resume times for apps, improved category search in Marketplace, and performance tune ups. Microsoft is distributing the update to phones worldwide slowly. When the patch update was originally released, it was rejected by Orange, O2, and AT&T. It is believed that O2 UK will allow the devices to be updated on March 24th. [WinRumors]

The newest version of Google Chrome has support for the HTML5 speech input API. Through this API, developers can create web applications that converts your voice into text. If a web application supports the API, they generally have an icon you click on and it asks you to speak into the microphone. Google has released a demo of their own for you to try after downloading the newest version of Chrome BETA. The new version of Chrome BETA also has GPU-accelerated 3D CSS. [Google Chrome Blog]

U.S. Senators Harry Reid, Charies E. Schumer, Frank Lautenberg, and Tom Udall wants Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) to remove applications from the App Store that highlight where police have set up enforcement checkpoints in an effort to combat drunk driving.

By the middle of this year, Showtime will start pulling the early seasons of their original programming such as Dexter and Californication off of Netflix. Showtime has already stopped Netflix from streaming the later seasons of Dexter and Nurse Jackie. Showtime essentially wants you to start subscribing to them or buy the DVDs from them directly.