SAP Ventures plans to invest in India
(Business Standard of India)

SAP may pick up 15% stake in Newgen (Economic Times of India)

SAP India - 'Jewel in the Crown' (CXOtoday)
I'm wondering out loud whether this my have been a bit of a faux paus on Mr. McDermott's part. "Jewel in the Crown" was the
phrase the British used to refer to the importance of India to the British Empire. I doubt the Indian people want their relationship to SAP compared to their relationship to the British Empire.

VCs prefer IPOs even as bourses turn cheap (livemint.com)
Mentions AppLabs as an IPO possiblity.

Some 'angel' investors do answer startup prayers (Newark Star-Ledger)


ARPANet architect: bring "fairness" to traffic management
(ars technica)

CNBC: Verizon Wireless in talks to buy Alltel Communications for $27B (Associated Press via CNN Money)

ipCapital Group and Intellisophic, Inc. Announce Strategic Alliance (BusinessWire)

Dataram Reports Fiscal 2008 Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year Financial Results
Company Reports Fourth Quarter Net Earnings of $0.05 Per Share
(BusinessWire)

OATSystems Selected for Production RFID Implementation; RFID Solution to Be Integrated With SAP Auto-ID Infrastructure Platform (BusinessWire)
To be deployed at Cephalon.

QVC Recalls Tomato Planters (Consumer Affairs)

Police search for 2 men who fled shooting in Comcast van (Associated Press via CNN Money)

Pa. software company sues over Howard Stern's Web site (Associated Press
via York Daily Record)

The Insider: Funding for Entrepreneurs – Philly’s Assets are the Numbers
(Innovation Philadelphia Blog)