Daily Links 11/29/2010: Comcast outage hits Boston, Baltimore, Washington

Comcast Outage Hits Boston, East-coast Cities (PC World)


Meet the Un-Mogul Reinventing TV
Steve Burke Will Decide What You See and How You'll See It -- and Change the Ad Model in the Process (Ad Age)

Web companies close ranks to oppose merger of NBC Universal, Comcast (The Hill: Hillicon Valley)

Microsoft eyes leap back into TV: sources (Reuters)

E-commerce gets a boost as online deals spread (Reuters)

Wolters Kluwer Health Reaches Agreement to Acquire Pharmacy OneSource (PR Newswire)

Thomson Reuters Acquires GeneGo (PR Newswire)

SAP co-CEO on how the company is taking inspiration from the gaming world
Jim Hagemann Snabe on SAP's hybrid approach and the search for "visible joy" (Silicon.com)

The tiny firm Oracle hates (Fortune)

PointRoll finds new home (Philadelphia Business Journal:
Real Estate Blog)

Happy Cog Studios Named Design Agency of the Year (PR Newswire)

CloudBees collects $4 million from Matrix Partners (Boston Globe)
One of the investors in CloudBees is Philly-area entrepreneur/angel Bob Bickel, who blogs about it here.




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SAS: It's a family affair (Computer Business Review)

SAP Hopes to Cut $1.3 Billion Oracle Fine, Euro am Sonntag Says
(Bloomberg)

Black Friday Sales Figures Soar for Online Retailers (Mashable)

Siemens Healthcare Receives 2011/2012 ONC-ATCB Certification for Complete EHRs and EHR Modules (PR Newswire)

SAP at a crossroads after losing $1.3B verdict
(AP via Google News)

Oracle ruling slams SAP's reputation (Reuters)

SAP moving forward with Business ByDesign (V3.co.uk)

Montage and Yottalook Combine Forces to Transform the Future of Radiology Search and Analytics
Montage signs letter of intent to purchase radiology's most popular Internet search engine.
(PR Newswire)

Moggle, Inc. Raises $2 Million in Equity Financing (Business Wire)

Res Software undergoes rebranding and new distribution agreement (IT Business Canada)

For $55, What Kind of LTE Experience Does MetroPCS Deliver? (Gigaom)

Deconstructing Invite Media's success story (Philly.com: Philly Inc)

Comcast Seeks Suspension Of Dish Arbitration Order Against Three RSNs
Sends Letter To FCC Media Bureau Chief Lake Following DBS Provider's Drop Of CSN California
(Multichannel News)

Netflix’s Move Onto the Web Stirs Rivalries (New York Times)

Why check in to TV shows? Miso’s new answer: For the deals (VentureBeat)
Promotion with QVC starts tonight.

More on $1.3 billion SAP verdict

Oracle Crows Over Largest Piracy Victory; SAP Will Fight (Barron's: Tech Trader Daily)

Oracle's $1.3 billion verdict over SAP: Six big questions (ZDNet Blogs)

Oracle v. SAP: Justice and $1.3 Billion Delivered (CIO.com)

SAP penalty in Oracle suit is excessive, analyst says
Oracle's losses likely to be far less than the $1.4 billion awarded by federal jury in California
(Computerworld)

Daily Links 11/24/2010: Philadelphia CTO Allan Frank resigns

Philadelphia’s top IT officer resigns (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Analysts Predict Likely Conditions of Comcast-NBC Universal Deal (Hollywood Reporter)

Comcast, NBC argue against sharing with Internet TV (Washington Post: Post Tech)

Comcast and Tennis Channel call in the referee (LA Times: Company Town)

Comcast, Time Warner And Charter Sued Over Modems (paidContent)

FCC mulls Web traffic rules for December meeting (Reuters)

Netflix Turns From Oracle, IBM to Amazon to Save Cash (PC World)

NextGen, ScImage Intro Universal Medical Image Integration Module (Information Week)
NextGen Healthcare is based in Horsham.

Jury awards Oracle $1.3 billion in damages from SAP

SAP to pay Oracle $1.3 bln in landmark decision (Reuters)
Runaway jury.

Daily Links 11/23/2010: FCC to delay December meeting, heightening speculation about Net Neutrality regs

Pre-Merger Pragmatism Nothing New For Comcast’s Burke (paidContent)

Comcast: NBCU Still Controls NBCU
Cable Company Responds To Sen. Franken's Request To Justice To Check Into Exec Changes (Multichannel News)

FCC top lawyer suggests agency not gutted by Comcast case
(The Hill: Hillicon Valley)


FCC Pushes Back December Meeting (National Journal: Tech Daily Dose)
Adds to speculation that net neutrality plan may be forthcoming.



