InterDigital Lacks Thrills (Motley Fool)

Apple to launch 3G iPhone in June?
Analyst says current iPhone production is already being wound down (TechRadar.com)

Liberty Media sees weakness at QVC, eyes new deals (Reuters)
Looking for major ecommerce acquisitions. Does this include IAC?

Comcast Clear To Fight 30% Cap
With FCC Publishing Ownership Rules, Operator Can Now Mount Court Challenge (Multichannel News)

FCC Considers Hearing Do-Over in Light of Comcast Seat Hogging Charges (PC World)

Docsis Device Shipments Top 30M in 2007 (Cable Digital News: Light Reading)


Attendees Ponder HIMSS Plusses and Minuses (Healthcare Informatics)

Vanguard settles racial discrimination case (Philadelphia Business Journal)

OpSource Embeds Boomi On Demand Into OpSource Connect (Marketwire)

WPCS lowers earnings, revenue guidance (Phidelphia Business Journal)


MODA Technology Partners and Applied Biosystems team with XOMA for deployment of SQL*LIMS Micro/EM™ at Berkeley, CA Manufacturing Facilities (BusinessWire)

PHH Corp. posts 4th qtr. profit from mortgage business (PhillyInc: Philadelphia Inquirer)

imc² Names Chris Mycek Managing Director for Philly Office Promotion Adds to Tremendous Success of Northeast Office (PharmaLive)

InterDigital Announces Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2007 Financial Results (BusinessWire)

Liberty Media Reports Fourth Quarter Financial Results
Company Completes Deal for Largest Stake in DIRECTV (PRNewswire)
QVC's revenue grew 4% in 4th quarter.


CDI Corp. Reports Fourth Quarter Earnings Increase by 35%, Announces Full Year 2007 Results, Dividend and Stock Repurchase Program(PRNewswire)

Cintas, Digitas Health adding combined 300 jobs in Phila. (Philadelphia Business Journal)

Technitrol completes purchase of Danish firm (Philadelphia Inquirer)

ExploTrack monitors explosives (Philadelphia Business Journal)

Google Admits Health Data Plan (Red Herring)

First Look at Google Health (John Battelle's Searchblog)


RTLS Healthcare: InfoLogix To Launch SurgiChip - A Complete Real-Time Wireless Verification System To Help Hospitals Eliminate Surgical Errors (RFID Solutions)

Devon IT to Launch in India (BusinessWire)


SAP spruces up its supply chain offering (SearchSAP.com)

SAP developers beware: Duet comes to healthcare (SAP Watch: SearchSAP.com)


VC Circle: Rob Hayes on Get Satisfaction (Under the Radar Blog)
On investment by First Round Capital.


Millersville University will create software center
Will link students and businesses (LancasterOnline)


Japan Technology Group Presents a Free Japan Innovative Technology Showcase in Philadelphia, PA (BusinessWire)

Support? Or Astroturf?
Comcast acknowledges that it hired people to take up room at an F.C.C. hearing into its practices. (Portfolio.com)

Checkpoint Systems 4Q adjusted earnings rise to 60c a share; revenue up 21.4% (Thomson Financial via CNNMoney)

EResearchTechnology Soars on 4Q Earnings (Associated Press via CNNMoney)

Technologicology: Haven’t Been Macromedia Flashed Like That Since Grade School (Philebrity)
On Newgrounds.com of Glenside.


SAP's targets could be a stretch, analysts caution
Societe Generale sees first signs of deals being delayed in Europe (Marketwatch)

India’s SAP Integration Capacity Grows (Sap Watch: SearchSAP.com)

Guild: Philly Newspapers Lay Off 68 (Associated Press via Portfolio.com)

GSI Commerce Appoints Nick Pahade President of gsi interactive (PRNewswire)

Busy Time In Online Health Media: Microsoft Developer Fund; Google’s Health Plans (paidContent.org)


Highly Scalable Document Clustering Software Released by Hot Neuron (BusinessWire)

InterDigital Licenses 3G Modem Technology to Leading Asian Semiconductor Company (BusinessWire via FoxBusiness)

ICT Group posts lower Q4 results, warns of Q1 loss (Reuters)

M5 Networks Expands Hosted VoIP Services in Philadelphia (TMCnet)

Environmental Tectonics ends Navy dispute (phillyBurbs.com)


Herley burdened by weight of indictment
Company chairman describes extra costs, loss of focus. (Lancaster New Era)

RFID Startups Go After Lucrative Niches (O'Reilly Radar)

Siemens Unveils syngo WebSpace Enhancements at HIMSS (PRNewswire)

Campus Philly working to keep college graduates in the area (Philadelphia Business Journal)

Visa to raise up to $19 billion in largest-ever IPO (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Big impact on some Delaware firms.

