Comcast Wishes You A Happy Rate Hike Season
It's that time of year again.... (Broadband Reports)

Comcast Guides DVRs To Web
Operator Puts ‘Start Over' Service on Hold In Focusing on IPG Upgrade (Multichannel News)

Verizon COO, And FiOS Proponent, To Retire
So what happens next? (Broadband Reports)


Philly papers fight lenders over `local' ownership (Associated Press via Google News)

SAP - Friendly Takeover of SAF AG Successful (PR Newswire)

Med monitoring company CenTrak logs biggest deal (Philadelphia Business Journal)


Kulicke & Soffa Launches ConnX-LED (Business
Wire)


EU takes on Sun/Oracle
(Computerworld Blogs)




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Could Google Acquisition Plans Have Local Angle?

Google's Eric Schmidt recently indicated his company is on the prowl for acquisitions again. According to All Things Digital, sources say right now Google is focusing on small start-ups in the online advertising and cloud computing arenas.
AdExchanger.com suggests that two companies that could make sense for Google in the online advertising space are Philadelphia's Invite Media (originally backed by First Round Capital) and New York-based MediaMath, in which Safeguard Scientifics recently lead a $10 million venture round.



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Daily Links 9/03/09: Man Sues QVC Over Tomato Planter

Caught on Video: Thieves Ransack Apple Store in 31 Seconds (Switched)

MedQuist Announces Establishment of Revolving Credit Facility and Payment of Special Cash Dividend (PR Newswire)

Higher Ground: Downtown University Tied to Harrisburg's Rebirth (KeystoneEdge)

Verizon Boosts Dividend 3.3% (Barron's: Tech Trader Daily)

Five companies named to FEMA support contract
They will compete for $500 million in task orders (Washington Technology)
Unisys is one of them.

QVC sued when hanging tomato planter knocks man topsy turvy (Southeast Texas Record)
I wouldn't want to tell QVC this, but this is the same judicial district where a jury just issued a $139 million verdict
against SAP.

IDS Scheer: U.S. lags in BPM implementations (Internetnews.com)

Chariot Solutions develops iPhone App to Monitor JBoss Application Platform Performance (Chariot News)



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DivX Acquires Streaming Video Tech Firm AnySource For $7.5 Million, Plus Earnout (paidContent)
AnySource staying in Malvern for now (Philadelphia Business Journal)

Philadelphia CIO Allan Frank Has Plans for a Digital City
(Government Technology)

QlikView Partners Deliver On-Demand, Interactive Analytics in the Cloud (Business Wire)

Internet Capital Group Announces Channel Intelligence’s Acquisition of Vcommerce (Business Wire)

Facebook-Focused Startups Pitch to VCs (Wall Street Journal: Digits)

SeaChange Gets Closer to Comcast, Europe (Light Reading: Cable Digital News)

Network President Says DBS Provider Wants Sports Service To Shed 6 Million Subscribers (Multichannel
News)

The state of hyperlocal online news in Philadelphia (Technically Philly)

Web company adopts new name, Hosting.com
Exec will transfer from Newark to Denver, but local staff to grow (Wilmington News Journal)

Tibco/SAP Rumors Resurface (Barrons: Tech Trader Daily)


Five Sought in Heist at Apple Computer Store in Marlton, NJ (KYW Newsradio)
I wonder if anyone would ever try to break into one of these new Microsoft stores.







