Comcast, GE Talking on NBC Universal

Comcast denies it has deal to buy NBC Universal (Reuters)

Comcast Linked to NBC Universal Stake (Wall Street Journal: Deal Journal)

In Their Own Words: Comcast’s Case for–and Against–an NBCU Deal (All Things Digital: MediaMemo)

Analysts React to Comcast NBC Talks (Wall Street Journal: Digits)

More on Comcast-NBCU Deal Talks: Spinoff and Majority Stake Ideas Floated (paidContent)

Comcast wants to be the next Liberty Media (LA Times: Company Town)
" 'Cheese steaks for everyone', cracked one NBC Universal insider".




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Daily Links 9/30/09: Annenberg Study: Most Don't Want Targeted Behavioral Ads Online

What does our local tech culture need? (Baltimore Sun: BalTech)

Internet Speeds Are Often Slower Than What Consumers Pay For, FCC Finds (Washington Post: Post I.T.)

Editorial: "Network neutrality" or "network neutering"?
(ars technica)


Annenberg Study: Consumers Cool To Behavioral Marketing
Majority Don't Want Targeted Behavioral Ads Online (Multichannel News)

Battle lines still drawn in Versus vs. DirecTV (LA Times)

Salesforce.com, Coda Form New SaaS Financials Company (PC World)

SAP, Salesforce.com Could Sell Their Wares in the Google Wave Store (eWeek)

New App Deepens SAP Ties to LinkedIn (PC World)

SAP BW or third-party data warehouses a dilemma for SAP customers (SearchSAP.com)

TD Bank experiences computer glitch, shuts Internet banking (Philadelphia Business Journal)

How the health IT gold rush game will be played (ZDNet Healthcare)

Industry Demand for Interoperability Helps Drive Continued Adoption of NextGen® CHS (Business Wire)

Orbius Launches Social Website Platform for Small to Mid-Sized Organizations (Newswire Today)

ColdLight Takes Philly Technical Excellence Prize (ColdLight Blog)





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Daily Links 9/29/09: Verizon CTO on the Future of FiOS

Does Verizon Want DirecTV? (Multichannel News)

All-Fiber Network Is a Game Changer, Verizon CTO Says (PR Newswire)

Metered Broadband Is the Future: Verizon CTO (GigaOM)

The Verizon Hub has been Discontinued (Zatz Not Funny!)
That didn't last long.

Cincinnati Bell Selects Motorola's FTTH and Video Delivery Solutions to Provide Advanced Television and Broadband Experiences to Consumers (PR Newswire)

Wharton’s interactive media research center is giving the school a new bag of tricks (Philadelphia Business Journal)

SAP expects to sail through rest of crisis (Reuters)

Safend Positioned in the Magic Quadrant for Mobile Data Protection (Marketwire)

Aria Systems Announces Aria Billing Platform 5.3 (Business Wire)

The Role of Cloud Utilities (The Boomi Blog)

Big Ten Hands Off Videos To Comcast's ThePlatform (MediaPost: Online Media Daily)

Economic meeting's creative differences (Philadelphia Inquirer)

New York City Is Bad At Building An Innovation Economy--Listen Up Mayor Bloomberg (Business Week: Nussbaum On Design)
How does Philly compare? (Training a bunch of investment bankers to be entrepreneurs doesn't sound like such a great idea.)




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People News 9/27/09

Technitrol Chairman / CEO James Papada Announces Retirement Intentions (Business Wire)

Quality Systems appoints Kaplan as its COO (Forbes via Associated Press)

MRO Corp. Launches Document Management Solutions Group
Stephen Keeler joins company to drive expansion of the division and explore growth opportunities in new markets
(Business Wire)

Emtec Promotes Siva Natarajan to CIO of Emtec, Inc.
(Business Wire)

Drexel Interim President C.R. “Chuck” Pennoni Joins Science Center Board (Business Wire)



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Daily Links 9/28/09: Unisys Takeover Speculation

JUNIPER Chosen to Begin Major Launch of 4G Network in Philadelphia (Business Wire)
This must be for the Clearwire network.

Sprint Banks on WiMax to Win Back Market Share (New York Times)

Dataram SSD Appliance Targets SAN Performance (GigaOM)
Dataram is based in Princeton.