FCC chief says Net providers can't block access 'arbitrarily'
Delays by Comcast are focus of hearing (Boston Globe)

NY AG Subpoenas Comcast on Broadband (Associated Press via Google)

Edison, Safeguard Scientifics invest in Portico (Philadelphia Business Journal)

eResearchTechnology Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2007 Results (PRNewswire)

Foolish Forecast: InterDigital's Diverse Aspirations (Motley Fool)

SAP CEO sees no spending downturn, profits to rise (Reuters)

Nistica Gets $10M Infusion (NJBiz.com)

Bloomberg LP Seeing Weakness, Slowing Hiring--Source (Silicon Alley Insider)
A significant part of Bloomberg's operations are based in Princeton.

MEDecision Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2007 Financial Results (BusinessWire)

MEDecision Introduces Alineo Care Management Analytics (BusinessWire)

Siemens Announces General Availability of Soarian Quality Measures
Reading Hospital Experiences 300+ Percent Efficiency Improvement Through Adoption of New Healthcare Data-Mining Technology (Siemens Press Release via Biloxi Sun-Herald)

Siemens Signs New Revenue Cycle Management Customers (PRNewswire)

WorldGate receives notice of default (phillyBurbs.com)

Fixes Promised for GPS System in Philadelphia Cabs (KWY NewsRadio)
Somebody finally admits its not working.


Herley Wins $9.8 Million Contract Award for Complex Integrated Microwave Assemblies for U. S. Electronic Attack Aircraft (PRNewswire)

Ametek acquires Minneapolis firm (Philadelphia Inquirer)

StarCite Integrates Hilton Family of Hotels into New, Real-Time Electronic Small Meetings Solution (BusinessWire)

Lots of Healthcare IT news today, since the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) is holding its annual conference in Orlando. Also, Comcast gets its so-called day in court with the FCC, but it sounds like the jury has already decided.



Microsoft Joins Forces with SAP America for Healthcare IT (PRNewswire via FoxBusiness)
Ironic timing, considering the New York Times article on Saturday.


FCC Mulling New Internet Rules (Light Reading: Cable Digital News)

Comcast Pursuing $35 Digital Dongle (Light Reading: Cable Digital News)
Didn't know what a Dongle was until I read this.


Motorola Acquires Chinese Digital Cable Set-Top Assets (TMCnet: IT Communications)

Moto Calls Up Wideband CPEs (Light Reading: Cable Digital News)


Avenue A | Razorfish Attributes $735 Million of Online Spend to Vertical Properties and Search Engines (Avenue A | Razorfish Press Release)

Avenue A SVP: Microsoft + Yahoo = Irrelevant (Silicon Alley Insider)

Rohm and Haas signs IBM chip deal (Associated Press via CNNMoney)

Liberty Media gets FCC OK for control of DirecTV (bizjournals.com via MSN Money)

Unisys Signs $225M Australian Contract (Associated Press via Forbes)

MEDecision Partners with NextGen Healthcare (BusinessWire)
Two area companies work together.

CapMed Introduces icePHR Mobile, Allowing Consumers to Access Personal Health Records (PHRs) from Cell Phones (BusinessWire)

Draeger Launches New Infinity® Omega Solution in the USA – Featuring a Widescreen for Integrated Patient Monitoring and Electronic Records, Both at the Bedside (BusinessWire)

Phoenix Data Systems Extends EDC Platform and Electronic Submission Capabilities (BusinessWire)

Albert Einstein Healthcare Network CMIO To Present Lecture On Automatic Patient Tracking Insights At HIMSS Annual Conference (Data Collection Online)

Microsoft Should Buy SAP Instead of Yahoo (Silicon Alley Insider)


Join a user group (The Apple Core: ZDNet Blogs)
Jason O'Grady commemorates tenth anniversary of the Philadelphia PowerBook Users Group.

Tacoma and Lakewood police officers will get high-tech help
Tacoma, Lakewood police grant to pay for crime early warning system (Tacoma News Tribune)
Will use GIS technology from Philadelphia-based Avencia.

