Unisys Shares Rise; 4Q Sales Top Analyst Estimates (Dow Jones via CNNMoney)

Cellular Unit and Internet Stand Out for Verizon (New York Times)
One million FIOS subscribers.

Dingell Praises Comcast For PEG Flexibility
Comcast Official Cites 'Friendly' Talks With Michigan Local Officials (Multichannel News)

Comcast In The Crosshairs (The Bulletin)

IDS Scheer's Earnings, Sales Rise on License Revenue (Bloomberg)

SAP Disposal of TomorrowNow Won`t Halt Oracle Suit (eWEEK.com)

SunGard defends systems (Dow Jones)

More video turns up the sales volume at QVC.com (internetretailer.com)

From Space to Sea, New Radar Tech Could Shift Military Might (Popular Mechanics)

Lockheed Martin Demonstrates Air Space Control Software that Mimics Human Tasks (PRNewswire via CNNMoney)

GE HEALTHCARE TEAMS WITH CENTRAK TO INTRODUCE BATTERY-BASED RFID ASSET OPTIMIZATION SOLUTION (GE HealthCare)
GE Healthcare in joint venture with Newtown-based Centrak.

TargetRx names new CEO (phillyinc.)


Lijit Networks, Inc. Acquires Comment Search Engine BigSwerve (BusinessWire)
First Round Capital has a stake in BigSwerve.


Philly Slides Down “Best Movie Cities” List; Sharon Shrugs It Off (Impresario: Philadelphia Magazine)

FountainHead Networks Launches Online Video Entertainment Network Featuring Original Content at OnMedia NYC Conference in New York, NY (PRNewswire)

GMX.COM - The new email service for the US
United Internet launches an email service to provide flexible, secure and better organized mailboxes (HostReview)

Phillies Sign Up For Custom PPM Service (Radio Ink)

Can QlikTech Reveal Digg's Secrets? (construction7.spaces.live.com/blog/)

Success through change
At SEI Investments, branching out has been a key to growth. (Philadelphia Inquirer)

2007 Recap: SEI Adds 64 New Global Institutional Clients and $7 Billion in Assets (PRNewswire via CNNMoney)

Verizon 4Q Profit Up 3.9 Percent (Associated Press via Yahoo News)


Broadband's Growing 'Need for Speed' (Business Week)

AT&T will start offering TV service
Video option begins Monday in suburbs (Chicago Tribune)

Comcast to Pull Plug on Asian Channel (Associated Press via Forbes)

Harvey Not Migrating With Versus
Network President Won’t Move When Operation Relocates To Comcast’s Philly Headquarters (Multichannel News)

Liberty Media Moves to Oust Diller (Associated Press via Yahoo News)
What began as what I thought was a friendly battle among business partners has apparently intensified.

Army's massive software initative designed to change the battlefield
Bigger-than-Windows project has come under scrutiny (Washington Post via Austin American-Statesman)


Microchips Everywhere: a Future Vision (Associated Press via Google)
On RFID technology.

Entrepreneur began at 12 by going downhill (Philadelphia Inquirer)
On GSI Commerce's Michael Rubin.

Tech company lawyer gets 15 months for insider trading (Associated Press via PennLive.com)

iJailBreak 0.4, Mac OS X Jailbreak Utility, Released for 1.1.3 (prMac.com)
Apparently written by a thirteen year-old.

New Software Architect's User Group in Philly Area (IngenuityNow)
First meeting on February 6 at Microsoft Malvern.

