Comcast Said to Favor Keeping NBC’s Zucker, Management Team (Bloomberg)

A Touchdown for Comcast?
Wall Street may not like the cable giant's bid for NBC Universal, but it could make sense (Business Week)

FCC To Probe Google Voice
Some Rural Calls Are Being Blocked (Washington Post)

Daily Links 10/9/09: NBC Employees Worry About Comcast Health Plan

Does Comcast See The Writing on Cable's Slippery Wall? (Business Week)

NBC Employees Fret About Potential Buyer Comcast's Health Plan (Silicon Alley Insider)

Hey Comcast (& ISPs), No One Needs Your Convergence Devices (GigaOM)

How To Build A $170 Million Company From Scratch (Silicon Alley Insider)

Wireless options heating up in Phila. (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Clearwire Married to WiMAX for 2 More Years (GigaOM)

Philly Newspapers' Creditors Can Use Debt They're Owed to Bid for Company, Judge Rules (Associated Press via Editor & Publisher)

Penn prof Kearns addresses a need (Philadelphia Business Journal: Technology Blog)

Does SAP have to give away CRM? (IT Knowledge Exchange: SAP Watch)

SAP, HP to Deepen Ties Around BI (PC World)




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Daily Links 10/8/09: Mistras IPO Priced Below Target

Comcast's Rivals For NBC (Forbes)

SAP 2.0 Promises Business Value Over Products: Can It Deliver? (Information Week: Global CIO)

SAP Is Testing Flat-Rate Pricing For Large Enterprises (Information Week: Global CIO)

Mistras prices below range, Omeros at bottom in IPOs (Reuters)
Mistras is based in Princeton Junction.

Feds Investigating IBM Over Mainframe Monopoly (Silicon Alley Insider)
Thought I had accidentally come across a headline from 40 years ago.

Alphion Corporation Announces Selection by BSNL as GPON Technology Provider
GPON network equipment to support deployment of multiple play services in the India Telecoms Network (Business
Wire)

Comcast Snares a CLEC (Light Reading: Cable Digital News)

Comcast alerts customers to infected PCs
(CNET News)

My Interview With FCC Chairman: No Retreat On Net Neutrality (Washington Post: Post Tech)

Essent, Backed by Goldman Sachs, Buys Triad Assets (Bloomberg)

PivotLink and Boomi Expand SaaS Business Analytics to Over 70 Enterprise Applications (Marketwire)

Revisiting Entrepreneurs Who Ride the Economic Waves (New York Times)

Verisk Analytics of Jersey City raises $1.9B in stock offering (Newark Star-Ledger)

Interead Picks QVC To Launch Its “Cool-er” e-Reader In U.S. (paidContent)

D&E, Windstream merger will cut 290 jobs in Pa. (Central Penn Business Journal)



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Google Remembers Invention of Barcode (Drexel Connection)

Google has a barcode-looking thing on its home page this morning. Not sure why. (Update: Explained here). Any discussion of the history of the bar code must include reference to its Philly (specifically Drexel) roots.
See Drexel Press Release.



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Daily Links 10/7/09: Ten Changes To Expect If Comcast Acquires Part Of NBC Universal

ICT sale 'great', but for whom? (Philly.com: Philly Deals)

Clearwire Unofficially Launches In Philadelphia
While business customers get service in Chicago... (Broadband Reports)

Ten Changes To Expect If Comcast Acquires Part Of NBC Universal (NPR: Monkey See Blog)

Lumexis contract could be big deal for EMS Formation (Philadelphia Business Journal: Technology Blog)

Behind Verizon’s Handshake With Venture Firms (Wall Street Journal: Venture Capital Dispatch)

Mysteries of Philadelphia (TheDeal.com: Dealscape)


Enterprise Software: Who Should Buy Whom? (Smart Data Collective)

Oracle lets rival Salesforce pitch its customers (Reuters)

Rimini Street Ups Third-party Maintenance Ante (PC World)

Oracle Announces Oracle® Business Process Analysis Suite 11g (Marketwire)

Avencia Launches Walkshed.org to Calculate and Map Walkability Based on Individual Preferences (GeoPlace)

Comcast to Bankroll Phillies/Rockies Playoff Bet
Cabler to donate money to homeless shelter in winning team's city (Broadcasting & Cable)

Noah Education Announces Proposed Strategic Investment in Franklin Electronic Publishers (PR Newswire)



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Unisys Board Approves One-for-Ten Reverse Stock Split (Business Wire)

Mistras Group to offer 8.7 million shares, raising up to $139 million, at IPO Thursday (Associated Press via San Francisco Examiner)

French workers free boss at chemical plant (Associated Press via MSN Money)
I'm sure they fed him well also.

Comcast's ambitions
The pay-TV giant is making a bid to control NBC Universal's entertainment assets. (LA Times Editorial)

Vivendi Ready for NBC Exit, May Hold Out on Price (Bloomberg)

Comcast suit over FCC's 'net neutrality' smackdown heats up (Daily Finance)

SAP's Leo Apotheker dismisses Oracle's bid for power
(TG Daily)

ICT Group to be purchased for $263M (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Verizon, Google Team For Android Devices (Information Week)

Twitter Data Analysis: An Investor’s Perspective (TechCrunch)
Written by the co-founder of Camden's RJMetrics, Robert J. Moore.

Best Buy Carrying Motorola DOCSIS 3.0 Modems
Retailer Selling SB6120 Units For $99.99 (Multichannel News)

Penn grad, digital camera pioneer, shares Nobel prize (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Adding Health Advice to Online Medical Records (New York Times)

Phanfare Taps the Cloud to Print Photos via the iPhone (GigaOM)
Phanfare is based in Princeton.



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Anexinet Expands Into New Corporate Headquarters (PR Web)

Analyst: Swap Comcast for Time Warner (Barron's: Tech Trader Daily)

U.S. Internet Ad Revenues Decline 5.3% In First Half 2009 (TechCrunch)

Rival banks targeting TD customers after computer crash (Philadelphia Business Journal)

SAP's feet put to the fire (ZDNet Blogs)

Cable-Tec Expo Tries Something New
(Light Reading: Cable Digital News)

Developers: The Verizon Wireless LTE Innovation Center Lab Opens (PR Newswire)



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Philly Tech Events Calendar

Could Liberty Latch Onto NBCU?
Vivendi Stake Sparks Interest From Comcast, Maybe Others (Multichannel News)

At Philadelphia Bankruptcy Hearing, Judge Questions Management Case
(New York Times: Media Decoder)

People News 10/4/09

William L. Rulon-Miller Joins Cross Atlantic Capital Partners (Business Wire)

Howard Eckstein Joins Herley Industries, Inc. as President and General Manager of Herley Industries, Inc. Lancaster Division (PR Newswire)

IMS Appoints Gilles Pajot Vice Chairman (Business
Wire)

Amkor founder Kim takes new role (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Deleon Group adds Tonya Martin for Business Development (Philly Ad Club News)

Aloysius Butler & Clark adds Sean Carrigan, expands to NYC (Philly Ad Club News)

Questions continue to swirl around Comcast venture (Philadelpia Inquirer)

Comcast looks to future in bid for NBC Universal (Associated
Press)

Roberts to Team Comcast: "We'd like to find ways to accelerate" Cable Channels' Growth (Business Week)