The New Face of the Silicon Age
How India became the world's computer capital. (Little India)

Maybe Microsoft Should Stalk Different Prey (New York Times)
Suggests Microsoft should be pursuing SAP instead of Yahoo. Interesting hypothesis. IBM has usually been mentioned as the most likely suitor for SAP.


Europe's Crop of 'Billion-Dollar Babies' (BusinessWeek)
Focuses on Qliktech, now based in Radnor, discussing possibility of billion dollar IPO in not too distant future.

FCC To Talk 'Net Neutrality' With Comcast, Verizon Monday (Associated Press via CNNMoney)

FiOS: Nearing Full Speed (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Suburban developer plans to buy famed Philly news building (Associated Press via phillyBurbs.com)


Avenue A/Razorfish: 2007 Billings Up 36% (Silicon Alley Insider)

Representatives are standing by (Med Ad News)
On changes in pharmacuetical marketing affecting many Philly-area firms.

Mike Armstrong talks with Jeffrey D. Erb of Norristown Studios about the local film industry. (Philadelphia Business Today: Philly.com)

NWCT Looks Toward the Future of Leadership and IT Trends (PR.com)
Conference to be held on March 29.

Researchers Find Way to Steal Encrypted Data (New York Times)
Reseach based at Princeton.


Site lets fans track web of celebrity connections (Philadelphia Inquirer)
New Comcast site.

Environmental Tectonics shareholder Lenfest offers to buy entire company (Philadelphia Business Journal)

Vanguard CEO Brennan to step down (Philadelphia Business Journal)

Motorola: With New CFO In Place, Is Split-Up Ahead? (Tech Trader Daily: Barron's)

T-Mobile USA Completes Acquisition of SunCom Wireless (BusinessWire)

Comcast ‘on trial’ at FCC hearing Monday (ZDNet Blogs)

Philly Stuff (Broadcasting & Cable)

Phila. Univision station launching newscasts (Philadelphia Business Journal)

Innovative Solutions & Support To Buyback Up To 1 Mln Shares (TradingMarkets.com)
Its interesting to see companies such as Kenexa and IS&S, which are supposed to be growth stocks, buying back shares at this time.

PALINET and SOLINET Discussing Merger (Library Journal)

Philadelphia Fed February Factory Index Falls to -24 (Bloomberg)
Here is the Philadelphia Fed Report
Although this report tends to focus on the "old" economy more than the new, it is considered to be a very important indicator nationally.

Google Health Pilot Goes Live Today? (Mashable)


Market maturity and Microsoft lead Gartner's latest business intelligence report (SearchDataManagement.com)

SAP sends Oracle's JD Edwards packing at Hobby Lobby (SearchSAP.com)


Thomson Scientific Announces Strategic Alliance With Collexis to Develop Custom Data Mining Solution for Web of Science Users (PRNewswire)


Motorola Unveils Full Portfolio of DOCSIS(R) 3.0 CPE (PRNewswire)
DOCSIS 3.0 is an important technology standard for helping Cable systems stay competitive in the race to provide faster broadband. There is a possibility, however, that Cable's own new technology may cut Motorola out of the loop.

Yahoo Expands Newspaper Consortium; Now Up To 634 Papers (paidContent)
Philadelphia Media Holdings(The Inquirer, Daily News, and Philly.com)is a major force behind the Yahoo consortium.

Majority Of FCC Approves News Corp.-DirecTV-Liberty Deal (Dow Jones via CNNMoney)
Liberty Media owns QVC.

Entercom Communications swings to 4Q net loss, posts charge of $38.7M (Thomson Financial via CNNMoney)

Radio One 4Q loss widens (Baltimore Business Journal)

Rodale Reports 2007 Full-Year Results (BusinessWire)

InfoLogix introduces technology to reduce medical errors (Philadelphia Inquirer)


TAGSYS, Sirit Announce RFID Technology Partnership (BusinessWire)

Infragistics Announces NetAdvantage for .NET 2008 Volume 1 (PRNewswire)

Lithium Technology Corporation to Launch Advanced New Product Line (PRNewswire)

Bluewolf Announces Expansion of Authorized Training Centers to Boston and Philadelphia for Salesforce.com Customers, Partners and Developers (BusinessWire)