TargetRx names Scott president and CEO (Philadelphia Business Journal)

New Jersey Incubators Struggle to Keep Companies in State (NJBIZ.com)

Real-Estate Search Engine Roost Launches With Full MLS Listings (TechCrunch)


International Information Systems Group Acquires Titan Technology Services LLC (BusinessWire)

Inquirer Staffers React to Tierney’s “10 Percent” Threat (The Daily Examiner: Philadelphia Magazine)

Metro: Free Dailies In Trouble (mediabistro.com: Fishbowl NY)

H.P. Unveils Mobile Thin Client (Network World via New York Times)

What SAP customers/users should watch for in 2008 — Part 2 (SAP Watch: SearchSAP.com blog)

Technitrol Q4 Profit Rises (TradingMarkets.com)

Region's creative industries flourishing, a study finds (Philadelphia Daily News)

Google, Microsoft offering services to Drexel students (Philadelphia Business Journal)

Accu-Sort(R) Bar Code Reading Camera Systems Chosen for Major Parcel Sorting Center Expansion (BusinessWire via PR-inside.com)

Tyco Electronics CEO Gets $15.9M (Associated Press via Forbes)

Ametek increases share buybacks by $50M (Philadelphia Inquirer)

BravoSolution Completes Acquisition of Verticalnet (Centre Daily Times)

Aries Electronics Relocates Corporate Headquarters to Expanded Facility (PRNewswire)

For 25 years, Ben Franklin has promoted job growth (Allentown Morning Call)

Union: Philadelphia Inquirer owners warn more cost cuts needed (Associated Press via phillyBurbs.com)

GSI buys e-mail marketer for $157M (Philadelphia Inquirer)

GSI Commerce Announces Preliminary, Un-Audited Fiscal Year 2007 Operating Results and Preliminary Fiscal 2008 Guidance (PRNewswire)


Bentley Acquires LEAP Software, Inc., Expanding Portfolio of Software for Analysis and Design of Concrete Bridges (BusinessWire)

IAC, Diller sue Liberty Media over voting rights (Reuters via Forbes)
Liberty Media owns West Chester-based QVC.



Under P2P Fire, Comcast Builds Legal, Technological Defenses (Information Week)

Ikon cutting 350 jobs, 1Q profits fall 44% (Philadelphia Business Journal)

Kulicke & Soffa Profits Jump (Associated Press via Forbes)

Lockheed Martin profit up, raises outlook (Reuters)

Siemens 1Q Profit Rises Sharply (Associated Press via Forbes)

Endeca Gets $15M Embrace From Intel, SAP (Red Herring)

VendorSeek may know where to go (Philadelphia Business Journal)


Innovative Solutions & Support, Inc. Announces John C. Long as Chief Financial Officer (BusinessWire)

Blogger gets into the game
A Malvern Prep grad's Philadelphia sports blog is attracting hits - and not just on the Web. (Philadelphia Inquirer)

'Nova engineers inVESTED in future (The Villanovan)

Technology Brings Medical Expertise From Philadelphia To India (NBC10.com)

Unisys, activist shareholder in talks; deadline postponed (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Ametek posts higher fourth-quarter profit (Reuters)

Motorola Posts 84% Drop In 4Q Net, Sees 1Q Loss (Dow Jones via CNNMoney)

High-tech hunt reaches for fans (Philadelphia Business Journal)

Entercom signs up for new ratings system (Associated Press via Seattle Post-Intelligencer)

Comcast: A CEO in the Crosshairs (Motley Fool)

BI Chaos Escalates with SAP-Business Objects Combination (Intelligent Enterprise Blog)

Guavagarage.com: New Online Music Community Web Site Revolutionizing the Industry (PRWeb)

Comcast, FCC at odds over policy
Cable giant: New rules stifle growth, help rivals
(Times of Trenton)


In strategic shift, Comcast, TiVo team up
Move is 1st step toward a more open platform (Boston Globe)


Bentley Acquires Hevacomp, Ltd., Expanding Portfolio of Software to Improve Performance of Buildings (BusinessWire)

AT&T Announces Hosting Agreement With SAP America; Named a Preferred SAP(R) Hosting Provider (PRNewswire)

New open source venture funding and the importance of SAP Ventures and Intel Capital (CNET Blogs)

Wipro Launches Factory-like Approach to Design and Implementation Services for SAP® Interactive Forms by Adobe (TechWhack)

Verizon to move workers into Chinatown building (Philadelphia Inquirer)

IT firm lands U.S. port deal (Halifax Chronicle Herald)
Nova Scotia firm to redo IT systems for Philadelphia-area ports.

