Judge stops DirecTV’s high-definition TV ads in spat with Comcast (Associated Press via Philly.com)


Pass the Popcorn. But Where’s the Movie? (NY Times)
Cable companies ready to deliver movies on demand, but studios aren't cooperating.


Comcast sells $3 bln of debt in two parts - source (Reuters)


FCC, Verizon: Rejoice over your broadband connection (CNET News Blog)


Inquirer Building to be offered for sale (Philadelphia Inquirer)


Kenexa expands European reach with acquisition (Philadelphia Business Journal)



Latest Version of Kenexa's On-Demand Recruiting Solution Features Enhancements for All Users (PR Newswire)



Unisys on review for downgrade on liquidity, profitability woes - Moody's
(Thomson Financial via Forbes)
The Incredible Shrinking Company
One really has to question Unisys's strategy and purpose in continuing to operate as a stand-alone corporation. I'm sure parts of it would have some value to others, though I wouldn't expect it to get much of a premium.


Unisys Names Conway to the Board (Associated Press via Forbes)



AppLabs Names Makarand Teje as President & Chief Operating Officer (IT News Online)


South Jersey concern makes play for fellow IT company public (Philadelphia Business Journal)
RCM Technologies goes after Computer Task Group)


Leading Analyst Firm Finds SAP Market Share is the Fastest Growing Amongst Embedded Business Intelligence Platform Vendors (PR Newswire)


Migrating to specialized planning software (InvestmentNews)
Highlights eMoney Advisor of Conshohocken


Minnesota will require EHRs by 2015 (GovernmentHealth IT)


Thermo Fisher Scientific Named Readers' Choice Winner for Informatics Portfolio (PharmaLive)


Corzine pressed for high-tech tax break (Associated Press via Asbury Park Press)


Lease Management Software Firm, Odessa Technologies, Inc. Celebrates Its 100th Hire (PRWeb)

Philadelphia's WiFi Program Off to Shaky Start (NPR Audio)


Microsoft's Class Action (Fast Company)
Feature on Philadelphia's High School of the Future


SunGard, TIAA-CREF IT Slammed by Developers (eWeek.com)


Sprint Keeps Its Cable Partners Waiting
A venture with Comcast, Time Warner and other cable companies to offer wireless service under the Pivot brand is off to a slow start (Business Week)



Cisco Sees Growth As More Hospitals Go High-Tech (Information Week)


Workday unveils Financials and Work Tags (ZDNet Blogs)
New competitor to SAP, Oracle, in the small/medium enterprise market.


A Step Up From Working In PJ's (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Alex Hillman, co-working, and Independents Hall.


BioWizard: The start of ‘Digg for Medical Literature’? (davidrothman.net)


Comcast said to be thwarting Torrent sessions: Good, I say. You? (ZDNet Blogs)

Comcast seeks firm
PHILADELPHIA: Comcast Corporation is currently conducting an agency search for corporate communications support, PRWeek has learned. (PRWeek)
"looking for an agency to provide support for 'consumer media relations outreach surrounding three key projects,' scheduled to kick off this fall, 'as well as ongoing consumer, technology, and entertainment media relations support.' "


VoIP may soon be a staple of cellphones (NorthJersey.com)
Interview with Dick Lynch, CTO of Verizon.


A coast-to-coast vision
Drexel's Papadakis has driven growth. Some have found the ride too brisk.
(Philadelphia Inquirer)

You can be a Groupie!
(Viddler.com Development Blog)
Viddler introduces Groups.

A tour of Podcamp Philly (Viddler.com Development Blog)
Podcamp Philly will be held September 7 through September 9 at Drexel.

Leaving Philadelphia... (Search Marketing Thoughts)
Chris Boggs leaves Avenue A /Razorfish. Makes you wonder if there is going to be a post-acquisition "brain drain" there.


Motorola Completes Acquisition of Leapstone Systems (PR Newswire)
Leapstone becomes part of Motorola's Home & Network Mobility business, which is based in Horsham

A Challenger: The ClinPhone CTMS (ClinPage)
Interview with Michael Smyth of ClinPhone, a leading Clinical Trial Management Systems provider. ClinPhone's US headquarters is in East Windsor, NJ and it also has offices in West Conshohocken.