Ametek acquires Okla. firm (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Missile Strikes a Spy Satellite Falling From Its Orbit (New York Times)

SunGard Announces Record Results for 2007 (BusinessWire)

7 Questions: Parexel-ClinPhone Deal (ClinPage)

Unisys asks its investment bank to explore options (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Unisys lays out services-led plan for data centers (Computerworld)

A Piece of Cake? Hardly, but Autumn Bayles Helped Herself, and Others, Rise to the Top (Knowledge@Wharton)

Kenexa approves 3M share buyback (Associated Press via MSNMoney)

Disgruntled customer sues Comcast over P2P throttling (ars technica)

Innovation Philadelphia scrambling for new funds (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Growth Slowing in World CAD Market - Cambashi (TenLinks.com)

QlikTech's MusiQ Tracker Provides Visualization of Radio and Internet Airplay (PRNewswire)


NATO Selects ActiveStrategy for Balanced Scorecard Software, Consulting (BusinessWire)

Optium Introduces Integrated Optical Channel Monitoring and OSNR Capability Into WSS Family of Products At OFC/NFOEC 2008 (PrimeNewswire)

Pervasive Software and PeopleForce Aggregate Siloed Information Quickly for New Jersey First Responders to Enhance Service, Metrics and Resource Allocation (PRNewswire)

Unisys asks its investment bank to explore options (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Safend secures $9M in venture funds (Philadelphia Business Journal)

SAP eyes smaller buys, absorbs Business Objects-CEO (guardian.co.uk)

Looking Back at SAP (SAP Watch: SearchSAP.com)

Motorola's Cable Problem: Shortages Today, Displaced Tomorrow? (Silicon Alley Insider)
Is Motorola's powerful set-top box business, based in Horsham, at risk?

High Costs Drive Online Prescribing Push (Associated Press via New York Times)

ClinPhone: Statement re: Share Price Movement (PharmaLive)


AmSurg® Chooses NextGen® For Nationwide Deployment (BusinessWire)

Frankford rehab center uses video games to improve therapy (Philadelphia Business Journal)

Boomi On Demand SaaS Integration Deployed by MDS Pharma Services, Connecting SaaS and On-Premise Applications in Less Than Six Weeks (Marketwire)

CreativeHub.com Launches to Connect Businesses with Creative Talent (PRNewswire)

TEMIS Named a 2008 Codie Award Finalist for Best Enterprise Search Engine and Best BI & KM Solution. (PRNewswire)

Baseball's top fielders ranked in new statistical system (Associated Press via International Herald Tribune)
Developed by researchers at Penn(Guess they don't have anything better to do.)

Verizon to offer unlimited voice, data, and messaging packages (engadget)

IDS Scheer: Jazzing up BPM (ZDNet Blogs)
Excellent piece describing IDS Scheer's strategic positioning as BPM gains momentum.

Moorestown’s Lockheed has role in satellite shooting (Philadelphia Inquirer)


Let the cable wars begin: AT&T takes on Comcast (MLive.com)

Announcement in Relation to the Movement in the ClinPhone Share Price (PRNewswire)
ClinPhone, which provide IT systems for clinical trials, has its US headquarters in East Windsor, NJ.


The fare essentials: As technology simplifies transit commute, will that mean standardized system here? (Gloucester County Times)

Avenue A Razorfish Names Ken Dhouti Client Partner (PharmaLive)

Freeman's Set to Partner with WorthPoint (PRWeb)

Newspaper to Pete Dexter: Show Us the Money (The Daily Examiner: Philadelphia Magazine)

Patent Suits Target Operators, Broadcasters
Rembrandt’s Choreographed Litigation Aims To Paint Green Results (Multichannel News)
Suburban Philadelphia "patent troll" criticized.

Don't Buy Vague Buyback News (TheStreet.com)
Plaudits for Philadelphia Business Journal's reporting on Comcast.

Winners, Losers in Digital TV Transition (Associated Press via New York Times)

Sector Glance: Web Ads, Research (Associated Press via Houston Chronicle)
Marchex attributes growth in part to VoiceStar.