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CardioNet Provides Update on Communications with Highmark Medicare Services Regarding Mobile Cardiovascular Technology Reimbursement (Business Wire)
CardioNet slides as Medicare rate cut is confirmed (Associated Press via Forbes)

Versus network goes dark on DirecTV in rate dispute (LA Times)

Comcast, Verizon duke it out
Ad blitz gets personal as firms spar for cable customers (Boston Globe)

GSI Commerce Acquires Pepperjam
Acquisition Marks GSI’s Entry into Affiliate Network Business and Expands Presence in Affiliate Program Management and Search (Business Wire)

DivX Acquires AnySource Media, Creator of On-Demand Internet Television Platform
(PR Newswire)

BioClinica™ Acquires CardioNow from Agfa Healthcare
-Adds Proven Solution for Secure, Regulatory Compliant Electronic Transmission and Analysis of Medical Images for Clinical Trials- (Business Wire)

HostMySite and Hosting.Com Merge Under Hosting.Com Name
Hosting.com Becomes Official Name for HostMySite|Hosting.com. Brand Consolidation Begins and Includes Opening of a New Corporate Headquarters and Data Center in Denver, CO. (PR Newswire)

With new buyer, Transcend sheds Denny Hecker stake (Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal)


John Wookey about SAP's On Demand Offerings for Large Enterprises (SAP TV)


30,000 Job Openings For SAP Consultants, SAP Official Says (Information Week Blogs)













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Philly Tech Events Calendar

Daily Links 8/31/09: ClickEquations Funding, Newspaper Revenues Crash By 29%

Phila. firms fund ClickEquations
(Philadelphia Business Journal)

ClickEquations - Complex Paid Search Campaign Management, Simplified (Web Analytics World Blog)

Henkel Awards Unisys Five-Year Global Outsourcing Contract (Business Wire)

Fairfax County, Virginia, Selects SAP(R) Software to Facilitate Cost Savings and Operational Efficiency
(PR Newswire)

Urban Strongholds Resist Magazine Slump (Forbes)
Interview with Larry Platt.

FREEFALL: Newspaper Revenues Crash By 29%
(Mashable )

The survivor in business and in life (Poder 360)
Interview with Cristóbal Conde of SunGard.

Sungard Builds Grid From DR Workstations (Data Center Knowledge)

Information Today, Inc. Acquires the Search Engine Meeting (Business Wire)

e-Dialog Supports Strong Growth with New and Expanded Global Corporate Headquarters (Business Wire)

Online Document Viewing Available in the Cloud or in Your IT Infrastructure (Vuzit Blog)

The Comcast Video Wall Reloaded (Zatz Not Funny!)




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People News 8/30/09

The Neat(R) Company Names Jim Foster as Chief Executive Officer (eMedia World)


Dataram Announces a Worldwide Vice President of Sales
(Business Wire)

QlikTech Confident of Growing Asia Pacific Business
Leading Business Intelligence Vendor Opens Office in Singapore and Commits Resources in Asia Pacific (Microwire)

Clearwire’s Richardson Exits; Two New Execs Tapped To Chart 4G Path (mocoNews.net)

ERT Appoints New Associate Director of Business Development - Japan
(PR Newswire)

SAP EXECUTIVE PAT HUME AMONG THE TOP 100 WOMEN IN THE CHANNEL (SAP Newsbyte)

Former Delaware State CIO and Cabinet Secretary Joins LexisNexis Special Services Inc. (Business Wire)





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In May, shareholders protested Comcast pay (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Tierney Tries Twitter, Facebook, PR Campaign to Keep Philadelphia Papers (Poynter Online)

Bad Software Design Inhibits Use of Enterprise Apps (Computerworld)
On Electronic Ink founder Harold Hambros and his new book.



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Auction for Philly newspapers slated amid Ch. 11 (Associated Press via Google News)

Man Accused of Stealing Stores’ Data Pleads Guilty (Reuters via New York Times)

ClickEquations Raises $3 Million For Paid Search Platform (paidContent)
ClickEquations is based in Conshohocken.

SDI will get new building for its HQ (Philadelphia Business Journal)

TeamSupport.com Scales Beanstalk
TeamSupport.com today announced a compelling integration with Beanstalk! (PR Log)

Devon IT to Feature New Thin Clients, Software at VMworld 2009 (Business Wire)

Safeguard Scientifics enacts reverse stock split (Associated Press via Philly.com)




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