Another Proposal Floated for Philly Area Movie Studio (Associated Press via 6ABC)
Phillywood? This proposal for a Norristown site is entirely separate
from a proposal recently made by a California company. My guess is only one of them will move forward.


Mackler, Fisher, and Alta Communications Acquire HMP Communications (BusinessWire)


This item on SmarterAgent, the Camden-based real estate locator for mobile phones:

Director of Mobile Software Development

Job Description:

Smarter Agent is one of the few firms launching on-deck mobile GPS applications on multiple carriers in the US and abroad. We just closed a funding round and are expanding. Looking for a key person to manage the development of all of our mobile applications. You have to be a great programmer (JAVA, BREW), and can demonstrate you have managed the launch and quality improvement of carrier grade applications. You’ll hire your team, and you must be wonderful.

http://www.computerwork.com/jobsearch/rssjob.cfm?job_id=1529280

Don't know yet who funded them, and for how much.

Phila. exchange hires help for strategic opportunities (Philadelphia Business Journal)

SAP to provide more clarity on A1S hosted app on Sept. 19
New on-demand offering based on SAP's NetWeaver middleware is due to ship in early 2008 (InfoWorld)


Comcast, Big Ten battle over network (Chicago Tribune)
Sorry, Nittany Lion fans

Would EBAY Sell Skype To Comcast? (24/7 Wall Street)


Comcast: a Naked AT&T Is No Threat (Broadband Reports)


UPDATE: Philly.com Addition to Yahoo Newspaper Group No Surprise (ClickZ)

New Method For Mass Production Of Nanogap Electrodes Developed (Science Daily)
Research at Penn has potential future applications for Computer Science


OSU researcher leaving as he collects another award (Columbus Business First)
Young technology star leaving for Penn


Phila. region manufacturing stagnant in August (Associated Press via Newsday)


Accepting Universal Display's Dilution (Motley Fool)
Universal Display, based near Princeton, is a hot company right now in case you haven't noticed.


ProfitPoint purchases over 12,000 locations in gift card portfolio deal (The Green Sheet)

Mid-Atlantic Capital Conference Introduces New Networking Forum and Expands Entrepreneur Outreach (American Venture Magazine)


Advances in Information, Communications and Knowledge Management Support Systems for R&D (MailBucket)
Interesting two-day workshop on Knowledge Management Support Systems at Bryn Mawr College in October.

Philly's Network Gets a Boost from Remi Communications (PR Newswire)


Year after law, area cable race still not started Area's cable competition not heating up (Press of Atlantic City)

GSI to buy e-commerce technology provider for $97.5 mln (Reuters)


Philly.com Joins Yahoo! and the Newspaper Consortium to Distribute Local Content and Leverage Online Advertising Technology (BusinessWire)
Not a surprise. Eric Grilly, who heads up Philly.com, was a key player in developing the Yahoo consortium while at MediaNews Group.


Survey: Cable lags satellite in customer satisfaction (Associated Press via Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Comcast had below average ratings in most regions.


Benioff tags Ellison for SAP smackdown (ChannelRegister/UK)
Typical Brit headline, but not far off the mark. Salesforce.com CEO rips SAP.


Sprint: $2B-$2.5B in Revenue From WiMAX (Associated Press via Forbes)

Drexel suitor likes breaking ground
He wants a Calif. campus. Critics say he goes too far. (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Online job demand unchanged in July (Philadelphia Business Journal)

'Dallas Morning News' is First with Marketing G2 Products (Editor & Publisher)


Verticalnet Reports Financial Results for the Second Quarter of 2007 (BusinessWire)
Also approves reverse 1 for 8 split in attempt to boost stock price, maintain Nasdaq listing.
Does anybody really care?

Managing Receipts on the Road (PCWorld)
Positive review of NeatReceipts' products.


Automated Financial Systems and Advanced Computer Technologies to Provide Consumer Lending to Santander (BusinessWire)


StarCite Announces Launch of StarCite TV (BusinessWire)


Focus on Healthcare IT

Salve for Sick Searches (Red Herring)
Ask.com, which does most of its search engine development in Edison, NJ, launches
a specialized Health search engine.

State leaders call for single healthcare IT certification panel (Healthcare IT News)


Self-Service Technology Helps Streamline Registration at New Outpatient Center in Southeastern Pennsylvania (BusinessWire)
Kiosk at Bryn Mawr Hospital Health Center.


