It’s Official: No Game Tonight
(WHYY: Its Our City)


SAP Announces 2008 Third Quarter and Nine Month Results
(PR Newswire)

SAP Withdraws Sales Forecast, Lowers Margin Forecast to 28% (Bloomberg)




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Want to buy a major national radio chain on the cheap? Bala Cynwyd's Entercom Communications (ETM), which operates 111 stations in 23 markets, ended the day at 56 cents per share, near its recent low of 52 cents. At one point in the past year, its shares were trading as high as $19.59.
At its current price, Entercom's market cap is a mere $21.2 million. Of course, you would also have to pick up about $1 billion of debt. Have fun making the payments.
Entercom's earnings report is due on November 6. They have recently announced cutbacks in some markets.




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Microsoft launches Windows Azure (CNET News)

Verizon CEO Sees Earnings Growth At 8% For Full Year (Dow Jones via CNN Money)
Verizon Fans FiOS Higher, As Phone Lines Keep Falling
Telco Gains Net 233,000 FiOS TV Subs; Loses 3 Million Voice Lines in Last 12 Months
(Multichannel News)

Cable Customers May Spend Less on Premium Services (Bloomberg)

WiMax Revolution: Sprint's Hesse Savors Break from Wireless Pack (Cable360)

Cox's Wireless Service Links To DVRs, PCs (Information Week)

Translation Please: Cable’s Fiber-Deep Options
Peering Inside HFC’s Web
(Multichannel News)

More HD, More Fiber, More MoCA, More DOCSIS 3.0… (Media Experiences 2 Go)

SAP Shrs Down Sharply Ahead Of Earnings Tomorrow (Barron's: Tech Trader Daily)

Benefit Bank offers one-stop application for aid (Bucryus Telegraph-Forum)

When receipts get unwieldy, here's a Neat trick (Philadelphia Business Journal)

HTH Worldwide Unveils First Digital Healthcare Card
(PR Newswire)

Industry’s Smallest Thin Client Gets Upgrades
Devon IT to offer new thin client in its green TC2 series
(Business Wire)

Synygy Selected by CATS Technology to Provide On-Demand Software Application (Business Wire)

Princeton Has New High-Speed Connection to ESnet’s Dynamic ESnet4 Network (Scientific Frontline)
Why can't Comcast offer 10 gig speeds?

Diamonds are this couple's best friend (Daily Pennsylvanian)

Some fans miss back-to-back homers because of power outage (Associated Press via Delco Daily Times)




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20+ Ways to Enjoy the World Series Online (Mashable)

Hi-def technology blankets ballpark (Wilmington News Journal)

Media & Creative - The Unbundling Bundle (Lairig Marketing)
On Razorfish.




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Pennsylvania Governor Rendell Targets Technology-Based Economic Development With $13 Million Investment (PRNewswire)

IT firms brace for reduced client spending next year (Philadelphia Business Journal)

HCSC paid around $100M for TMG Health (Philly.com: Philly Deals)

Medrium Buys Wilmington Professional Associates (Private Equity Hub)


MTI Recognized by the Philadelphia 100 as One of the Fastest-Growing, Privately-Held Companies
(PharmaLive)

SprinxCRM Announces Official Entry into U.S. Market with New Software Release and SprinxCRM Mobile (Business Wire)

Comcast Spotlight Cuts Positions (Broadcasting & Cable)

Turner Investment cuts 15% of staff (Pensions & Investments)

Accusations Flying in SAP-Waste Management Suit (PC World)

Gannett Profit Fell on Decline in Ads, Job-Cut Costs (Bloomberg)
Gannett owns the Wilmington News Journal and Cherry Hill (South Jersey) Courier-Post, as well as internet advertising specialist PointRoll.

What VCs Really Want: Howard Morgan, First Round Capital, Lets Us Know (The Tech Effect)




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Although T-Mobile's 3G network has been officially on in the area since the beginning of the month, I wasn't sure from some of the initial reports I read in the national media whether the Android-based G1 phone was available here yet. I checked, and it is.
Be aware, however, that T-Mobile's own coverage map suggests there is not much 3G coverage in some of the northern Pennsylvania suburbs or west of the Blue Route. I don't know if this is totally up to date, but it is their map.
A map of T-Mobile retail locations is here.




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LinkedIn links up with Goldman Sachs, SAP and McGraw-Hill (San Jose Mercury News)
SAP invests in LinkedIn (IDG
via New York Times) Free Registration

Vertex and SAP Make Tax Management Less Taxing for Small Businesses
Vertex’s Acclaimed Tax Technology Software Integrated With SAP, and Now Available On-Demand
(Business Wire)

Oracle, SAP Offer 15% Discounts to Retain Clients (Bloomberg)

Technitrol Reports Improved Results in Q308, Announces Cost-Saving Measures (Business Wire)

Comcast's cyberteam helps customers get problems solved (Associated Press via Google News)

DirecTV blimp buzzes by Comcast HQ (Philly.com: Philly Deals)

BofA card unit posts $373 million loss (Wilmington News Journal)

IMS Health profits rise 33% in third quarter
(Associated Press via Forbes)

GSI Commerce Q3 Tops Forecast; Stifel, Jefferies Upgrade (Barron's: Tech Trader Daily)

As Google Phone Hits Stores, PhindMe® Launches Mobile Marketing Suite of Tools for Agencies and Resellers to Private Label (Business Wire)

Blue Cross giant buys TMG Health (Philly.com: Philly Inc)

Merck slashes 7,200 jobs, pursues more customer-centric selling model (Medical Marketing & Media)
Not sure what a "more customer-centric selling model" is.

AstraZeneca, Cognizant Announce a Five-Year Deal; Expand Their Global Services Partnership
(PR Newswire)

OrganizedWisdom Launches Health Provider WisdomCards Helping Patients Find Vital Research, Reviews and Web Sites on the Top Practicing Physicians, Dentists and Psychologists in the US (Organized Wisdom Press Release)

SunGard announces UK expansion plans (Continuity Central)

Go to College, Play Video Games and Get a Degree? How Cool Is That! (Jewish Exponent)
Good rundown of the different academic programs in the area.

Geekadelphia Interview: Ed Fleming, Exec. Dir. of the VGXPO (Geekadelphia)