SOA World Feature: SOA as a Business Strategy (Sys-Con.com)

Carlson Says U.S. Must Emphasize Innovation (NJBIZ.com)

Lepton Technologies gets Franklin funding (LancasterOnline)

Satellite Shootdown Plan Began in Jan. (Associated Press via Google)

Comcast answers critics; quarterly profit soars (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Up The Data Stream With A Paddle, Comcast To Invest $70 Million In 'Canoe' (MediaDailyNews)

Startups Battle Comcast Over Video Blocking (Red Herring)

Heartland Slammed on Earnings Shortfall (Associated Press via CNNMoney)


Publicis misses 2007 organic growth target (Dow Jones)
Publicis has significant health marketing operations in the Philadelphia area.

Mortgage insurer Radian loses $618M in quarter (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Small Companies Are Finding a Home on the Web (New York Times)

PeopleMetrics can help define a career path (Philadelphia Business Journal)


Chris Tihansky Appointed President of In Vivo Cellular Imaging Leader Cellvizio Inc. (PRNewswire via FoxBusiness)

ISS Solutions Secures Three-Year Contract Extension with Geisinger Health System (BusinesWire via Philly.com)

Customer spending drives Comcast 4Q (Associated Press via San Jose Mercury-News)

Comcast CEO: We Don't Want Yahoo Or Sprint (Silicon Alley Insider)

Internet Capital Group Announces Fourth Quarter and Year-End Financial Results for 2007 (Centre Daily Times)

StarCite Reports Impressive 2007 Growth (BusinessWire)

Report: EMC in talks with SAP to jointly build hosted services (Computerworld)

Judge Orders Oracle Vs. SAP To Mediation (Information Week)

GSI Commerce Expects Greater 2008 Sales
GSI Commerce Forecasts First-Quarter Loss, but Full-Year Sales Outlook Is Better Than Expected (Associated Press via CNNMoney)
I'm still not sold on GSI's business model. Annual rate of one billion in revenues and still not breaking even? Soaks up capital. No clear proprietary technological advantage, as far as I can determine.

Gemstar-TV Guide International 4Q results below Street view (Thomson Financial via Forbes)

IDS Scheer and Minitab Join Forces to Deliver Unified Six Sigma Offering (BusinessWire)

Main Line Health selects MobileMD Service for Electronic Communication with its Philadelphia Physician Practices (BusinessWire via Philly.com)

New Pennsylvania law opens more records to the public (Associated Press via Penn Live)

Now Hear This: Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Partners With KYW-AM to Launch Online Tourism Radio Station (PRNewswire)

Dynasil Announces First Quarter 2008 Results (BusinessWire)

GSI Commerce buys e-Dialog, says 4Q earnings off 76% (Philadelphia Business Journal)


Heartland Payment Systems Announces Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2007 Financial Results (BusinessWire)

Real estate info device maker Smarter Agent gets $6M (Philadelphia Business Journal)

Column: Citigroup scoops up Bala Cynwyd firm (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Comcast Investors Seek Buyback, Payout as Shares Drop (Bloomberg)

Comcast founder to take $1 a year (Associated Press via Business Week)

Rumor: Plaxo Sells to Comcast for $175M in Cash (Mashable)

Science Debate Is Set; Now, Will Candidates Come? (New York Times)
Not on April 18. Maybe sometime after the conventions, an event such as this might occur. But there is no way candidates from opposing parties are going to get on the same platform before their nominations, and when they do the format will be tightly
scripted.

Bio-Imaging quarterly profit up 30% (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Verizon Wireless Adds 300 Philadelphia Region Employees in 2007 (PRNewswire)

Business Objects offers soup-to-nuts BI platform (InfoWorld)

Supervisors headed to Philadelphia for tour of Drexel (Auburn CA Journal)

Penna. May Be Close to Having 'Open Records Law' (KWY Newsradio)

Comcast Plans to Take FCC To Court Over 30% Ownership Cap (Broadcasting & Cable)


Comcast defends Internet practices (Associated Press via Seattle Post-Intelligencer)


Foolish Forecast: Comcast's Boost Won't Last (Motley Fool)


Technologicology Special Report: Like A Pussy Boyfriend, Earthlink Finally Breaks It Off With Wireless Philadelphia (Philebrity)

Will Home Shopping Solve The IAC/Liberty Fight? (Silicon Alley Insider)

Yahoo! Starts Sweetened-Bid Bonanza (TheStreet.com)
Comments by Kevin Kemmerer, senior vice president at Safeguard Scientifics.

Bill Gates demos Xobni (Redeye VC)
Xobni is a First Round Capital portfolio company.

