SEI Reports 2007 Results
Revenues Up 16%, Net Income Up 10% (PRNewswire via Yahoo News)

Motorola May Spin Off or Sell Phone Unit (Associated Press via Google News)
Motorola's set-top box business is based in Horsham.

2008 Outlook Boosts IMS Health Shares (Associated Press via Forbes)


Nasdaq Net Income Rises 25% on Record Trading Revenue (Bloomberg)
Preparing for integration of Philadelphia Exchange.


Home Depot, Harrods discuss SAP for Retail (SearchSAP.com)


Why follow Little Pharma? (Philly.com)


Case ponders pharma's web shyness in keynote (Medical Marketing & Media)


Live from ePharma Summit 2008: Integrating the Total Marketing Package (PharmExecBlog)


Lippincott Williams & Wilkins and World Allergy Organization Launch New Online Journal (BusinessWire)


McKesson Expands Aetna Relationship with Implementation of New Solution to Further Automate Claims Management Performance (BusinessWire)

GSK Awards CMI with Online Professional Media and Planning Duties (PharmaLive)

Wilmington Trust to Acquire AST Capital Trust Company
Deal expands Corporate Retirement Services’ market presence, capabilities (BusinessWire)

Google Wireless? (Red Herring)
Analysts believe that Verizon probably stopped biding on the largest chunk of spectrum, and that Google won.

AdStar Continues Deployment of Next-Generation Web-based Ad Sales Solution (PRNewswire)
Philadelphia Media Holdings joins up.

Zuula Adds Video Search, Launches Search Toolbar, and Increases Blog Search Options (PRWeb)

Jared Hess, whiz on software, hardwood (Obituary: Philadelphia Inquirer)

It’s Official: U.S. Social Networking Sites See Slow Down (Creative Capital)
The just-released ComScore numbers show a slowdown, and the Hitwise numbers released a couple of weeks ago also indicated lagging growth. Possible implications for First Round Capital, since a majority of their portfolio would appear to be positioned in the social networking space.

HomeNet’s Inventory Online Reaches 2.5 Million Vehicle Milestone (BusinessWire)

Protecting Client Confidentiality Over WiFi (The Legal Intelligencer via Law.com)

SAP 4Q slips, but revenue rises (Associated Press via Business Week)


Aggressive goals for Business ByDesign (SAP Watch: SearchSAP.com)

MentorTech Holds First Close (Private Equity HUB)


Innovative Solutions & Support, Inc. Announces Financial Results for the First Quarter of Fiscal Year 2008 (BusinessWire via Yahoo News)

Gemalto Q4 sales up 8 pct, sees FY net top consensus (Reuters)

IAC blasts Liberty Media effort to remove Diller (Reuters)

Not-so-bad news lifts Unisys stock (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Pennsylvania takes on online auctions (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Truly scary.


InterDigital launch new modular SlimChip HSDPA/HSUPA modems (phonemag)

Sarnoff subsidiary launches web sports product (Princeton Business Journal)


College Fanz Sports Network Unveiled (BusinessWire)
Seems like the two companies above ought to consider joining forces, since they are both targeting the same market from slightly different angles.

Liz Claman of Fox Business Network Kicks Off 2008 Emerald Asset Management Groundhog Day Investment Forum (BusinessWire via ad-hoc-news)

Devon IT Debuts New 6050 Model at 2008 Citrix Summit
New model boosts virtual desktop performance (BusinessWire)


Pa. DCED announces $2.3M in investments (Philadelphia Business Journal)

Valley incubator loans Allentown firm $35K (PennLive.com)

Philly eyes options if EarthLink abandons city Wi-Fi effort
The city's CIO expects EarthLink to pull out within a year (Computerworld)

"Phillis said he thinks 'tens of thousands' of subscribers are now using the new network but, he added, "honestly, I don't know.'".

Unisys Shares Rise; 4Q Sales Top Analyst Estimates (Dow Jones via CNNMoney)

Cellular Unit and Internet Stand Out for Verizon (New York Times)
One million FIOS subscribers.

