The Upload: Your tech news briefing for Thursday, February 5

The Free Software Foundation loves this laptop, but you won't BT strikes deal to buy UK mobile operator EE for $19B IT News Daily February 05, 2015 The Upload: Your tech news briefing for Thursday, February 5 Health insurer gets hacked ... Twitter's Costolo says the trolls are out ... Silk Road mastermind is guilty ... and more news READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. The Free Software Foundation loves this laptop, but you won't 2. BT strikes deal to buy UK mobile operator EE for $19B 3. US takes another shot at stopping warrantless reading of emails 4. Under Armour buys two fitness apps, builds trove of health data 5. Microsoft said to acquire calendar app Sunrise for north of $100 million 6. Dell, EMC, VMware and others get giddy over converged infrastructure The Free Software Foundation loves this laptop, but you won't Dell just launched a sleek new MacBook Pro competitor running Linux, and the freedom-obsessed Purim Librem 15 laptop blew past its crowdfunding goal. But Richard Stallman's Free Software Foundation doesn't approve of either of these powerful, tightly designed, Linux-running laptops. Instead, the FSF recommends you buy the "LibreBoot X200"--which is actually a refurbished ThinkPad X200 from 2008. READ MORE BT strikes deal to buy UK mobile operator EE for $19B BT said it has agreed to acquire mobile operator EE in the U.K. for £12.5 billion (US$19 billion), reflecting growing consolidation in the country's mobile market. READ MORE WEBCAST: IBM Corporation 5 Ways Elastic Storage Provides Performance and Scalability Please Join IBM and Nuance Communications Inc. to learn how Nuance uses IBM Elastic Storage to improve the power of their voice recognition applications by managing storage growth, cost and complexity while increasing performance. Learn More US takes another shot at stopping warrantless reading of emails Legislation that aims to put a stop to warrantless reading of emails got a fillip Wednesday with bills introduced both in the U.S. Senate and the House of Representatives to amend the Electronic Communications Privacy Act. READ MORE Under Armour buys two fitness apps, builds trove of health data Under Armour is shelling out $560 million to buy two fitness apps, giving it access to a mountain of data about health enthusiasts that it hopes will help it to sell more sportswear. READ MORE WHITE PAPER: Nasuni Shadow IT in the Enterprise This report reveals insights from more than 1,000 corporate IT users about their usage of Dropbox and personal mobile devices for work. Read this paper to gain an understanding for where consumer solutions are being used and if IT policies are effective in addressing the challenges associated with Shadow IT. Learn More. Microsoft said to acquire calendar app Sunrise for north of $100 million Microsoft is said to be acquiring Sunrise Atelier, maker of a hip calendar application that could aid in jazzing up Microsoft's own software. READ MORE Dell, EMC, VMware and others get giddy over converged infrastructure READ MORE Follow IT News You are currently subscribed to itnews_daily as garn14.tech@blogger.com. Unsubscribe from this newsletter | Manage your subscriptions | Subscribe | Privacy Policy If you are interested in advertising in this newsletter, please contact: sean_weglage@itworld.com To contact IT News, please send an e-mail to online@itworld.com Copyright (C) 2015 IT News, 492 Old Connecticut Path, Framingham, MA 01701 ** Please do not reply to this message. To contact someone directly, send an e-mail to online@itworld.com. **