Who's who, what's what in tech today

March 02     FOLLOW US      NEWS SPORTS LIFE MONEY TECH TRAVEL OPINION WEATHER USATODAY.COM   TECH   TECH   HP to acquire Aruba Networks for $2.7B     Hewlett-Packard is acquiring Aruba Networks in a deal valued at $3 billion, the companies said Monday.     Read Story

TECH           Microsoft doubles down on affordable smartphones Microsoft's new Lumia 640 and 640 XL target low-to-mid budget customers.     COLUMNIST           Qualcomm fingerprint solution recognizes sweaty thumbs Chipmaker claims is fingerprint recognition technology can even recognize sweaty fingers.     COLUMNIST           First look: Samsung steps up game with Galaxy S6 Samsung's phones boast a new metal design and add mobile payments and wireless charging.     TECH           Freescale agrees to $11.8 bln Dutch takeover Freescale Semiconductor, which makes used in cars, has agreed to a $11.8 billion take-over by Dutch chipmaker NXP Semiconductors.     TECH           The brains inside your car just got smarter Freescale Semiconductor unveils new smart-auto chip at Mobile World Congress     TECH           MWC Preview: Out to cure our need for feed There's a long-simmering turf battle about who gets to control cellular data traffic on Wi-Fi.     TECH           Voices: San Francisco, tech hub In an echo of the present, in 1915 this city asked the world to come revel in tech wizardry.     COLUMNIST           Surf Report: Taking a bite out of Raspberry Pi A look at the affordable and surprisingly powerful computer.     COLUMNIST           Ease Mac migration with OS X net sharing How to quickly transfer data from an old Mac to a new one.     The Day In Pictures Gallery A SpaceX rocket carrying two commercial communications satellites blasts off on March 1 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 41near Cocoa Beach, Fla.     Popular Stories Cellphone video captures LAPD fatal shooting Reports: Longtime Sen. Barbara Mikulski to retire Islamic State threatens 'war' on Twitter co-founder