Listening to doctors and patients talk
A Fort Washington firm offers health-care clients a chance to hear what they say to one another. (Philadelphia Inquirer)


DIY security hits its market (Philadelphia Business Journal)
About InGrid Inc.


SAP shares up on solid Q4 results (Reuters)

IDS Scheer Signs a Memorandum of Understanding with SAP America to Become an “Early Partner” for SAP Business ByDesign (BusinessWire)


SocNet Advertising Firm Invite Media Raises Seed Round (alarm:clock)
Philadelphia-based venture backed by First Round Capital

The Super-Thin Star of a New TV Screen (NJBIZ.com)
On Universal Display


GSI Commerce gets $75M secured credit line (Thomson Financial via CNNMoney)

InterDigital Signs Giant Electronics to Worldwide 2G and 3G Patent License Agreement (BusinessWire)

FiOS tops satisfaction survey; worth moving for? (ars technica)

Department stores to use Wayne firm’s weather forecasts (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Weintraub Telecomm to buy Jensen Communications (Philadelphia Business Journal)


Temple University Selects SunGard Higher Education to Help Create a New Unified Digital Campus (BusinessWire)

2008 eCTD Train Wreck? (ClinPage)

MedRisk, Inc. Receives URAC Workers’ Compensation Utilization Management Accreditation (BusinessWire)

What's playing at the library? (Philadelphia Daily News)

Card programs evolve to meet student desire for off campus use and phone-based transactions (CR80 News)
About Heartland Payment Systems.

BioMedExperts Searches for Researchers (Red Herring)
Competition for Philadelphia-based Biowizard?

The People Vs. Comcast (Forbes)

Comcast 'Gets It' (LightReading: Cable Digital News)

Shareholder boosts Comcast stake (Associated Press via Business Week)


Swiss Temenos jumps on buyback, talk of SAP bid (Reuters)


Oracle may put a price on business processes (SearchOracle.com)


Siemens' divestments and acquisitions will not be as large as 'recently' - CEO
(Thomson Financial via CNNMoney)

Liberty Media Buys 14 Million Additional Shares Of InterActiveCorp (Dow Jones)


14th Annual Wharton Private Equity & Venture Capital Conference (BusinessWire via
PR-inside.com)


Students to experience entrepreneurialism at ideablob* University (BusinessWire via Philly.com)

GSI Commerce shares rise after upgrade (Associated Press via MSN Money)

Ikon lowers earnings guidance; shares tumble (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Cricket Communications adding 170 jobs (Philadelphia Business Journal)

Economic outlooks differ at Phila. chamber event (Philadelphia Business Journal)


Company devises better online rebates (Wilmington News Journal)

Citi Media: Dennis Strigl, President & COO, Verizon Communications: Limits On Faster FiOS Rollout (paidContent.org)

Inverness Graham Investments Closes $100 Million Transaction with New Investors (PRNewsire via SunHerald.com)


Americas' SAP Users' Group Names COO, CMO (BusinessWire via Reuters)


SEI Selects Ascensus to Provide Retirement Plan Recordkeeping and Administrative Services with Full Fee Transparency (BusinessWire)

GARTNER: Strong Growth in Business Intelligence Decline as Market Flux Continues (Kauppalehti Online)


Sivoo Unveils 'CEDR' Technology Platform (PRNewswire via Earthtimes.org)

USA Technologies & Coinmach Launch eSuds Credit(TM) Solution for Commercial Laundry Industry
(BusinessWire via Raleigh News & Observer)

Roberts takes center stage
The Comcast chief touted innovations; not all were wowed. (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Comcast CFO is optimistic on 2008 growth (Business Week)

The FCC examines Comcast's traffic-blocking plan (Salon.com)

Technitrol agrees to buy Sonion A/S in $385M cash deal (Thomson Financial via CNNMoney)

Matrix, Tyco, Nap Info begin undersea fibre-optic system (Digital Media Asia)


Ready for Business
Turning technology into enterprises is task of new Science Center chief. (Philadelphia Inquirer)


eHealth organization picks leaders (PennLive.com)


Accessible Archives, Inc. Adds Federated Search Capability (PRNewswire)

SocketLabs Introduces New Email Delivery Server for Windows (PRWEB)


InterDigital and SK Telecom Extend Collaboration to Develop Mobile Wireless Handover... (BusinessWire via Reuters)

Microsoft Bids for Norwegian Search Engine Firm (Associated Press via New York Times)

Verizon Preps GPON Push (LightReading.com)


The most wired school in America
The School of the Future is now, but can too much tech impede critical thinking skills? (Computerworld)


Thomson Scientific Launches Journal Citation Forum Dedicated to Discussion About... (PRNewswire via Reuters)


MCA Solutions Achieves Major Milestones in 2007 (BusinessWire via Reuters)

MacHeist 2: The Infamous Shareware Bundle Rides Again (Wired)

Unisys Under Pressure

Shareholder Asks Unisys for Review (Associated Press via Forbes)


Unisys says it is evaluating letter from Millbrook (Reuters)


Unisys Finally Gets Activist Call (Forbes)

Comcast's Big Day

Comcast CEO Brian Roberts gave the keynote address at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, and the company also made several well-orchestrated announcements. The overall emphasis was to signal Comcast's (and the cable industry's) movement towards a more open architecture, and also to demonstrate its increasing role in the world of Consumer Electronics.