Company announces soaring revenue
PROFITS FOR USA TECHNOLOGIES RISE 267 PERCENT IN 2ND QUARTER (Daily Local News)

NEAT Receipts Announces Increased Capabilities to Simplify Tax Time Preparation (Marketwire)

Franklin Electronic profits grow 89% (Philadelphia Business Journal)


Optellios Adopts U.S. Military Security Information Exchange Standard (BusinessWire)

SIVOO Announces Technology Services Agreement with JumpTV (PRNewswire)

Comcast doubles top speed of its Internet service in Bay Area (San Jose Mercury-News Blogs)

HealthiNation and Comcast Spotlight Launch on Demand Health Portal for Digital Cable Customers (BusinessWire)

Comcast Bulks Up (Multichannel News via Broadcast Newsroom)

Firms Expect to Profit from AT&T’s Latest Move
The telecom giant promises to broaden the market for IPTV (NJBIZ.com)

Should SAP make a play for Salesforce.com? (SAPWatch: SearchSAP.com)

USA Technologies Announces Second Successive Record Quarter for Fiscal Year 2008 (BusinessWire)

FCC approves $2.4B SunCom acquisition (Philadelphia Inquirer)

The rebirth of the Phila. Stock Exchange (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Credit Card Datapoint of the Day (Portfolio.com)

SEM Firm Applies Century-Old Linguistics Law (ClickZ)
On Commerce360.

AMETEK Acquires Materials Hardness Testing Technology and Products (BusinessWire)

ExpenseWatch.com Completes Best Year Ever (PRNewswire)

InterComponentWare Inc. Aligns with the Center for Health Transformation (PRNewswire)

FutureScripts Promotes Paul Urick to Senior Vice President to Lead the Pharmacy Benefit Management Operation (PRNewswire)

First Round Closes “Second” Fund (peHUB)

When Facebook Ads Go Wrong (ReadWriteWeb)
More on First Round's Josh Kopelman.

Comcast Spotlight Steers Vehix Acquisition (Multichannel News)


Cable Stocks: UBS Sees Trouble Ahead; Starts TWX, CVC, CMCSA, DISH With Neutral; Buy On DirecTV (Barron's Tech Trader Daily)
Comcast's earnings are due on Valentine's Day.

EarthLink's citywide Wi-Fi biz for sale (CNET News Blog)

Nokia turns people into traffic sensors (CNET News Blog)

Trouble in FiOS-land (Computerworld Blogs)

BusinessWeek Names Judith M. von Seldeneck One of World’s Most Influential Headhunters (BusinessWire)
Here is the Business Week Profile

Breaking: Yahoo to reject Microsoft Bid.

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Yahoo will reject Microsoft's bid, saying that the $31 per share offer "massively undervalues" Yahoo.
Of course, no one expected Yahoo to roll over at that price, though it remains to be seen how much more they can get.

Comcast's New Terms of Service Disclose Traffic Management (Slashdot)


Recommendation Rescinded: Comcast’s TiVo interface (CrunchGear)

Kenexa Falls on Sales Outlook (Associated Press via Houston Chronicle)


HR Software Online Rising (Investor's Business Daily)


Time Warner Plans to Split Off AOL’s Dial-Up Service (New York Times)


Verizon Wireless Unveils New Store Concept in Mt. Laurel, N.J. (PRNewswire via CNNMoney)

Aegis Opens New Headquarters (Printed Circuit Design & Fab)

Ascend Acquisition Corp. and e.PAK Resources (S) Pte. Ltd. to Present at the Roth Capital Partners 20th Annual OC Growth Stock Conference (PRNewswire)

Journal Register on negative watch on newspaper sector concerns - S&P (Thomson Financial via CNNMoney)

Motorola Proves Power and Flexibility of Switched Digital Video Platform in a Multi-vendor Environment (PRNewswire)

Vertical Search Engine Launches for the Pharmaceutical Industry (PharmaLive)

Gateway to Unveil Newly Redesigned Ticketing Software for the Transportation Industry (BusinessWire)

Kenexa 4Q profit jumps 15 percent (Associated Press via MSN Money)


An Industry Imperiled by Falling Profits and Shrinking Ads (New York Times)
Heavily quotes Brian Tierney.

Navteq earnings soar on strong PND sales (Medill Reports Chicago)

NAVTEQ invests in location-based ad company Acuity Mobile (GPS Business News)
Strong tie-ins to Traffic.com.