Brookhaven Memorial Hospital Medical Center Goes Live with Siemens Soarian Health Information Solution (BusinessWire)

Hospital using barcode technology to reduce medicine errors (Philadelphia Business Journal)
Doylestown Hospital


Wiki-mington (phillyinc/Philadelphia Inquirer)
Astra Zeneca caught editing Wikipedia entry on one of its drugs.

Academy Award winner sues Pacific Title & Art Studio (Los Angeles Times)
The suit is also against Safeguard Scientifics, which owned Pacific Title & Art Studio at the time.

Rohm and Haas Ramps Up Display Business (Associated Press via Houston Chronicle)
Joint venture, major investment in flat panel display technologies.

Why Wi-Fi Networks Are Floundering (Business Week)

SAP, Dell announce retail point-of-sale alliance (Reuters)


MEDecision Announces Resignation of President and Chief Operating Officer (BusinessWire)

Pa. Convention Center expansion to begin after years of delays (Associated Press via phillyBurbs.com)

Janney Montgomery Scott fined $2.5M (Philadelphia Business Journal)


Astea Reports Second Quarter 2007 Results
Strong Revenue Growth Continues (PR Newswire)
Anybody can grow revenue, but the company is still deep in the red.


Vishay Launches Industry-First Power MOSFETs Specifying On-Resistance at 1.2-V Gate-to-Source Voltage (BusinessWire)

Teens score with online yearbook (Times of Trenton)
More on myYearbook.com

Philadelphia Touts Local Hotspots In Tourism Campaign (MediaPost)
Story on uwishunu

Prepare to Lose Your Wallet
The digital wallet is here. (Portfolio.com)
Wireless payment service partners with Verizon Wireless, coming to Philly soon.

Verispan Joins with Marketing Technology Solutions to Offer Innovative Market Research Integrating Primary Consumer Research with Secondary Longitudinal Data (PharmaLive)

Thomson Scientific Publishes The Ones to Watch - A Quarterly Review of Phase Changes in the Pharmaceutical Pipeline (PR Newswire)

ORBIT/FR Reports Q2 Results (PR Newswire)


Indian Outsourcers Likely To Acquire More U.S. Firms, Analyst Suggests (Information Week)
Consistent with the article I posted yesterday about AppLabs looking to acquire a Philadelphia-area pharmaceutical systems consultancy.

Keane BRMS Selects OpSource On-Demand to Deliver Its Web-based Enterprise Risk Management Tool
(BusinessWire)


Costly social-services database is little used (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Google and Microsoft Look to Change Health Care (New York Times)

Adelphia's Rigases Check In to Club Fed (Associated Press via Ecommerce Times)
Sad

Ups and Downs of Wages
Science and tech workers have lots to smile about. Other fields are mixed.
(Philadelphia Inquirer)

AppLabs for acquisition in pharma space (CIOL/India)
Looking at Philadelphia area companies

IBM and SAP expand partnership
To reach midsize companies in India through successful reseller agreements
(CIOL/India)

Note to Oracle and SAP senior management (ZDNet Blogs)


Americas’ SAP Users’ Group Partners with SAP to Deliver Preeminent Business Operations Event (BusinessWire)

MedQuist reveals 'mini-tender offer' (Philadelphia Business Journal)
MedQuist is 70% owned by Phillips N.V.

Not proud, but not liable, either (phillyinc/Philadelphia Inquirer)
Astea International gets off the hook on class action suit


InterDigital Predicts 3Q Sales Decline (Associated Press via MSN Money)


Rx: Robots (Allentown Morning Call)


University of Pennsylvania Libraries Put Rare Books and Historical Documents Online With Olive Software (BusinessWire)

Vignola to Head Up Research at Comcast Entertainment (Broadcasting & Cable)

TWC Group Continues Steady Growth with New and Expanded Relationships in 2007 (BusinessWire)


Prescient Applied Intelligence Reports Expanded Profitability in Its Second Quarter 2007 Results (Businesswire)


WPCS Announces $4.6 Million in New Contracts (PR Newswire)

Marchex Adds Call-Based Advertising Services to Local Advertising Platform with VoiceStar Acquisition (BusinessWire via Yahoo Finance)

Marchex Pays $20 Million for VoiceStar (The Local Onliner)

There had been rumors about a deal for VoiceStar for a couple of months, so this is not a surprise. I did think the price would be somewhat higher, though, since it was
positioned in such a hot market (local search) with a number of potentially interested buyers. But it appears that it is going to require several million dollars of further investment to get this business to scale, so that may have been one factor keeping the price down. I'm not convinced, though, that the "pay for call" market is going to take off like some people expect, at least in the short term.