Dingell Praises Comcast For PEG Flexibility
Comcast Official Cites 'Friendly' Talks With Michigan Local Officials (Multichannel News)

Comcast In The Crosshairs (The Bulletin)

IDS Scheer's Earnings, Sales Rise on License Revenue (Bloomberg)

SAP Disposal of TomorrowNow Won`t Halt Oracle Suit (eWEEK.com)

SunGard defends systems (Dow Jones)

More video turns up the sales volume at QVC.com (internetretailer.com)

From Space to Sea, New Radar Tech Could Shift Military Might (Popular Mechanics)

Lockheed Martin Demonstrates Air Space Control Software that Mimics Human Tasks (PRNewswire via CNNMoney)

GE HEALTHCARE TEAMS WITH CENTRAK TO INTRODUCE BATTERY-BASED RFID ASSET OPTIMIZATION SOLUTION (GE HealthCare)
GE Healthcare in joint venture with Newtown-based Centrak.

TargetRx names new CEO (phillyinc.)


Lijit Networks, Inc. Acquires Comment Search Engine BigSwerve (BusinessWire)
First Round Capital has a stake in BigSwerve.


Philly Slides Down “Best Movie Cities” List; Sharon Shrugs It Off (Impresario: Philadelphia Magazine)

FountainHead Networks Launches Online Video Entertainment Network Featuring Original Content at OnMedia NYC Conference in New York, NY (PRNewswire)

GMX.COM - The new email service for the US
United Internet launches an email service to provide flexible, secure and better organized mailboxes (HostReview)

Phillies Sign Up For Custom PPM Service (Radio Ink)

Can QlikTech Reveal Digg's Secrets? (construction7.spaces.live.com/blog/)

Success through change
At SEI Investments, branching out has been a key to growth. (Philadelphia Inquirer)

2007 Recap: SEI Adds 64 New Global Institutional Clients and $7 Billion in Assets (PRNewswire via CNNMoney)

Verizon 4Q Profit Up 3.9 Percent (Associated Press via Yahoo News)


Broadband's Growing 'Need for Speed' (Business Week)

AT&T will start offering TV service
Video option begins Monday in suburbs (Chicago Tribune)

Comcast to Pull Plug on Asian Channel (Associated Press via Forbes)

Harvey Not Migrating With Versus
Network President Won’t Move When Operation Relocates To Comcast’s Philly Headquarters (Multichannel News)

Liberty Media Moves to Oust Diller (Associated Press via Yahoo News)
What began as what I thought was a friendly battle among business partners has apparently intensified.

Army's massive software initative designed to change the battlefield
Bigger-than-Windows project has come under scrutiny (Washington Post via Austin American-Statesman)


Microchips Everywhere: a Future Vision (Associated Press via Google)
On RFID technology.

Entrepreneur began at 12 by going downhill (Philadelphia Inquirer)
On GSI Commerce's Michael Rubin.

Tech company lawyer gets 15 months for insider trading (Associated Press via PennLive.com)

iJailBreak 0.4, Mac OS X Jailbreak Utility, Released for 1.1.3 (prMac.com)
Apparently written by a thirteen year-old.

New Software Architect's User Group in Philly Area (IngenuityNow)
First meeting on February 6 at Microsoft Malvern.

TargetRx names Scott president and CEO (Philadelphia Business Journal)

New Jersey Incubators Struggle to Keep Companies in State (NJBIZ.com)

Real-Estate Search Engine Roost Launches With Full MLS Listings (TechCrunch)


International Information Systems Group Acquires Titan Technology Services LLC (BusinessWire)

Inquirer Staffers React to Tierney’s “10 Percent” Threat (The Daily Examiner: Philadelphia Magazine)

Metro: Free Dailies In Trouble (mediabistro.com: Fishbowl NY)

H.P. Unveils Mobile Thin Client (Network World via New York Times)

What SAP customers/users should watch for in 2008 — Part 2 (SAP Watch: SearchSAP.com blog)

Technitrol Q4 Profit Rises (TradingMarkets.com)

Region's creative industries flourishing, a study finds (Philadelphia Daily News)

Google, Microsoft offering services to Drexel students (Philadelphia Business Journal)

Accu-Sort(R) Bar Code Reading Camera Systems Chosen for Major Parcel Sorting Center Expansion (BusinessWire via PR-inside.com)

Tyco Electronics CEO Gets $15.9M (Associated Press via Forbes)

Ametek increases share buybacks by $50M (Philadelphia Inquirer)