NAVTEQ Announces NAVTEQ Traffic in Europe (PRNewswire via CNNMoney)

Narrowing Loss, EarthLink Seeks A New Strategy (Information Week)
Still trying to sell Muni Wi-Fi business, but no takers so far.

Comcast Cites Martin’s ‘War On Cable’ To Appeals Court (Multichannel News)

Pa. drops case against Internet retailer (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Recruiters flock to social networking sites (Philadelphia Business Journal)

WorldGate Winding Down (Light Reading: Cable Digital News)
More on the likely demise of WorldGate.

Another ERP vendor buys into middleware (ZDNet Blogs)
Mentions possible implications for Boomi.

Google News gets local (but not that local) (ZDNet Blogs)


Vertex Experiences Record Breaking 2007 (BusinessWire)

Lilly's $1 Billion E-Mailstrom (Portfolio.com)
Pepper Hamilton screws up a little.

VeriSign Deploys Ulticom's Signalware Platform for Its Upgrade of Worldwide Real-Time Roaming Services (PRNewswire via CNNMoney)


Improve Business Performance: ARIS ProcessWorld 2008 Conference to Offer Prominent Customer Sessions as IDS Scheer Previews New Version of ARIS Platform (BusinessWire)

Clickability Clicks On All Cylinders (Information Week)
Describes recent deployment at Philly.com.

Seven splitting $2M from Ben Franklin Technology Partners (Philadelphia Business Journal)


Tax cut slowdown infuriates businesses (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)


QlikTech Announces 2007 Revenues of $80.0M (PRNewswire)


India among top 10 revenue generators: SAP (Business Standard India)

Tyco Electronics Profit Rises; Annual Forecast Lifted (Bloomberg)

Safeguard, New Venture fund Alverix (Philadelphia Business Journal)

Quality Systems 3Q Tops Consensus (Associated Press via CNNMoney)
Quality Systems' NextGen Healthcare Information Systems of Horsham posted record results.


NextDocs Corporation Announces Immediate Availability of its Quality Management Solution (BusinessWire)

Phoenix Data Systems Introduces Flexible Randomization and Clinical Supply Management (BusinessWire via Philly.com)

Newspaper publisher Calkins Media restructures management (Associated Press via Press of Atlantic City)
Levittown-based Calkins publishes several area papers and operates phillyBurbs.com. They do a good job, in my judgement, for a suburban paper.

Service providers to challenge new E911 guidelines (RCR Wireless News)
Important to TruePosition.

Paladyne and SunGard Announce Strategic Partnership (HedgeCo.Net)

Digital Media Panel Notes (peHUB)
"* Howard Morgan of First Round Capital noted that his firm had been in talks with both Microsoft and Yahoo about possible portfolio company sales, but that the talks had “frozen” due to the takeover attempt."

Liberty Media shares fall (Associated Press via Business Week)
Concerns about QVC.

Column: Unisys execs do their part (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Also, WorldGate apparently shutting down.

thePlatform (Rightfully) Brags about its Partners (NewTeeVee)
thePlatform is owned by Comcast.

Comcast expands video-on-demand slate (Hollywood Reporter via Reuters)

$19 million in New Contracts Awarded to WPCS (PRNewswire via CNNMoney)

Vishay 4Q Profit Falls on 1-Time Costs (Associated Press via CNNMoney)


Liberty, IAC court battle could get ugly (USA Today via Wilmington News Journal)

Era of big acquisitions largely over, Forrester says (PC World via Washington Post)
This article was written before Microsoft/Yahoo, but that is not really a software deal in the purest sense. SAP(by IBM), SunGard and Primavera mentioned as possible
takeover targets.

Environmental Tectonics hires auditor (Philadelphia Business Journal)


Bentley Acquires promis•e Product Line (Cadalyst)

Philadelphia-based magazine Sold (6abc.com)
Philadelphia Style sold to New York company.

