HITECH Act: Reimbursement Schedule a Challenge (Chilmark Research)

Stimulus 1st step in Obama's broadband goals: aide (Reuters)

ING offered public money to expand (Wilmington News Journal)

Business ByDesign's role at Sapphire unclear (IT World)

SAP: Asian Business Faring Better Than Other Regions
(CIO India)

WiMax and LTE Supporters Prepare for Battle (PC World)

Motorola Brings LTE to Life on the Streets of Barcelona (PR Newswire)

Flash 10 coming to a non-Apple smartphone near you in 2010 (ars technica)

Study: Pharma Wants In on Doctors-Only Networks (NJBIZ.com)

‘Viral Nature’ of Drug Marketing
Pharmaceutical companies testing the waters of social networking (NJBIZ.com)

SunGard Announces Formation of Global Trading Business (Bobsguide)

The Berkeley Public Library and RFID-nomics (Berkeley Daily Planert)

Scala Software Powers FASTSIGNS® New Digital Signage Solution (PR Web)

Digital video co Scopus posts profit on eve of takeover (Globes.com)
Scopus has its headquarters for the Americas in Princeton.




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Comcast’s Hot Wheels
The Nation’s First Wideband Customers Are Thrilled (Mostly). Can DOCSIS 3.0 Really Neutralize the Telco Threat? (Multichannel News)


The Story is Where It's @: Wharton Entrepreneurship Conference 2009 (The Green Skeptic)

MapQuest: A Symbol Of Everything That's Gone Wrong (Silicon Alley Insider: The Business Insider)



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People News

Edison Venture Promotes Chris Sugden (PE Hub)

Local man awarded prestigious fellowship (The Phoenix)

Artificial Intelligence Expert Joins
ColdLight (ColdLight Press Release)

MEDecision Names Richard M. Haviland Senior Vice President of Human Resources (Business Wire)


Cadient Group Continues Growth Trend with Key New Hires (PR Newswire)

Canoe Hires Eason As Chief Data Officer
Cable's Advanced-Ad Initiative Taps Capital One Executive To Run Database (Multichannel News)

Comcast Entertainment Group Ups Dolcemaschio to COO (TV Week)

Killian to succeed Toben as Verizon CFO (Reuters)

Resource Planning Expert, Neil Safer, Joins the Jewell & Associates Team (PR Web)



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Privacy Trumps Profit in $19 Billion Health Stimulus (Bloomberg)

Richardson not alone with CDR problems (Santa Fe New Mexican)

SECRECY & FAVORITISM?
A draft report by the Auditor General slams the Rendell administration 's handling of nearly $600 million in tech contracts.
(Harrisburg Patriot-News)



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Twittering Inferno: “Holy Crap. This Is an Actual Fire” (All Things Digital: MediaMemo)
Fire at Philly startup Invite Media

ClickEquations hopes its search software finds customers (Philadelphia Business Journal)

Wharton Entrepreneurship Conference - Live (Phillypreneurs)

Intelligroup® Reports 2008 Revenue Growth of 8.3% to $157 Million, Operating Income of $11.1 Million and EPS of $0.16 (Business Wire)

Emtec Acquires IT Consulting Company KOAN-IT
Acquisition of Consulting Firm Further Strengthens Emtec’s IT Services and Solutions Portfolio (Business Wire)

NetSuite attacks SAP: hype vs. reality (ZDNet Blogs)

Finisar cuts 200 jobs as revenues slide (Marketwire via Compound Semiconductor Blog)
Finisar acquired Optium Corp of Horsham last year. No word yet on how many cuts might have taken place here.

Senate Passes Stimulus Bill with $19 Billion for Health IT (MedPage Today)

A Health-Tech Monopoly
Another surprise in the stimulus fine print. (Wall Street Journal)

Another major firm buys into Pennsylvania's future (Philly.com: Philly Deals)

Comcast CEO, executives forgo 2009 salary increase (Associated Press via Business Week)

Can Comcast Save TiVo? (NewTeeVee)

SES DELIVERS ANOTHER YEAR OF SOLID GROWTH IN 2008 (Company Press Release)
SES's US unit, SES Americom, is based in Princeton.

Chesco man found guilty of doing business with Iran (Philadelphia Inquirer)



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Paul Allen's Charter to file Chapter 11
(Reuters)

SAP: Sell It Now, Says Friedman Billings (Barron's: Tech Trader Daily)

SAP May Have Business Suite 7, But It’s Still MIA With SaaS (BNET)

Industry 'value scenarios' in SAP Business Suite 7 (Network World)


Old Habits Die Hard: MapQuest Still #1 Mapping Service (Read Write Web)
MapQuest is co-headquartered in Lancaster and Colorado.