Siemens’s Prosperity Doesn’t Obscure Bribery Scandal (New York Times)

The creative slice of economic pie (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Shooters Post & Transfer Installs BrightDrive to Provide Media Sharing Infrastructure for all DI and Digital Film Processes (Broadcastnewswroom.com)

Heartland Payment Systems and American Express Sign Merchant Sales and Servicing Agreement (Centre Daily Times)

SEI Introduces Private Client Models to Banking Market (PRNewswire)

PhillyBurbs.com, Two Other Calkins Sites Join Real Cities Network (PR Newswire)

Thomson Scientific Tagging Researchers: ResearcherID.com (Information Today)


Penn State Great Valley Program Examines Hot Technology Careers (BusinessWire)

MEDecision Introduces Alineo(TM) Collaborative Health Care Management Solution (Centre Daily Times)

Just a phone call away (phillyBurbs.com)

IBM and SAP to develop joint software (Reuters)
Will integrate Lotus Notes with SAP business applications.


Makarand Teje: Taking the reigns
New AppLabs president, COO relishes challenge (IndUS Business Journal)

Big year for venture capital (Philadelphia Inquirer)
The quarterly MoneyTree survey is out.

Camden becomes a player in a surprising industry: defense (Associated Press via Newsday)

NeatReceipts for Mac Scans, Reads, and Organizes Receipts (MacRumors.com)

Herley CEO's bonus gets bigger (Lancaster New Era)

Verizon Launches New Interactive Media Guide (TMCnet)

With Comcast Under Fire, Vuze Enjoys Growth Surge (Information Week)


Philadelphia Convention & Visitors Bureau Launches First-Ever Web Sites in Japanese and Chinese (BusinessWire)


Maxwell Systems Launches Estimation Logistics 7.3 (BusinessWire)

1&1 Internet Debuts Anniversary Specials (HostingTech.com)

The earlier the better... (Redeye VC)
Josh Kopelman of First Round Capital updates his investment philosophy: Its staying the same.


Philadelphia buoyant after completing water billing system (Computerworld)


Hoping for movie magic to save Norristown (Philadelphia Inquirer)


Shooters' DIVE makes a splash (Philadelphia Business Journal)


Hecklers delay speech; Carlyle CEO notes private-equity ‘purgatory’ (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Wharton Venture Capital conference: NEA's Dick Kramlich (Dealscape)

Urban Outfitters to Buy Nursery to Start New Chain (Bloomberg)

Sprint’s Customer Erosion Prompts Cutbacks (New York Times)


SAP Doesn't See Economy Crimping Sales, Chief Kagermann Says (Bloomberg)

SAP and Oracle's middleware battle heats up (searchSAP.com)

Comcast CEO Brian Roberts Ain't Going Nowhere (Wired Blogs)

Major shareholder seeks ouster of Comcast CEO to improve returns (Associated Press via phillyBurbs.com)

InterDigital Appoints Lawrence Shay President of Patent Licensing (ad-hoc-news)

Institutional Shareholder Seeks
Ouster of Comcast CEO Roberts (Barron's)
Comcast called a "Comcastrophe" over the past decade.

Federal Reserve "Beigebook" Report for Philadelphia, January 08. (The Federal Reserve Board)

Philadelphia Region Business Outlook Survey January 2008 (Philadelphia Fed)


Facebook Up, But MySpace Still Leads By A Very, Very, Very Long Way (TechCrunch)
New Hope-based MyYearbook.com increased its traffic by over 400% year-to-year, according to Hitwise.