BravoSolution Completes Acquisition of Verticalnet (Centre Daily Times)

Aries Electronics Relocates Corporate Headquarters to Expanded Facility (PRNewswire)

For 25 years, Ben Franklin has promoted job growth (Allentown Morning Call)

Union: Philadelphia Inquirer owners warn more cost cuts needed (Associated Press via phillyBurbs.com)

GSI buys e-mail marketer for $157M (Philadelphia Inquirer)

GSI Commerce Announces Preliminary, Un-Audited Fiscal Year 2007 Operating Results and Preliminary Fiscal 2008 Guidance (PRNewswire)


Bentley Acquires LEAP Software, Inc., Expanding Portfolio of Software for Analysis and Design of Concrete Bridges (BusinessWire)

IAC, Diller sue Liberty Media over voting rights (Reuters via Forbes)
Liberty Media owns West Chester-based QVC.



Under P2P Fire, Comcast Builds Legal, Technological Defenses (Information Week)

Ikon cutting 350 jobs, 1Q profits fall 44% (Philadelphia Business Journal)

Kulicke & Soffa Profits Jump (Associated Press via Forbes)

Lockheed Martin profit up, raises outlook (Reuters)

Siemens 1Q Profit Rises Sharply (Associated Press via Forbes)

Endeca Gets $15M Embrace From Intel, SAP (Red Herring)

VendorSeek may know where to go (Philadelphia Business Journal)


Innovative Solutions & Support, Inc. Announces John C. Long as Chief Financial Officer (BusinessWire)

Blogger gets into the game
A Malvern Prep grad's Philadelphia sports blog is attracting hits - and not just on the Web. (Philadelphia Inquirer)

'Nova engineers inVESTED in future (The Villanovan)

Technology Brings Medical Expertise From Philadelphia To India (NBC10.com)

Unisys, activist shareholder in talks; deadline postponed (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Ametek posts higher fourth-quarter profit (Reuters)

Motorola Posts 84% Drop In 4Q Net, Sees 1Q Loss (Dow Jones via CNNMoney)

High-tech hunt reaches for fans (Philadelphia Business Journal)

Entercom signs up for new ratings system (Associated Press via Seattle Post-Intelligencer)

Comcast: A CEO in the Crosshairs (Motley Fool)

BI Chaos Escalates with SAP-Business Objects Combination (Intelligent Enterprise Blog)

Guavagarage.com: New Online Music Community Web Site Revolutionizing the Industry (PRWeb)

Comcast, FCC at odds over policy
Cable giant: New rules stifle growth, help rivals
(Times of Trenton)


In strategic shift, Comcast, TiVo team up
Move is 1st step toward a more open platform (Boston Globe)


Bentley Acquires Hevacomp, Ltd., Expanding Portfolio of Software to Improve Performance of Buildings (BusinessWire)

AT&T Announces Hosting Agreement With SAP America; Named a Preferred SAP(R) Hosting Provider (PRNewswire)

New open source venture funding and the importance of SAP Ventures and Intel Capital (CNET Blogs)

Wipro Launches Factory-like Approach to Design and Implementation Services for SAP® Interactive Forms by Adobe (TechWhack)

Verizon to move workers into Chinatown building (Philadelphia Inquirer)

IT firm lands U.S. port deal (Halifax Chronicle Herald)
Nova Scotia firm to redo IT systems for Philadelphia-area ports.

Siemens’s Prosperity Doesn’t Obscure Bribery Scandal (New York Times)

The creative slice of economic pie (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Shooters Post & Transfer Installs BrightDrive to Provide Media Sharing Infrastructure for all DI and Digital Film Processes (Broadcastnewswroom.com)

Heartland Payment Systems and American Express Sign Merchant Sales and Servicing Agreement (Centre Daily Times)

SEI Introduces Private Client Models to Banking Market (PRNewswire)

PhillyBurbs.com, Two Other Calkins Sites Join Real Cities Network (PR Newswire)

Thomson Scientific Tagging Researchers: ResearcherID.com (Information Today)


Penn State Great Valley Program Examines Hot Technology Careers (BusinessWire)

MEDecision Introduces Alineo(TM) Collaborative Health Care Management Solution (Centre Daily Times)

Just a phone call away (phillyBurbs.com)

IBM and SAP to develop joint software (Reuters)
Will integrate Lotus Notes with SAP business applications.