Neoware Swings to 4Q Loss As Revenue Slips, Expenses Rise (Associated Press via Yahoo Finance)


Roy Disney returns to Philly (phillyinc/Philadelphia Inquirer)
His activist investment group buys a stake in eResearch Technologies. We'll see what happens next.


Venture Capital Firms Set Their Sights on New Ideas -- Not New Technologies (Knowledge@Wharton)


Value of exploring start-up leaders’ psyches
Leadership is key to start-ups, and psychological testing of prospective CEOs could raise success, some say. It’s a tough sell. (Philadelphia Inquirer)


Ametek buys Paris firm for $112M (Philadelphia Business Journal)


SMB Market Awaits SAP's Web 2.0 Play (internetnews.com)


SL Industries, Inc. Announces Financial Results for Its Second Quarter Ended June 30, 2007 (BusinessWire)


Vyyo Gets Foot in Door at Comcast, Charter (Light Reading's Cable Digital News)


A safe way to learn life skills (phillyBurbs.com)
Bensalem company launches virtual reality software to help teach people with disabilities and special needs to navigate the world better. Interesting concept.

Acsis Achieves Solid Revenue Performance in Q2 2007
Software License Revenue and Pharmaceutical Market Opportunities Drive Growth
(Safeguard-Partner Companies Press Release)


Technology Reveals New Worlds to Map (New York Times)
About careers in GIS.

Blogodelphia
(blinq./Philadelphia Inquirer)
Tracking service ranks Philadelphia as nation's second most bloggiest city.

‘Unlearning’ Makes Headlines at Reuters (Workforce Management)
Mentions Skillsoft of Princeton and Project Management Institute of Newtown


Verizion FiOS TV Rolls out new Media Guide in Massachusetts (Tvover.net)
I guess this will compete with Comcast's new Fancast service. If its anything like my Verizon Email, however, I wouldn't expect much.


Principal Resigns at Phila.'s School of the Future (KWY Newsradio)
I guess Microsoft didn't give her enough options.


Apprise praised for moving closer to 'best and brightest' (Easton Express-Times)


Exempla Healthcare Selects ActiveStrategy Software to Automate Their Performance Management Framework (BusinessWire)


Bucks County is ready for its big-screen closeup (phillyBurbs.com)

Squash Champion Leads Digital Cable Push (Associated Press via Washington Post)
Interview with Brian Roberts (no, not the baseball player) of Comcast.


Kenexa 2Q Profit Rises; Stock Falls (Associated Press via MSN Money)


One Year In, New Owners Have Barely Scratched The Surface With Philly.com (paidContent.org)

SAP A1S: What’s in a name? (SAP Watch: SearchSAP.com)

SAP PLM job prospects: A Jon Reed guest column (SAP Watch: SearchSAP.com)

Microsoft's aQuantive Buy Gets Shareholder Nod (Information Week)
aQuantive owns Avenue A/Razorfish


Lockheed Martin-Built BSAT-3a Satellite Ready for Launch (PR Newswire)


Lockheed Martin part of contract-winning team (Philadelphia Business Journal)

Ethidium Acquires VLink Health Information Exchange (PR Newswire)


Knowing the score: Golf fans grip new technology (Tulsa World)
Camden-based myLeaderboard.com and Unisys at the golf course.

EarthLink Dedicates Wi-Fi Network In Corpus Christi (Information Week)

Israeli Companies Show Off Talent (Jewish Exponent/Philadelphia)

Two South Jersey schools share grant (Philadelphia Business Journal)


Meetup.com Spawns Philadelphia’s First Internet Professionals Social Group (PRLog)

Comcast Offers Early Look at Fancast.com (CreativeMac)

People Love Fiber Optic—Assuming They Can Get It (Wired Blogs)
About FIOS and its potential impact on Comcast


SunGard Announces Second Quarter 2007 Results (BusinessWire)

InfoLogix Announces Record Revenue of $21.4 Million for Second Quarter 2007
(PR Newswire)


Tyco Electronics reports $1.37 billion loss (Reuters)
Spun off from Tyco International, Tyco Electronics' operational headquarters is in Berwyn.