Philadelphia-Area Tech Leaders Launch DreamIt Ventures and Call for Funding Applications (BusinessWire)


Greater Philadelphia Is a Hotbed of Life Sciences and Biomedical Discovery
The Scientist Magazine Finds That It's the Connections That Make the Area Cool (Marketwire)

Experts Like Boomi’s Integration-As-Service Offering (ITBusinessEdge)

Social network ad analytics company Invite Media raises angel round (VentureBeat)
More details on Philadelphia venture backed by First Round Capital


SAP to win significantly more business clients due to Business Objects takeover
(Thomson Financial via CNNMoney)
In the opinion of its CEO, anyway.


SAP skills to have for 2008 and beyond (SearchSAP.com)


FiOS 'TV 2.0' Hits Jersey, Philly
Staggered rollout of GUI upgrade continues... (Broadband Reports)


A New Networking Site Dedicated to Web Analytics Launches (PRWeb)

Callidus Software Announces Strategic Agreement With IMS Health (Marketwire via CNNMoney)

SleepEx splits from Pro-Tech (Philadelphia Business Journal)

Arthur Warady Joins eMergent Benefit Solutions, LLC, as EVP of Technology (PRWeb)

The new look of sports news (phillyBurbs.com)

SAP, Business Objects announce first joint products (InfoWorld)

Oracle Snatches BEA for $8.5B (Red Herring)

Sun to Buy MySQL for $1 Billion (Associated Press via New York Times)


SAP Americas Announces Small and Midsize (SME) Partner Award Winners at 2008 North American Partner Meeting (PRNewswire via CNNMoney)

5 business process and application trends for 2008 (NetworkWorld)

Why I hate Comcast (Computerworld Blogs)

Sales up, losses widen for Tectonics (phillyBurbs.com)

Scala Announces Record Sales and EBITDA for 2007 (PRWeb)

BlueStar to Distribute New Elo TouchSystems 17-in. LCD Touchmonitor from Tyco Electronics
(Press Release)


Foxwoods Resort Casino selects WPCS to provide wireless communications network (Thomson Financial via CNNMoney)


Elsevier Acquires MEDai, Leading Provider of Healthcare Predictive Analytics and Data Mining Solutions (BusinessWire)


Krames Acquires wired.MD, Inc. and Library of over 415 Patient Education Videos
(BusinessWire)

Information Technology Expert Appointed to Penn.'s Office of Administration (Government Technology)


Basic Tools for Public Health (medGadget)

uwishunu(TM) Launches New Web Series Featuring Philadelphia Artists, Chefs and Nightlife (PRNewswire)

FCC Asks Comcast About Internet Filter (Associated Press via Google News)


CES: Comcast’s Roberts On The Road Map And Improving Customer Service; More On Fancast (paidContent.org)


New telecom firm draws big investors (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Few companies fully use their SAP software (ComputerWeekly.com)


QVC Expands Online Community to Full Social Networking Site With LiveWorld as Services Provider (BusinessWire)

ImpactRx buys Paragon Research (Philadelphia Business Journal)

IMS Health Buys RMBC Pharm Consultant (Kommersant)


HostMySite Web Host, Manages Presidential Campaign Website, for Mike Huckabee (The Hostings News)

Rapid Growth Prompts Important Changes in PointRoll Executive Team (PRNewswire)

Verticalnet shareholders OK sale to BravoSolution (Philadelphia Business Journal)

Internet Tech Channel CunningTV to Provide Coverage of MacWorld Keynote (prMac.com)

Government Awards Passport Card Deals
General Dynamics, Unisys Win Government Contracts for Work on Passport Card (Associated Press via CNNMoney)


EGT And WeiTel Form Strategic Alliance (BusinessWire)


SuiteLinqTM Unveils Enhanced Interactive Solution for Hospitality Industry (BusinessWire)

Report: Metro newspaper for sale (Philadelphia Business Journal)