Makarand Teje: Taking the reigns
New AppLabs president, COO relishes challenge (IndUS Business Journal)

Big year for venture capital (Philadelphia Inquirer)
The quarterly MoneyTree survey is out.

Camden becomes a player in a surprising industry: defense (Associated Press via Newsday)

NeatReceipts for Mac Scans, Reads, and Organizes Receipts (MacRumors.com)

Herley CEO's bonus gets bigger (Lancaster New Era)

Verizon Launches New Interactive Media Guide (TMCnet)

With Comcast Under Fire, Vuze Enjoys Growth Surge (Information Week)


Philadelphia Convention & Visitors Bureau Launches First-Ever Web Sites in Japanese and Chinese (BusinessWire)


Maxwell Systems Launches Estimation Logistics 7.3 (BusinessWire)

1&1 Internet Debuts Anniversary Specials (HostingTech.com)

The earlier the better... (Redeye VC)
Josh Kopelman of First Round Capital updates his investment philosophy: Its staying the same.


Philadelphia buoyant after completing water billing system (Computerworld)


Hoping for movie magic to save Norristown (Philadelphia Inquirer)


Shooters' DIVE makes a splash (Philadelphia Business Journal)


Hecklers delay speech; Carlyle CEO notes private-equity ‘purgatory’ (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Wharton Venture Capital conference: NEA's Dick Kramlich (Dealscape)

Urban Outfitters to Buy Nursery to Start New Chain (Bloomberg)

Sprint’s Customer Erosion Prompts Cutbacks (New York Times)


SAP Doesn't See Economy Crimping Sales, Chief Kagermann Says (Bloomberg)

SAP and Oracle's middleware battle heats up (searchSAP.com)

Comcast CEO Brian Roberts Ain't Going Nowhere (Wired Blogs)

Major shareholder seeks ouster of Comcast CEO to improve returns (Associated Press via phillyBurbs.com)

InterDigital Appoints Lawrence Shay President of Patent Licensing (ad-hoc-news)

Institutional Shareholder Seeks
Ouster of Comcast CEO Roberts (Barron's)
Comcast called a "Comcastrophe" over the past decade.

Federal Reserve "Beigebook" Report for Philadelphia, January 08. (The Federal Reserve Board)

Philadelphia Region Business Outlook Survey January 2008 (Philadelphia Fed)


Facebook Up, But MySpace Still Leads By A Very, Very, Very Long Way (TechCrunch)
New Hope-based MyYearbook.com increased its traffic by over 400% year-to-year, according to Hitwise.

Philadelphia-Area Tech Leaders Launch DreamIt Ventures and Call for Funding Applications (BusinessWire)


Greater Philadelphia Is a Hotbed of Life Sciences and Biomedical Discovery
The Scientist Magazine Finds That It's the Connections That Make the Area Cool (Marketwire)

Experts Like Boomi’s Integration-As-Service Offering (ITBusinessEdge)

Social network ad analytics company Invite Media raises angel round (VentureBeat)
More details on Philadelphia venture backed by First Round Capital


SAP to win significantly more business clients due to Business Objects takeover
(Thomson Financial via CNNMoney)
In the opinion of its CEO, anyway.


SAP skills to have for 2008 and beyond (SearchSAP.com)


FiOS 'TV 2.0' Hits Jersey, Philly
Staggered rollout of GUI upgrade continues... (Broadband Reports)


A New Networking Site Dedicated to Web Analytics Launches (PRWeb)

Callidus Software Announces Strategic Agreement With IMS Health (Marketwire via CNNMoney)

SleepEx splits from Pro-Tech (Philadelphia Business Journal)

Arthur Warady Joins eMergent Benefit Solutions, LLC, as EVP of Technology (PRWeb)

The new look of sports news (phillyBurbs.com)

SAP, Business Objects announce first joint products (InfoWorld)

Oracle Snatches BEA for $8.5B (Red Herring)

Sun to Buy MySQL for $1 Billion (Associated Press via New York Times)


SAP Americas Announces Small and Midsize (SME) Partner Award Winners at 2008 North American Partner Meeting (PRNewswire via CNNMoney)

5 business process and application trends for 2008 (NetworkWorld)

