Daily Links 10/8/2012: Avoid Huawei, Congressional committee recommends

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Burned by the US, Huawei responds by comparing itself to a Silicon Valley startup (PandoDaily)

Cable prices not out of whack, a la carte won't work, analyst says (LA Times: Company Town)
I find this analysis very sketchy. While its true that programming costs are rising (something that Comcast should partially offset through its own rights and retrans fees), technology should be driving some costs down. Comcast's capex costs are actually declining.

Comcast trademarks DOWNLOAD2GO for mobile video product (FierceCable)

Why HP should be broken up (Financial Post)

Hacking food, deliciously, with Ordr.in’s API (now expanded to NYC, Philly and Boston) (PandoDaily)

SAP debuts HANA ad campaign (BtoB Magazine)

Higher Education Firm TargetX Wins 2012 Informatica 'Cloudy Award' as Top OEM Partner (PR Newswire)

Kenexa Introduces Fall Lineup of New Business Solutions
Investment in Innovation Enhances the Company’s Offering in the HR Space (Business Wire)



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Daily Links 7/6/2012: Report says sale of Comcast's stake in A&E for $2.8 billion close

'Hatfields & McCoys' helps boost value of Comcast’s A&E stake (New York Post)
15% stake said to be worth $2.8 billion; sale may be imminent.

This Ex-Salesforce Exec Wants To Save The Planet—And Kill Oracle, SAP In The Process (SAI: Enterprise)

Informatica Slumps After Quarterly Sales Miss Estimates (Bloomberg)
QlikTech was down as much as 15% at one point.

Could Oracle ruling lead to used e-book, music sales? (ZDNet Blogs)

Cloud vendors rub their hands over European licensing ruling (Dennis Howlett/CloudPro)

Oracle-SAP Retrial Set to Begin in August (PC World)


SAP Schools Workers Apple-Style on Making Most of Mobile Devices (Bloomberg)

Will Anyone Switch On Cable's Upstream Booster? (Light Reading Cable)



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Daily Links 9/13/2010: Post-Saridakis, pointed questions about PointRoll

Post-Saridakis, pointed questions about PointRoll (Gannett Blog)
PointRoll, based in Conshohocken, is owned by Gannett.

Drivers vote down latest contract offer from Philadelphia newspapers (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Paetec buying rival telecom Cavalier for $460M (AP via Google News)
Both Paetec and Cavalier have operations in the Philadelphia area.

Cable’s Fall Agenda in D.C.
Industry Thrust Into ‘Vortex’ of Broadband Policy Issues (Multichannel News)

Will Oracle Buy Informatica Next? (IDG via New York Times)

SAP New-Product Blitz Tomorrow (Information Week: Global CIO Blog)

Ojo Video Phone Lives! Er, Again! (Zatz Not Funny!)

Chattanooga, TN beats Google to 1Gbps—for $350 a month (Ars Technica)

Cable-TV slowly steps into stereo 3-D (EE Times)

Ex-Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz Launches Health IT Firm
Picture of Health is recruiting staff for a firm that aims to "leverage technology in pursuit of better health." (Information Week)