Heartland Wins Big on Sunday (BusinessWire via Philly.com)

Open Letter To Comcast (Philebrity)

Verizon Aims For 6-7 Million FiOS Users By 2010
Network passes 9.3 million homes and businesses (BroadBand Reports.com)

BioWizard Offers Conference Abstracts with the Launch of myBW (PRNewswire)


LinuxForce Introduces New Services and Software for Host, Service, and Network Monitoring (BusinessWire)

Akrion's Single-Wafer System Sales Continue (PRNewswire)


Wolters Kluwer Health Acquires Ownership Interest in Logical Images (BusinessWire)

Peterson’s Launches StudentEdge to Help Students Prepare for College (PRWeb)

TargetX Schedules First Users Conference to Help Clients Cope with Changes in Student Recruiting (PRWeb)

Yahoo May Seek Pact With Google to Fend Off Microsoft (Update1) (Bloomberg)
Another article suggesting Comcast may be involved in a bid for Yahoo, which I sincerely doubt. I don't think Yahoo is worth more to anybody else than Microsoft.

Who Would Want AOL Now? (DealBook via New York Times)
This one suggests Comcast as a possible bidder for AOL(or what's left of it).

Comcast Increases Credit Facility to $7B (Associated Press via Forbes)
I doubt there is any particular significance to this.

MSFT-YHOO: Special Newspaper Consortium Edition (paidcontent.org)
Philadelphia Media Holdings is a major player in the Yahoo Newspaper Consortium.

Oracle finds 'different' SAP infringement scheme (MarketWatch)

Asia Favours SAP with Record Growth in 2007 (SDA Asia)

Software company Aklero gets venture funding (Philadelphia Business Journal)
Sounds like a very timely concept.

Ben Franklin Technology Partners supporting Mid-Atlantic Angel Group
(Philadelphia Business Journal)

JupiterResearch Finds Pharma Marketing Opportunity Exists As Significant Online Physician Population Engages in Social Media (BusinessWire via PharmaLive)


Roska Healthcare Launches New Web Site To ‘Engage’ Visitors Through Flexibility, Insightful Content (BusinessWire)

Yes, a Giant Can Sprint (New York Times)
About Siemens, whose Medical Solutions USA Group is based in Malvern.

N.J. firm moves to Bucks (phillyBurbs.com)

Legg Mason on the prowl (Pensions & Investments)

UBS Analyst Hits Credit Cards (TheStreet.com)
Beware, Delaware.

Microsoft's Brian McAndrews On The Eve Of The Yahoo Offer (MediaPost)
Addresses issues related to Microsoft's Avenue A| Razorfish, which has a major Philadelphia office.

A Boost to Big Advertisers, Maybe Not to Smaller Ones (Washington Post)
More on the proposed Microsoft-Yahoo merger.

NPR on Philadelphia's Wi-Fi Situation (Wi-Fi Net News)


As scanners shrink, their tax uses grow (Boston Globe)
Mostly on Neat Receipts.

Hot Chicks Talk Stocks. Sound Familiar? (Silicon Alley Insider)

Calculated Influences
County employs complex model to analyze conditions, their effects on future growth (Santa Rosa Press Democrat)
Model being developed by Moody's Economy.com. of West Chester.

GETTING SET FOR THE DIGITAL TRANSITION (South Jersey Life)

Verizon brings FiOS TV to county (South Jersey Life)

Microsoft Bids $44.6 Billion for Yahoo (New York Times)

Q&A With Microsoft On Proposed Yahoo Purchase: 2+2 = #1 (search engine land)

Motorola Considers Separating Handsets, But At What Price? (Investor's Business Daily via CNNMoney)

Journal Register 4th-Quarter Loss Widens (Associated Press via Forbes)


L-3 4Q profit rises with unit sales (Thomson Financial via CNNMoney)

SAP Says Slow Economy Plays Into Its Strengths (Investor's Business Daily via CNNMoney)
Interview with Bill McDermott, CEO and president of SAP for the Americas and Asia Pacific.

Among ruin, there is a rock (Philadelphia Inquirer)
On SEI Investments

New job for BofA card chief
Hammonds to lead mortgage unit after Countrywide deal (Wilmington News Journal)

Wilmington Trust expanding
Delaware bank to buy Arizona trust specializing in retirement services (Wilmington News Journal)

Pennsylvania Gov. Rendell Announces Extension of Data Powerhouse Contract, Saving Taxpayers $240 Million (PRNewswire)
A BS press release, in my opinion. Saving $240 million compared to what? The timing seems more of an effort to help keep Unisys propped up than anything else.

The Philadelphia Tribune Publishes its First 'e-Edition' (PRNewswire)

DeVry offers conference draw women into science related careers (Montgomery Life)