Why I hate Comcast (Computerworld Blogs)

Sales up, losses widen for Tectonics (phillyBurbs.com)

Scala Announces Record Sales and EBITDA for 2007 (PRWeb)

BlueStar to Distribute New Elo TouchSystems 17-in. LCD Touchmonitor from Tyco Electronics
(Press Release)


Foxwoods Resort Casino selects WPCS to provide wireless communications network (Thomson Financial via CNNMoney)


Elsevier Acquires MEDai, Leading Provider of Healthcare Predictive Analytics and Data Mining Solutions (BusinessWire)


Krames Acquires wired.MD, Inc. and Library of over 415 Patient Education Videos
(BusinessWire)

Information Technology Expert Appointed to Penn.'s Office of Administration (Government Technology)


Basic Tools for Public Health (medGadget)

uwishunu(TM) Launches New Web Series Featuring Philadelphia Artists, Chefs and Nightlife (PRNewswire)

FCC Asks Comcast About Internet Filter (Associated Press via Google News)


CES: Comcast’s Roberts On The Road Map And Improving Customer Service; More On Fancast (paidContent.org)


New telecom firm draws big investors (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Few companies fully use their SAP software (ComputerWeekly.com)


QVC Expands Online Community to Full Social Networking Site With LiveWorld as Services Provider (BusinessWire)

ImpactRx buys Paragon Research (Philadelphia Business Journal)

IMS Health Buys RMBC Pharm Consultant (Kommersant)


HostMySite Web Host, Manages Presidential Campaign Website, for Mike Huckabee (The Hostings News)

Rapid Growth Prompts Important Changes in PointRoll Executive Team (PRNewswire)

Verticalnet shareholders OK sale to BravoSolution (Philadelphia Business Journal)

Internet Tech Channel CunningTV to Provide Coverage of MacWorld Keynote (prMac.com)

Government Awards Passport Card Deals
General Dynamics, Unisys Win Government Contracts for Work on Passport Card (Associated Press via CNNMoney)


EGT And WeiTel Form Strategic Alliance (BusinessWire)


SuiteLinqTM Unveils Enhanced Interactive Solution for Hospitality Industry (BusinessWire)

Report: Metro newspaper for sale (Philadelphia Business Journal)

Listening to doctors and patients talk
A Fort Washington firm offers health-care clients a chance to hear what they say to one another. (Philadelphia Inquirer)


DIY security hits its market (Philadelphia Business Journal)
About InGrid Inc.


SAP shares up on solid Q4 results (Reuters)

IDS Scheer Signs a Memorandum of Understanding with SAP America to Become an “Early Partner” for SAP Business ByDesign (BusinessWire)


SocNet Advertising Firm Invite Media Raises Seed Round (alarm:clock)
Philadelphia-based venture backed by First Round Capital

The Super-Thin Star of a New TV Screen (NJBIZ.com)
On Universal Display


GSI Commerce gets $75M secured credit line (Thomson Financial via CNNMoney)

InterDigital Signs Giant Electronics to Worldwide 2G and 3G Patent License Agreement (BusinessWire)

FiOS tops satisfaction survey; worth moving for? (ars technica)

Department stores to use Wayne firm’s weather forecasts (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Weintraub Telecomm to buy Jensen Communications (Philadelphia Business Journal)


Temple University Selects SunGard Higher Education to Help Create a New Unified Digital Campus (BusinessWire)

2008 eCTD Train Wreck? (ClinPage)

MedRisk, Inc. Receives URAC Workers’ Compensation Utilization Management Accreditation (BusinessWire)

What's playing at the library? (Philadelphia Daily News)

Card programs evolve to meet student desire for off campus use and phone-based transactions (CR80 News)
About Heartland Payment Systems.

BioMedExperts Searches for Researchers (Red Herring)
Competition for Philadelphia-based Biowizard?

