Good Morning Tech: Shimkus seeks E&C chairmanship

Dell to ditch 25,000 BlackBerrys in bid to promote own service. “In a direct shot at BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd., Dell Inc. plans to move its 25,000 employees over to its own line of smartphones and then aggressively market a service to help other companies do the same.”

WikiLeaks faces new competition. “WikiLeaks, the document-leaking website that has come under intense pressure after publishing classified U.S. military documents, is facing a new challenge: competition. A group that includes former WikiLeaks staffers who left the organization after disagreements with founder Julian Assange is pursuing plans for a rival document-leaking venture, said people familiar with their plans.”

E.U. says it will overhaul Internet privacy regulations. “The European Commission called on Thursday for stronger protection of Internet users’ personal information, after news of data leaks at companies like Facebook and Google highlighted concerns about digital privacy”

CWA endorses Rockefeller’s D-Block bill. The Communications Workers of America have backed a bill that would reallocate to public safety officials a controversial chunk of spectrum that the FCC plans to auction to commercial bidders. The legislation, offered by Sen. John Rockefeller (D-W.Va.), would reallocate the D-block of spectrum to public safety officials for an interoperable public safety communications network.