Daily Links 10/21/2010: Netflix Shares Soar, but it faces challenges from Big Cable

Philly Fed Business Outlook Survey: October 2010 (Federal Reserve
Bank of Philadelphia)
Philadelphia-Area Manufacturing Expanded in October (Bloomberg)

Domino Sugar Moves SAP and Much More to Cloud (CIO.com)

Cloud computing services ‘should be like consumer products’, says SAP (Computerworld UK)

UBS Analyst Cites Four Reasons to Buy Comcast Shares
But Hodulik also becomes latest to predict a delayed NBC Uni deal close in Q1
(Hollywood Reporter)

Ahead of the Bell: Netflix shares soar (AP via Bloomberg Business Week)
Is Netflix at the Mercy of Big Cable? (Gigaom: NewTeeVee)

SCTE Cable-Tec Expo 2010: Motorola Web Tool Lets Broadband Users Help Themselves
Self-Service Portal Aimed at Cutting Support Calls (Multichannel News)

Medical-data breach said to be major (Philadelphia
Inquirer)

Freedom OSS and Symplified Streamline Unified Access Control for Web-Based Apps (Business Wire)

SEI 3Q beats profit estimates despite revenue dip (AP via Bloomberg Business Week)




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MK Capital Invests $3 million in Crowdsourced Video Leader Poptent

MK Capital Invests in Crowdsourced Video Leader Poptent
Digital Media Executive Andy Jedynak Joins Company as CEO (Business Wire)
Poptent raises $3M for new social network for crowdsourced video
(VentureBeat)
Although Wynnewood is given as Poptent's HQ on its website, it seems from what I'm reading that its headquarters may be moving to the LA area, although there is no official confirmation of that at this time.
Update: Mark Schoneveld of Poptent writes in to say: "Actually - we'll be staying here in Wynnewood. Our West Coast office is definitely expanding, but we're growing here, too".




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TruePosition receives $48 million payment in Patent Infringement suit

Wireless technology company TruePosition of Berwyn has received a $48 million payment from CommScope in settlement of TruePosition's patent infringement suit against CommScope's Andrews LLC subsidiary, according to a CommScope Form 8-K filing with the SEC.

CommScope paid up after a Federal Court of Appeals denied its appeal of the trial court's decision in the case and turned down a request for a rehearing. Andrews is still fighting TruePosition in another court case over disputed royalty obligations.

TruePosition provides wireless locator technologies using cell tower triangulation and other means. TruePosition is a subsidiary of Liberty Media. CommScope, based in Hickory NC, was spun off
from Horsham-based General Instrument (now part of Motorola) in 1997.