The People Vs. Comcast (Forbes)

Comcast 'Gets It' (LightReading: Cable Digital News)

Shareholder boosts Comcast stake (Associated Press via Business Week)


Swiss Temenos jumps on buyback, talk of SAP bid (Reuters)


Oracle may put a price on business processes (SearchOracle.com)


Siemens' divestments and acquisitions will not be as large as 'recently' - CEO
(Thomson Financial via CNNMoney)

Liberty Media Buys 14 Million Additional Shares Of InterActiveCorp (Dow Jones)


14th Annual Wharton Private Equity & Venture Capital Conference (BusinessWire via
PR-inside.com)


Students to experience entrepreneurialism at ideablob* University (BusinessWire via Philly.com)

GSI Commerce shares rise after upgrade (Associated Press via MSN Money)

Ikon lowers earnings guidance; shares tumble (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Cricket Communications adding 170 jobs (Philadelphia Business Journal)

Economic outlooks differ at Phila. chamber event (Philadelphia Business Journal)


Company devises better online rebates (Wilmington News Journal)

Citi Media: Dennis Strigl, President & COO, Verizon Communications: Limits On Faster FiOS Rollout (paidContent.org)

Inverness Graham Investments Closes $100 Million Transaction with New Investors (PRNewsire via SunHerald.com)


Americas' SAP Users' Group Names COO, CMO (BusinessWire via Reuters)


SEI Selects Ascensus to Provide Retirement Plan Recordkeeping and Administrative Services with Full Fee Transparency (BusinessWire)

GARTNER: Strong Growth in Business Intelligence Decline as Market Flux Continues (Kauppalehti Online)


Sivoo Unveils 'CEDR' Technology Platform (PRNewswire via Earthtimes.org)

USA Technologies & Coinmach Launch eSuds Credit(TM) Solution for Commercial Laundry Industry
(BusinessWire via Raleigh News & Observer)

Roberts takes center stage
The Comcast chief touted innovations; not all were wowed. (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Comcast CFO is optimistic on 2008 growth (Business Week)

The FCC examines Comcast's traffic-blocking plan (Salon.com)

Technitrol agrees to buy Sonion A/S in $385M cash deal (Thomson Financial via CNNMoney)

Matrix, Tyco, Nap Info begin undersea fibre-optic system (Digital Media Asia)


Ready for Business
Turning technology into enterprises is task of new Science Center chief. (Philadelphia Inquirer)


eHealth organization picks leaders (PennLive.com)


Accessible Archives, Inc. Adds Federated Search Capability (PRNewswire)

SocketLabs Introduces New Email Delivery Server for Windows (PRWEB)


InterDigital and SK Telecom Extend Collaboration to Develop Mobile Wireless Handover... (BusinessWire via Reuters)

Microsoft Bids for Norwegian Search Engine Firm (Associated Press via New York Times)

Verizon Preps GPON Push (LightReading.com)


The most wired school in America
The School of the Future is now, but can too much tech impede critical thinking skills? (Computerworld)


Thomson Scientific Launches Journal Citation Forum Dedicated to Discussion About... (PRNewswire via Reuters)


MCA Solutions Achieves Major Milestones in 2007 (BusinessWire via Reuters)

MacHeist 2: The Infamous Shareware Bundle Rides Again (Wired)

Unisys Under Pressure

Shareholder Asks Unisys for Review (Associated Press via Forbes)


Unisys says it is evaluating letter from Millbrook (Reuters)


Unisys Finally Gets Activist Call (Forbes)

Comcast's Big Day

Comcast CEO Brian Roberts gave the keynote address at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, and the company also made several well-orchestrated announcements. The overall emphasis was to signal Comcast's (and the cable industry's) movement towards a more open architecture, and also to demonstrate its increasing role in the world of Consumer Electronics.

Roberts Declares Open Season (Light Reading Cable Digital News)

Comcast Tunes In Fancast.com Movie-TV Hub (Red Herring)


Comcast Plans to Offer a Huge Menu of Films (New York Times)


Comcast titan getting playful
The keynote speaker at the Consumer Electronics Show vows a "Hollywoodization of Brian Roberts." (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Move Over Bells: Comcast Corporation Becomes The Fourth-Largest Phone Service Provider in the U.S. (PRNewswire via Broadcast Newsroom)

Comcast Talks 100 Mbit/s 'Net Access for Consumers (PC Magazine)


Cable's consumer electronics makeover (Fortune)

FCC: We'll investigate Comcast-BitTorrent flap (CNET News)

Next: Interactive TV, with no set-top box
Comcast and Panasonic will unveil plug-and-play flat-screen sets as part of the transition to digital. (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Comcast: Cable to standardize technology
Comcast: Cable industry to standardize network in '08, enabling new services without cable box (Associated Press via Newsweek))

Motorola Debuts Dual-Format Set-Tops (Multichannel News)

Alycia Axed: CBS3 lets go of Lane (Philly.com)

SAP Drops After UBS, Societe Generale Cut Estimates (Bloomberg)

IMG Americas Rebrands as B4 Consulting (BusinessWire via Reuters)

Sony Launches Organic LED TVs In U.S. (Information Week)
Ewing, N.J. based Universal Display is a pioneer in OLED technology.