Could Unisys (UIS) or Computer Sciences (CSC) Be Next In IT Services? (StreetInsider.com)

AMETEK Acquires Two Businesses in India: Unispec Marketing and Thelsha Technical Services (PR Newswire)

The FCC's Heavy Hand
Federal regulators should not be telling Internet service providers how to run their businesses. (Washington Post
Editorial)

Q&A: IDS Scheer’s Wolfram Jost talks Software AG acquisition (ComputerWorld Canada)

Cadient relocates in Montco (Philadelphia Business Journal)

AGI Named a Top Small Workplace by The Wall Street Journal (PR Newswire)

MSC.Software Announces Strategic Relationship With Phoenix Integration
Adds Multidiscipline Trade Study and Optimization Capabilities to CAE Tools Portfolio With PHX ModelCenter(R) 9.0 (Globe Newswire)

InvestEdge Receives Patent for Integrated Investment Management System (PR Newswire)

ISGN To Buy Fiserv's Loan Fulfillment Solutions Business (Mortgage Orb)

Voxware Reports Results for Fourth Quarter and Year Ended June 30, 2009
Revenue Rebounds in Second Half, Cash Position Strengthened by June Equity Funding (Business Wire)



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Philly Tech Events Calendar

ETC Names Finalists for Enterprise Awards

The Eastern Technology Council has named the finalists for its "Enterprise Awards" to be presented on December 3. There are 24 nominees in 8 categories covering technology and life sciences; as usual for Philly some of the technology nominees have a life sciences orientation and visa versa. In addition there are six nominees for "Company to Watch".
The December 3 awards ceremony is a "gala" event. I've never quite understood what gala means except that its usually pretty expensive.

Unisys loses $2B TSA contract to CSC (Washington Business Journal)

Despite ban on cable deal, he's caught in billing bind (Philadelphia Inquirer)

BodyBuilding.com Sells Supplements That Contain Steroids, Court Papers Say (New York Times)
Liberty Media (QVC, Atlanta Braves) acquired BodyBuilding.com last year.
Also last year, BodyBuilding.com added a new warehouse near Harrisburg.

Citigroup, Microsoft Said to Take on Intuit, Mint.com (Bloomberg)
Did Microsoft Try To Buy Mint.com? (Private Equity Hub)

Can SAP and Oracle hold the line on maintenance fees?
Upkeep business churns out profits; Industry scrutinizing SAP, Siemens affair (MarketWatch)

Greater Philadelphia High Tech Networking Group

An organization called the Greater Philadelphia High Tech Networking Group, which has a somewhat different emphasis than some of the other tech organizations in the area-more focused on electronics,engineering, and semiconductor stuff-has an interesting meeting planned for Monday, the 28th at Rutgers-Camden. The topic is "Top Technology Trends Impacting Business-to-Consumer Hardware Designs & Communications Services". Participants include Bruce Anderson, COO & Co-founder INVIDI Technologies of Princeton, Dr. Jangwoo Shin, CEO & CTO, WebforPhone, Philadelphia, Greg Jablonski, CEO & Founder, PChem Associates of Bensalem, and Dr. Jeffrey Bloom, Director of Video Technologies, Dialogic, Parsippany. John Currie, Prncipal, ITERATE Venture Consulting, will moderate the discussion.
The meeting starts at 5:30 on the 28th at the Rutgers Camden Incubator - Camden Tech Center, 200 Federal St, Camden.



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ESPN’s Industry-Leading Research and Analytics Team Launches New Program with Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
Wharton Interactive Media Initiative to Collaborate with ESPN on Strategies for Cross-Platform Media Analysis and Measurement (Business Wire)

USA Technologies Reports Full Year Fiscal 2009 Financial Results (Business Wire)

Ben Franklin Technology Partners receives $6 million to build addition to Lehigh University facility (Easton Express-Times)

Aria Systems, the Global Leader of SaaS Based Billing and Customer Management Solutions Announces the Opening of Its Newest Office in San Mateo, CA (Business Wire)

Verizon Wireless Plans Mass LTE Deployment
In an interview, Verizon Wireless CTO Tony Melone lays out the carrier's ambitious Long-Term Evolution plans. (Information Week)

Verizon Might Be Considering DirecTV Bid (paidContent)

Vanguard readies iPhone app as fund firms go mobile (Reuters)

QVC Completes Issuance of $1 Billion of Senior Secured Notes Due 2019 (PR Newswire)



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