Daily Links 12/17/09: Philadelphia to buy Muni WiFi System

Phila. to buy municipal WiFi network for city business (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Philly Muni Wi-Fi Fiasco Continues; Taxpayers to Pick Up Tab (Technology
Liberation Front)

December 2009 Business Outlook Survey (Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia)
Philly Fed factory activity at 4-1/2 year high (Reuters)

Shareholder Advocates for Value Enhancement (SAVE) Seeks Injunction Against USA Technologies
USA Technologies Annual Meeting was Convened As Originally Scheduled on December 15, 2009 and Votes Were Received by Inspector of Elections (PR Newswire)

Appify: A City-By-City App Store (Read Write Web via New
York Times)

Oracle's $1.5B profit beats estimates (San Jose Business Journal)

FCC: Retail Set-Top Is Possible, at Least (Light Reading: Cable Digital News)

Comcast Targets ESPN By Streaming Pro Sports Games
As Philadelphia fans watch 76ers basketball games online, Comcast intends to leverage its deal with GE's NBC Universal to offer other teams and sports (Business Week)

Zucker Outlines Comcast/NBCU Transition Team
Salil Mehta to lead transition effort; Victor and Eck to head administrative team
(Broadcasting & Cable)

Comcast CFO Says Investors Supportive of Transaction (Bloomberg)

HCL AXON signs 5-yr global IT deal with GlaxoSmithKline (Economic Times of India)
To implement SAP.

Technitrol shares fall as company plans note sale (Associated Press via Google News)

Aria: Providing Cheaper PCI Compliance for Payment Processors (TechCrunch IT)

Local Advertising Startup Yodle Sues Former Employees Over Alleged Data Theft (TechCrunch)
Yodle was originally a Philly startup before moving its HQ to New York.

InterDigital and Attila Collaborate on Innovative Bandwidth Aggregation Technologies
InterDigital Acquires Stake in Attila and Invests in Joint Development Effort (Business Wire)




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