SunGard Acquires Financial Technology Integrators (FTI) (PRNewswire)

Speculation builds over papers' home (Cherry Hill Courier-Post)

Navteq Unveils New Traffic Download (Associated Press via CNNMoney)

International look to Pa. businesses (phillyBurbs.com)

Fitting QlikTech into the Business Intelligence Universe (Customer Experience Matrix)

Arbitron PPM Panel Improves (MediaWeek)

WPCS announces $9M in contracts (Philadelphia Business Journal)


Verispan Service Forecasts Market Outcomes for New Product Launches (BusinessWire)

IMS Health to cut 10 pct of staff (Reuters)


N.J. firm targets thieves, growth
Checkpoint, of Glouco, offers a tag system to help retailers thwart shoplifters. Its new CEO has set a $1 billion goal. (Philadelphia Inquirer)


IT players catching up with MNCs in SAP: Forrester (The Economic Times of India)


SAP-Business Objects Deal Threatens IBM Relationship (eWeek.com)


Verizon Wireless Rolls Out Mobile Banking (Information Week)


Telecom Carrier Verizon Is Tuning Up Its FiOS TV Service (Investor's Business Daily)

What Does Eveillard Know About Comcast Stock's Value? (Update2) (Bloomberg)

Cable TV Operators Forced to Change (Red Herring)

Motorola Unveils Mobile Live TV Device (Reuters via New York Times)

Can Netflix capture the set-top box?
(ZDNet Blogs)

Computer virus strikes state systems (The Patriot-News)

Chain Said to Seek Bids for Weather Channel (New York Times)
Comcast a possible suitor.


SAP May Say Fourth-Quarter Profit Slips on Increased Spending (Bloomberg)

Wawa: Need retail software, will travel (searchSAP.com)

Software as a service
A question of demand
What NetSuite's flotation says about the software industry
(The Economist)

Accenture purchase of Gestalt complete (Bizjournals.com via MSN Money)

Several Top Newspaper Companies Joined Race -- to Bottom of Stock Performance in 2007 (Editor & Publisher)
Journal Register Co. tops the list


TAKE Solutions Announces Technology Offerings for CDISC SDTM (BusinessWire)



MedQuist shareholders ignore fellow investor Costa Brava's board nominations
(Thomson Financial via CNNMoney)

Traffic.com Unveils Breakthrough 'Fastest Drive Now' Feature (PRNewswire)

Escalon Medical ultrasound system works with PC (Philadelphia Business Journal)

Akrion Ships Single-Wafer System for Pre-photolithography Cleaning (PRNewswire)


The Judge Group Announces Plans to Open Branch Office in Comcast Center (BusinessWire)

Lockheed Martin unit wins $40M Aegis contract from Japan (Philadelphia Business Journal)


First Advantage Purchases Fiserv's Mortgage Credit Reporting Division, CredStar
(PRNewswire)

Unisys Strengthens Management Team With Key Changes (BusinessWire)

QVC, HSN go over shopping list (Hollywood Reporter)

Deal to Buy Mortgage Company Collapses (New York Times)

Motorola and Metrologic settle patent disputes (Reuters)

Giving Phila. its digital due (Philadelphia Inquirer)


Jury's still out on LSI-Agere merger ((Allentown Morning Call)


Six Leaps of Innovation
5. Small-scale VC
Josh Kopelman, FirstRound Capital (Fortune)

Comcast and Insight Announce Completion of Insight Midwest Transaction (PRNewswire)


ISS Solutions Renews Its Lease in Langhorne Pennsylvania (BusinessWire)


Avenue A | Razorfish Adds Three Staff Members to Interactive Marketing Team in Philadelphia (PharmaLive.com)