Roberts Declares Open Season (Light Reading Cable Digital News)

Comcast Tunes In Fancast.com Movie-TV Hub (Red Herring)


Comcast Plans to Offer a Huge Menu of Films (New York Times)


Comcast titan getting playful
The keynote speaker at the Consumer Electronics Show vows a "Hollywoodization of Brian Roberts." (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Move Over Bells: Comcast Corporation Becomes The Fourth-Largest Phone Service Provider in the U.S. (PRNewswire via Broadcast Newsroom)

Comcast Talks 100 Mbit/s 'Net Access for Consumers (PC Magazine)


Cable's consumer electronics makeover (Fortune)

FCC: We'll investigate Comcast-BitTorrent flap (CNET News)

Next: Interactive TV, with no set-top box
Comcast and Panasonic will unveil plug-and-play flat-screen sets as part of the transition to digital. (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Comcast: Cable to standardize technology
Comcast: Cable industry to standardize network in '08, enabling new services without cable box (Associated Press via Newsweek))

Motorola Debuts Dual-Format Set-Tops (Multichannel News)

Alycia Axed: CBS3 lets go of Lane (Philly.com)

SAP Drops After UBS, Societe Generale Cut Estimates (Bloomberg)

IMG Americas Rebrands as B4 Consulting (BusinessWire via Reuters)

Sony Launches Organic LED TVs In U.S. (Information Week)
Ewing, N.J. based Universal Display is a pioneer in OLED technology.


SunGard Acquires Financial Technology Integrators (FTI) (PRNewswire)

Speculation builds over papers' home (Cherry Hill Courier-Post)

Navteq Unveils New Traffic Download (Associated Press via CNNMoney)

International look to Pa. businesses (phillyBurbs.com)

Fitting QlikTech into the Business Intelligence Universe (Customer Experience Matrix)

Arbitron PPM Panel Improves (MediaWeek)

WPCS announces $9M in contracts (Philadelphia Business Journal)


Verispan Service Forecasts Market Outcomes for New Product Launches (BusinessWire)

IMS Health to cut 10 pct of staff (Reuters)


N.J. firm targets thieves, growth
Checkpoint, of Glouco, offers a tag system to help retailers thwart shoplifters. Its new CEO has set a $1 billion goal. (Philadelphia Inquirer)


IT players catching up with MNCs in SAP: Forrester (The Economic Times of India)


SAP-Business Objects Deal Threatens IBM Relationship (eWeek.com)


Verizon Wireless Rolls Out Mobile Banking (Information Week)


Telecom Carrier Verizon Is Tuning Up Its FiOS TV Service (Investor's Business Daily)

What Does Eveillard Know About Comcast Stock's Value? (Update2) (Bloomberg)

Cable TV Operators Forced to Change (Red Herring)

Motorola Unveils Mobile Live TV Device (Reuters via New York Times)

Can Netflix capture the set-top box?
(ZDNet Blogs)

Computer virus strikes state systems (The Patriot-News)

Chain Said to Seek Bids for Weather Channel (New York Times)
Comcast a possible suitor.


SAP May Say Fourth-Quarter Profit Slips on Increased Spending (Bloomberg)

Wawa: Need retail software, will travel (searchSAP.com)

Software as a service
A question of demand
What NetSuite's flotation says about the software industry
(The Economist)

Accenture purchase of Gestalt complete (Bizjournals.com via MSN Money)

Several Top Newspaper Companies Joined Race -- to Bottom of Stock Performance in 2007 (Editor & Publisher)
Journal Register Co. tops the list


TAKE Solutions Announces Technology Offerings for CDISC SDTM (BusinessWire)



MedQuist shareholders ignore fellow investor Costa Brava's board nominations
(Thomson Financial via CNNMoney)

Traffic.com Unveils Breakthrough 'Fastest Drive Now' Feature (PRNewswire)

Escalon Medical ultrasound system works with PC (Philadelphia Business Journal)

Akrion Ships Single-Wafer System for Pre-photolithography Cleaning (PRNewswire)


The Judge Group Announces Plans to Open Branch Office in Comcast Center (BusinessWire)

Lockheed Martin unit wins $40M Aegis contract from Japan (Philadelphia Business Journal)


First Advantage Purchases Fiserv's Mortgage Credit Reporting Division, CredStar
(PRNewswire)

Unisys Strengthens Management Team With Key Changes (BusinessWire)

QVC, HSN go over shopping list (Hollywood Reporter)

Deal to Buy Mortgage Company Collapses (New York Times)

Motorola and Metrologic settle patent disputes (Reuters)

Giving Phila. its digital due (Philadelphia Inquirer)


Jury's still out on LSI-Agere merger ((Allentown Morning Call)


Six Leaps of Innovation
5. Small-scale VC
Josh Kopelman, FirstRound Capital (Fortune)

Comcast and Insight Announce Completion of Insight Midwest Transaction (PRNewswire)


ISS Solutions Renews Its Lease in Langhorne Pennsylvania (BusinessWire)


Avenue A | Razorfish Adds Three Staff Members to Interactive Marketing Team in Philadelphia (PharmaLive.com)