Get Some Insight into Xfinity TV App Development (Comcast Voices |Official Comcast Blog)

Blekko Partners Up With Search Engine DuckDuckGo (TechCrunch)

Oracle, SAP suit goes to jury with no one's dignity intact (IT World)

On The Call: HP's New CEO Leo Apotheker (AP via ABC News)
Now that SAP/Oracle case has been sent to jury, Apotheker finally appears in Palo Alto.

SAP's Co-CEOs: Are Two Heads Better Than One? (Computerworld)

SAP responds to criticism of Business ByDesign (computing.co.uk)

Lockheed Martin Announces Completion of $815 Million EIG Divestiture (PR Newswire)
The SI Organization, Inc. Becomes an Independent Company (PR Newswire)
The SI Organization is the new name for what was formerly Lockheed's Enterprise Integration Group, based in Valley Forge.

$85,000 Awarded to University City Keystone Innovation Zone through Competitive Grant Program (Business Wire)

AdExchanger.com Predictions for 2011: The Investment Community (AdExchanger.com)
Quotes First Round's Chris Fralic and Genacast Ventures' Gil Beyda.




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Daily Links 11/22/2010: Franken Seeks Probe of Comcast for Naming NBC Managers

Comcast’s Plans for Executives Offer Clues to Future of NBC (New York Times)

For NBC Sale, Tensions Rise in Washington (New York Times)

Senator (Franken) Seeks Probe of Comcast for Naming NBC Managers (Bloomberg)

FiOS Zips Into Speed Lead With 150-Meg Broadband
Verizon Boasts 150/35 Mbps Tier is Fastest Residential Broadband in U.S. (Multichannel News)

SAP CEO promises users clear product roadmaps
Jim Snabe highlights in-memory, cloud and mobile at user group conference (Computerworld
UK)

Oracle Asks Jurors to Find SAP Owes $1.7 Billion (Bloomberg)

Philadelphia University Announces Groundbreaking New College of Design, Engineering and Commerce (PR Newswire)

Ben Franklin (Northeastern Pennsylvania) to Invest $915,141 in PA Technology Companies (Business Wire)

Hacking away at the Next Big Thing
Baltimore event brings tech mavens together to work on projects (Baltimore Sun)

Novell through the years (Network World)
Safeguard Scientifics was an early backer.

Does US need Chalfont firm's new PCs?
(Philly.com: Philly Deals)

Innovative Tech Company Offers Free Tours Of Future ‘Green’ Data Center
(Business Wire)




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Philly Tech People News 11/21/2010

First Round Capital Promotes Charlie O'Donnell To Principal (Silicon Alley Insider)


Curtis Riddle to retire from Gannett’s U.S. Community Publishing; Howard Griffin named president and publisher of The News Journal in Wilmington, DE (Business Wire)

Electronic Ink Appoints Veteran Software Executive as Vice President of Client Strategy
Chuck Ambrogi brings a wealth of IT and vertical market experience to the business system design consultancy (Business Wire)

PRINCETON: Presidential Awards go to two Princeton scientists (Princeton Packet)

NCTA head McSlarrow to resign spring 2011 (Washington Post: Post Tech)

Viridity Energy Names Laura Manz as Senior Vice President, Western Region (Business Wire)



Retail Industry Veteran Bob Myers Joins Monetate Strategic Advisory Board (PR Newswire)

Brownstein Group welcomes new employees and promotes Adam Deringer and Erin Allsman as VPs (Philly Ad Club News)

Cadient Group adds and promotes six (Philly Ad Club News)

NewSpring Capital Adds Two Investment Professionals (Press Release)

vcopious Appoints Rahul Rankavat as New Director of Software Development (Exhibitor News Network)


Raj Singh Appointed President and COO of Judge International (Business Wire)

Jonathan Chou to Join Kulicke & Soffa as Chief Financial Officer





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Lazarus To Lead Cable Sports At Comcast-NBCU: Sources
Former Turner Executive Would Have Oversight For Versus, Golf, RSNs (Multichannel News)
Would report to Dick Ebersol.

Can QVC Translate Its Pitch Online? (New York Times)

SAP chief info officer: Apps in works for RIM tablet (CNET News)