Marketing Suite Showcases New Science Center Property (DiGiTAL50.com)

Vodafone Keeps Verizon Stake
British cell phone giant opts to hold on to its 45 percent share of U.S. wireless group. (Red Herring)


Verizon Wireless Investment in Philadelphia Region Network Since 2000 Passes $1 Billion Milestone (PR Newswire)


Siemens Medical Solutions Executives Assume New Industry Leadership Roles and Key Appointments (BusinessWire)


Acsis Streamlines the Integration of ERP, ePedigree and RFID Device Management Solutions for Pharmaceutical Marketplace (Pharmalive)

New Search Engine Ranks Tables By Title, Document Content, Text Reference (Science Daily)
Developed at Penn State


WorldGate Releases Second Quarter 2007 Results (BusinessWire)
It always bothers me when a company wants to talk about anything but the numbers in an earnings release.

Paragon Technologies Reports 2007 Second Quarter and Six Months Results and a Strong Backlog of Orders (PR Newswire)

A 3-D View of the Brain
Imaging software combines data from several imaging technologies to create an interactive 3-D map of the brain.(MIT Technology Review)
Research done at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital


Kenexa Announces Financial Results for Second-Quarter 2007 (BusinessWire)


InterDigital Announces Second Quarter 2007 Financial Results (BusinessWire)


InterDigital Files Complaint Vs. Nokia (Associated Press)

Official: Phila. movie studio to 'create thousands of new jobs' (Philadelphia Business Journal)
This falls under the "we'll believe it when we see it" category.


27 local firms raise $154.3 million (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Provides complete list of area companies receiving venture funding.

Drexel Considers Campus in California (Associated Press via Houston Chronicle)
This is not just some small offshoot campus they are talking about.

How SAP Plans To Beat Oracle In PLM Software Market
SAP argues that businesses interested in product-lifecycle management software don't have the time to wait for Oracle to get its integration story together.
(Information Week)

Coca-Cola vending machines to take credit cards and MasterCard PayPass (Associated Press
via International Herald Tribune)
Big deal for Malvern's USA Technologies

WPCS finalizes Max Engineering, Major Electric deals (Philadelphia Business Journal)

Business Intelligence International SOX Tool Selected by Global Packaging Supplier (PR Newswire)
Crown Holdings selects software from Malvern company for corporate compliance

On the new direction at eResearch Technology (Clinpage)

Strohl Systems Announces Executive Promotions (PR Newswire)

Venture investment lower locally, higher nationally (Philadelphia Business Journal)


eResearchTechnology Reports Second Quarter 2007 Results (PR Newswire)


Beyond.com Expands Relationship with CMP Technology, as Exclusive Agency for Recruitment Advertising
Acquires TechCareers.com, Creating Stronger Penetration into the IT
Vertical Market and Expansion into Print Media(PR Newswire)


SAP Deepens Value to Midsize Companies by Adding 60 Offerings to Its Family of SAP(R) Best Practices (PR Newswire)


Foolish Forecast: A Steady Line for InterDigital? (Motley Fool)


Unisys ratings affirmed with negative outlook - Fitch (Thomson Financial)

Bad guys now have to worry about GPS technology(New Haven Register)
Discusses technology provided by 3SI Security Systems of Exton


Finding their place in cyberspace
MomSpace.com gives mothers an online alternative to MySpace, made just for them.
(Philadelphia Inquirer)

Lacrosse Web site company sold (Philadelphia Business Journal)

California IPA taps New Jersey provider to support IT implementation (Healthcare IT News)
Will deploy software from NextGen Healthcare Information Systems of Horsham


NEPA: Wall Street’s future safe haven (The Times Leader/Wilkes-Barre)

Eclipsys Signs New Contract with University of Pennsylvania Health System(PR Newswire)

Arsenault Develops Invoice Data Import Software (TruckingInfo.com)


George Delallo Company Adopts SCO's Mobile Order Entry Solution to Streamline Orders to Customers (PR Newswire)

Electronic access can be spotty (phillyBurbs.com)
Story about online access to municipal information in Bucks and Montgomery Counties

Building A City Through Photographs (The Bulletin)