CES: Verizon To Launch FiOS 'Smart Home' Service
Telco to Initiate New Jersey Pilot in January With Startup 4Home (Multichannel News)

So Long, Farewell – My Last Post for Motorola (Media Experiences 2 Go)

Comcast Unit Finds New Use for the iPhone: Getting Work Done (All Things Digital)

MVisum to work on electronic records transmission for VA (Philadelphia Business Journal)

Venture capital outlook is better for 2011 (Philly.com: Philly Inc)

Comcast Deal May Hang on Showing Rivals’ Online Video (Bloomberg)

Outsourcing Pioneer Patni Gets $915 Million Takeover Bid (Information Week)

Why SAP is heading for the clouds in 2011
Business ByDesign SDK and app store mean SAP is getting serious about cloud computing (Silicon.com)

SAP Granted Lower APR Damages Award in Oracle Case (All Things Digital: Digital Daily)

Bel Fuse pursuing Pulse merger, nominating candidates for Pulse board (Philadelphia Business Journal)

VC Outlook: Safeguard’s Boni Wishes For A Venture Investor Shakeout
(Wall Street Journal: Venture Capital Dispatch)

Why Nutrisystem Is a Branded Social Networking Giant (Mashable)

Broadcast International Raises $15 Million
Vendor also restructures and reduces debt (Broadcasting & Cable)
Financing managed by Philly-based Philadelphia Brokerage Corporation.

In NBC’s Shadow, Comcast Must Ponder Taking Olympic Plunge (New York Times)

Pulse Electronics Confirms Receipt of Letter from Bel Fuse (Business Wire)
Pulse (then called Technitrol) tried to acquire Bel Fuse back in 2007, but Technitrol had a
much higher market value then than now.

Arris Hires Cisco's Toft To Head Comcast Account
MSO Is Vendor's Single Biggest Customer (Multichannel News)

ERT Announces the Appointment of Joel Morganroth, MD as Interim CEO (PR Newswire)

Liquid Interactive Promotes Justin Odom to Director of Strategy & Insights (Press Release)

O'Brien: 11 Predictions for 2011, including Google buys Twitter, Yahoo axes Bartz and Facebook hits the billion mark (San Jose Mercury News)

Oracle Should Be Denied Interest on Verdict, SAP Says (Bloomberg)

Does the FCC Want to Kill Hulu? (All Things Digital)

Comcast to Offer $9.95 Broadband to Low-Income Households
Also pledges as part of NBCU deal to carry noncom TV stations without spectrum until 2017
(Multichannel News)

FCC releases full net neutrality rules (Engadget)

FCC Chief to Offer Requirements for Comcast-NBC Today (Bloomberg)
Actually, he is not officially going to spell out those requirements today, as All Things Digital reports.

Comcast and NBCU -- A Status Update (Comcast Voices|Comcast Corporate Blog)

FCC chair to approve Comcast-NBC merger with conditions for program sharing (Washington Post: Post Tech)

VCs Predict Potential Health Care IT Bubble In 2011 (PE Hub)

The Next Big Thing In Software: Ex Siebel Exec And VC Says RPM (PE Hub)
Article says new funding round coming for Aria Systems in January.

GOOG, GSIC Top Picks At ThinkEquity (Barron's: Tech Trader Daily)

SAP beefs up legal team after Oracle lawsuit verdict
Could SAP be planning an appeal? (Network World)

Is Rovi Going After Netflix? (Silicon Alley Insider)

Capita unwraps latest acquisitions (ChannelWeb UK)
Including SunGard Public Sector UK.

Daily Links 12/22/2010: Comcast: Merger approval process to go into 2011

Airgas Board Rejects Air Products Bid (New York Times: DealBook)

SAP Pays Oracle $120 Million For Legal Costs (Dow Jones via NASDAQ.com)
A small downpayment on an enormous Christmas present.

Comcast-NBCU Tell Staffs Deal Won’t Close This Year (paidContent)

Comcast Could Add TV Apps With New DVRs (Gigaom: NewTeeVee)

Comcast's 'Xfinity' Brand to Take Over the House (Light Readng Cable)

Confirmed: Motorola Mobility Acquires Cloud Storage Startup Zecter (TechCrunch)

The Really Big Screen
Video as an architectural element. (Slate)
On The Comcast Experience at The Comcast Center.

Update: Teradata to buy marketing vendor Aprimo for $525M (Computerworld)

Dell to Acquire Medical Archiving Company InSite One (Bloomberg)

Analysis - Software M&A hots up as firms battle budget squeeze (Reuters UK)



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FCC narrowly approves net neutrality rules (and debate from both sides rages on)

FCC passes first net neutrality rules (Washington Post: Post Tech)

FCC Votes on Rules for the Open Internet (Comcast Voices|Comcast Corporate Blog)

Free Press, Public Knowledge Hammer Net Neutrality Decision
Dish, Open Internet Coalition Respond More Favorably (Multichannel News)

FCC Pushes Through Net Neutrality—And Draws Fire From Right And Left (paidContent)

Daily Links 12/21/2010: Verizon Offers FiOS for Business

SAP in another exec reshuffle
Three vice presidents to leave as company insists changes are 'routine' (Computerworld UK)

Comcast’s On Demand Service Hit 18 Billion Total Views This Year (TechCrunch)

Hulu IPO on hold (for now) (LA Times: Company Town)
The End Of Hulu As We Know It (And Comcast Feels Fine) (paidContent)

Pace Powers Comcast's 'Xfinity Spectrum' Net-Enabled TV Trial
FCC Documents Provide Details on 'Parker' DVR Set-Top (Multichannel News)

Verizon Offers FiOS for Business (Light Reading Cable)

S.E.C. Is Investigating Hurd’s Departure as Chief of H.P (New York Times)

Acquisitions Cap Hot Year for HR Apps (Information Week)

Service Providers Hold Key to Mobile VoIP Future (TMCnet.com)




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Daily Links 12/20/2010: FCC expected to approve net neutrality regs

Poptent Hits $1 Million in Video Ad Payouts (MediaPost News)

Qualcomm Shutters FLO TV, Sells AT&T The Spectrum for $1.9 Billion (Gigaom)

Google TV Faces Delays Amid Poor Reviews (New York Times)

FCC expected to pass net neutrality rule (Washington Post: Post Tech)

The FCC's Threat to Internet Freedom (Wall Street Journal)
Opinion piece by Robert M. McDowell, Republican commissioner of the FCC.

Level 3 Escalates Dispute With Comcast, Tries To Block NBCU Merger (paidContent)

DirecTV Enlists SMG To Sell Addressable Ads For 10 Million Subs
Agency Has Committed to Spend Up to $20 Million on Service in 2011 (Multichannel News)

Web Startup AboutOne.com Announces Public Beta Release and Program to Support On-Ramping Mothers (PR Newswire)
Not the same thing as About.Me, which AOL just acquired today.

Vantage Communications Acquires Hosted VoIP Provider Digital Ingenuity (PR Web)

Big Pharma's small voice
Out of fear of federal regulation, drug companies shun social media (Wilmington News Journal)

Why I Started Alphabuyer (Alphabuyer Blog)
Alphhabuyer is a group buying website based in Paoli that just launched.