Daily Links 11/8/2010: Ellison testifies in SAP/Oracle trial

Larry Ellison says SAP's actions cost Oracle as much as $4 billion (San Jose Mercury News)

Comcast 'RNG' Set-Tops Have IPTV Potential (Light Reading Cable)

Go back to the future
When the Astros and Rockets launch their channel, it likely will remind viewers of HSE
(Houston Chronicle)

Senator cites Olbermann suspension in opposition to NBCU-Comcast deal (Politico: On Media)

NetSuite's big target: Microsoft Dynamics and its 'fake cloud' (ZDNet Blogs)

Confirmed: Amazon Spends $545 Million On Diapers.com Parent Quidsi (TechCrunch)

MDA Lending Solutions Part of TPG Capital Acquisition of MDA Property Information Businesses (Business Wire)

CardioNet, Inc. Announces Definitive Merger Agreement with Biotel, Inc. (Business Wire)
CardioNet, Inc. Reports Third Quarter 2010 Financial Results (Business Wire)

Safeguard Scientifics Partner Company Avid Radiopharmaceuticals to Be Acquired by Eli Lilly
Sale of Molecular Imaging Agents Developer Expected to Generate Minimum 3x Cash-on-Cash Return for Safeguard (Business Wire)

Technitrol Announces Name Change to Pulse Electronics Corporation
Company to Change Ticker Symbol to “PULS” as of November 15, 2010
Company Poised to Advance its Position as Pure-Play Electronic Components Business (Business Wire)
Pulse Electronics Corporation Reports Strong Third Quarter Results (Business Wire)

PhillyInc: Checkpoint checks in to Philadelphia (Philly.com)

WEP Early Success Story: Nat Turner of Invite Media (Video: Wharton Entrpreneurial Programs)





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Daily Links 8/2/2010: Key Democratic Congressman for Comcast/NBCU approval (with limits)

SAP Releases New Version of SAP® Business ByDesign™ (PR Newswire)

SAP Business ByDesign 2.5 arrives: what now? (ZDNet Blogs)

Clearwire isn’t Even Halfway to its 4G Coverage Goals (GigaOM)
Turns on service in Wilmington.

Is NBC’s Zucker Hinting at a Second Act? (Wall Street Journal Blogs: Deal Journal)

CBS Signs 10-Year Contract Allowing Comcast to Carry Its Television Shows (Bloomberg)

Comcast-NBC Deal Should Be Approved With Limits, Boucher Says
(Bloomberg)

Technitrol Announces Sale of AMI Doduco and Reports Strong Q210 Results (Business Wire)

Not beach reading: Elsevier’s big seller is anatomy atlas
(Philadelphia Business Journal: Media & Marketing Blog)

Ben Franklin (Northeast) to Invest $304,100 In Regional Economic Development (Ben Franklin Technology Partners Northeast)




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Daily Links 5/3/2010: FCC Chairman Genachowski leaning towards leaving broadband services deregulated

Philadelphia competes for tech expertise (WHYY)

FCC Chairman Genachowski expected to leave broadband services deregulated (Washington Post)

e-Dialog Acquires Database Marketing Solutions Provider MBS (Business Wire)
e-Dialog is a division of GSI Commerce.

IBM Advances Cloud Initiatives With Acquisition of Cast Iron Systems (PR Newswire)
One of Cast Iron's major competitors is Boomi of Berwyn, which I imagine has a few suitors of its own.
IBM to build out hub for cloud of clouds with Cast Iron acquisition (ZDNet Blogs)
With a few words from Boomi.


SAP, Waste Management Settle Lawsuit (PC World)


Verizon Mum On How They Determine A City's Worthy Of FiOS
Baltimore holds hearing to (unsuccessfully) find out why they were overlooked (Broadband Reports)

SPRINT, CLEAR SERVICE NOW AVAILABLE IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA (Going WiMax)

USA Technologies, Inc. Announces Third Quarter Fiscal 2010 Financial Results (Business Wire)

Apriva Challenges USA Technologies in Cashless-Vending Market (Digital Transactions)

Germany's Software AG says 1Q net profit up 9 pct (Associated Press via MSnbc)

Technitrol Reports Q110 Results; Dividend Declared (Business Wire)




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Daily Links 2/22/2010: Moto set-top exec heads to Technitrol

Motorola set-top box exec departs (Fierce Wireless)
Heads from Horsham to Philadelphia, becomes CEO of Technitrol.
Technitrol Press Release

Laptop camera snapped away in one classroom (Philadelphia Inquirer)

NBCU Deal Looks Good to FCC, DOJ
Report to Congress Sees Comcast Gaining Control, Outlines Concerns (Multichannel News)


TidalTV Targets Ads for Set-Tops, TV Everywhere (Light Reading Cable)

Auditude Announces Online Video Advertising Partnership with Comcast Interactive Media
Auditude to Provide Online Video Advertising Services for Comcast Interactive Media Sites
(Business Wire)

Comcast Exploring 250 Mbps Service
Though 50 Mbps to 100% and 100 Mbps to 20% is the 2011 target... (Broadband Reports)

Vishay Slides; Weisel Downgrades, Sees Few Positive Catalysts (Barron's: Tech Trader Daily)

One expensive year later, and papers remain bankrupt (Philadelphia
Daily News)


IMS Health Announces Anticipated Closing Date of Merger with Affiliates of TPG and CPP Investment Board (Business Wire)

SunGard Launches Protegent Surveillance for Energy and Commodities
Protegent helps firms that trade in energy to detect trading behaviors that increase the risk of regulatory action. (PR Web)

Double-Take, Amazon form disaster recovery cloud with Double-Take Cloud (SearchDisasterRecovery.com)

Health technology includes more than digital records (Central Penn Business Journal)



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