PointRoll Expands Mobile Rich Media Advertising Network for the Apple iPhone (PR Newswire)
PointRoll is based in Conshohocken.

Kenexa Q4 profit beats Street; suspends '09 outlook (Reuters)

Mapping Clearwire’s Deployment Using Job Listings (GigaOM)

Linux-ready 3G modules target netbooks, MIDs
(LinuxDevices.com)

Microsoft to follow Apple with its own family of retail stores
(ZDNet Blogs)

Medical Research 2.0 (Redeye VC)

AGI Animations Portraying Iridium/Cosmos Satellite Collision Available (PR Newswire)

Princeton U. students expand 'Goodcrush' website (Newark Star-Ledger)

Plaudits go to Phillyskyline.com (USA Today)

'Inquirer' Bailout Talks Raise More Questions
Publisher, Governor Make Conflicting Statements (The Bulletin)

Princeton Fulfillment Solutions Acquires M&B Technologies
New Combined Entity Will Deliver eBusiness Services to the Marketplace (Business Wire)




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U.S. and Russian satellites collide (CNET News)



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GSI Commerce Reports Fiscal 2008 Year and Fourth Quarter Operating Results (PR Newswire via CNN Money)

Kenexa Announces Preliminary Financial Results for Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2008 (Business Wire)

Alloy, SAP's duet with IBM, holds promise, analysts say (SearchSAP.com)

Bio-Imaging Technologies Announces Fourth Quarter and Year-End 2008 Financial Results (Business Wire)


Comcast Property Sees 92% Success Rate With New OpenID Method (Read Write Web)

Clearwire Funding Gap May Put Backers’ Plans on Hold (Bloomberg)

Web site: More than 150 banks affected by Heartland data breach thus far (Computerworld)

Motorola Ships 1,000 High-Density Downstream Modules to Cable Operators Worldwide, Expanding Personalized Media Experiences
(PR Newswire)

IT Infrastructure Slideshow:
How Technology Sped Minnesota Bridge's Rebirth (eWeek)

King of Prussia-based Guggenheim Venture Partners Announce Sale of Bethlehem-based CICLON Semiconductor Device Corp. to Texas Instruments (PR Newswire)

InvestorForce Announces a Year of Record Growth in 2008 (Business Wire)

TelVue Corporation Launches WEBUS Inside(tm)
Software Release Enables the Complete Integration of Digital Broadcast Servers With a Multi-User Community Bulletin Board System (Globe Newswire)

The story behind Viddler’s new navigation (Viddler Blog)


Morning Call lays off at least 22 (Allentown Morning Call)



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Ruin Your Health With the Obama Stimulus Plan: Betsy McCaughey (Bloomberg)

Will health IT push back against populist Luddism? (ZDNet)

Electronic Health Records: How to Spend the Money Wisely (New York Times: Bits)

Lobbying War Ensues Over Digital Health Data
Congress Weighs Impact On Industry, Patients (Washington Post)


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Unisys posts 4Q loss of $58 million on charges
(Associated Press via Forbes)
S&P cuts Unisys rating further into junk (Associated Press via MSN Money)

Vishay posts Q4 loss on charges, lower rev; shares fall (Reuters)

Verizon: LTE vendors need to deliver in 2009 (Muni Wireless)

Comcast sued by customer over set-top box requirement (Bloomberg via Contra Costa Times)

Comcast super bowl porn incident now with FBI (Fox 11 News)

Cable and Fiber-to-the-Home
(Media Experience 2 Go)

Senate negotiations may drop healthcare IT grant funding from $5B to $3B (Healthcare IT News)

Safeguard Secures Silicon Valley Bank Credit Agreement (Business Wire)

IBM Strikes Back At SAP, Embraces Rival Lawson (Silicon Alley Insider)

NetSuite fourth quarter better than expected (ZDNet Blogs)

Top Pittsburgh and Philadelphia Dailies Now Sharing Content (Editor & Publisher)

Rebuilding America's Job Machine
Industrial policy isn't dead. It's thriving in the states—and may be the start of a U.S. comeback strategy (Business Week)
Dicusses Pennsylvania and Ben Franklin Technology Partners.

Milestone Partners Raises Third Fund
(PE Hub)


Shunra Announces Continued Year over Year Growth in 2008, Finishing Year with Ninth Record Quarter (PR Newswire)

MetroCast Selects RCN Metro Solution to Expand Its Reach From Connecticut to New Hampshire, Reduces Internet Interconnection Costs and Increases Capacity
Marketwire via CNN Money)
MetroCast is a subsidiary of Frazer, PA based Harron Communications.



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