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)