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From new smartphones to remaining CEOs, check out this week’s best quotes from around the IT industry.

“When the time is right, my successor will be named.”
- EMC CEO Joe Tucci after announcing he will remain as chairman and CEO into 2013 at the request of EMC’s board. It looks like he could be around for much longer; the company decided to extend Tucci’s contract through February 2015.

“The world’s most innovative smartphone.”
- Nokia CEO Stephen Elop talking about the new Lumia 920 and 820 Windows 8 devices. However, blogger Ron Miller believes the new smartphone won’t be able to compete with the giants of the mobile world, Google and Apple.

“There are still not -yet-addressed, serious security issues that affect the most recent version of Java 7.”
- Security Explorations Founder and CEO Adam Gowdiak expressing his disappointment over Oracle’s recent emergency upgrade to fix flaws in Java 7. If you still feel uncomfortable using Java 7, here are some tips on how to assess a site’s trustworthiness or to disable Java altogether.

“I was amazed to discover that enterprise technology professionals had no place to go to get online product reviews and connect with real users before making such an important purchase. ”
- Co-founder and CEO Russell Rothstein talking about the launch of his site, IT Central Station, a new free social network for enterprise technology professionals. Would you use it? Offer your take on the new site on the Data Center Apparatus blog!

1. The Internet community continues to ponder what Microsoft’s major announcement will be on Monday but signs are pointing that it might be its first developed product with the book giant Barnes & Noble. Tune in at 3:30 p.m. EST today to find out what Microsoft has in store for us.

2. Google caused quite a stir as the company published a report pertaining to the censorship requests it received from different governments and agencies. Even though it didn’t go in-depth with the report, a trend involving the removal of political speech seemed to be rising.

3. Nokia’s much hyped PureView 808 smartphone could be making its way overseas to the United States after it posted teaser images on its Facebook page Friday.

Please comment below to share your thoughts on these stories or leave your own story from this past weekend. Have a great week!