Next: Interactive TV, with no set-top box
Comcast and Panasonic will unveil plug-and-play flat-screen sets as part of the transition to digital. (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Comcast: Cable to standardize technology
Comcast: Cable industry to standardize network in '08, enabling new services without cable box (Associated Press via Newsweek))

Motorola Debuts Dual-Format Set-Tops (Multichannel News)

Alycia Axed: CBS3 lets go of Lane (Philly.com)

SAP Drops After UBS, Societe Generale Cut Estimates (Bloomberg)

IMG Americas Rebrands as B4 Consulting (BusinessWire via Reuters)

Sony Launches Organic LED TVs In U.S. (Information Week)
Ewing, N.J. based Universal Display is a pioneer in OLED technology.


SunGard Acquires Financial Technology Integrators (FTI) (PRNewswire)

Speculation builds over papers' home (Cherry Hill Courier-Post)

Navteq Unveils New Traffic Download (Associated Press via CNNMoney)

International look to Pa. businesses (phillyBurbs.com)

Fitting QlikTech into the Business Intelligence Universe (Customer Experience Matrix)

Arbitron PPM Panel Improves (MediaWeek)

WPCS announces $9M in contracts (Philadelphia Business Journal)


Verispan Service Forecasts Market Outcomes for New Product Launches (BusinessWire)

IMS Health to cut 10 pct of staff (Reuters)


N.J. firm targets thieves, growth
Checkpoint, of Glouco, offers a tag system to help retailers thwart shoplifters. Its new CEO has set a $1 billion goal. (Philadelphia Inquirer)


IT players catching up with MNCs in SAP: Forrester (The Economic Times of India)


SAP-Business Objects Deal Threatens IBM Relationship (eWeek.com)


Verizon Wireless Rolls Out Mobile Banking (Information Week)


Telecom Carrier Verizon Is Tuning Up Its FiOS TV Service (Investor's Business Daily)

What Does Eveillard Know About Comcast Stock's Value? (Update2) (Bloomberg)

Cable TV Operators Forced to Change (Red Herring)

Motorola Unveils Mobile Live TV Device (Reuters via New York Times)

Can Netflix capture the set-top box?
(ZDNet Blogs)

Computer virus strikes state systems (The Patriot-News)

Chain Said to Seek Bids for Weather Channel (New York Times)
Comcast a possible suitor.


SAP May Say Fourth-Quarter Profit Slips on Increased Spending (Bloomberg)

Wawa: Need retail software, will travel (searchSAP.com)

Software as a service
A question of demand
What NetSuite's flotation says about the software industry
(The Economist)

Accenture purchase of Gestalt complete (Bizjournals.com via MSN Money)

Several Top Newspaper Companies Joined Race -- to Bottom of Stock Performance in 2007 (Editor & Publisher)
Journal Register Co. tops the list


TAKE Solutions Announces Technology Offerings for CDISC SDTM (BusinessWire)



MedQuist shareholders ignore fellow investor Costa Brava's board nominations
(Thomson Financial via CNNMoney)

Traffic.com Unveils Breakthrough 'Fastest Drive Now' Feature (PRNewswire)

Escalon Medical ultrasound system works with PC (Philadelphia Business Journal)

Akrion Ships Single-Wafer System for Pre-photolithography Cleaning (PRNewswire)


The Judge Group Announces Plans to Open Branch Office in Comcast Center (BusinessWire)

Lockheed Martin unit wins $40M Aegis contract from Japan (Philadelphia Business Journal)


First Advantage Purchases Fiserv's Mortgage Credit Reporting Division, CredStar
(PRNewswire)

Unisys Strengthens Management Team With Key Changes (BusinessWire)

QVC, HSN go over shopping list (Hollywood Reporter)

Deal to Buy Mortgage Company Collapses (New York Times)

Motorola and Metrologic settle patent disputes (Reuters)

Giving Phila. its digital due (Philadelphia Inquirer)


Jury's still out on LSI-Agere merger ((Allentown Morning Call)


Six Leaps of Innovation
5. Small-scale VC
Josh Kopelman, FirstRound Capital (Fortune)

Comcast and Insight Announce Completion of Insight Midwest Transaction (PRNewswire)


ISS Solutions Renews Its Lease in Langhorne Pennsylvania (BusinessWire)


Avenue A | Razorfish Adds Three Staff Members to Interactive Marketing Team in Philadelphia (PharmaLive.com)

Where's My Free Wi-Fi? Why municipal wireless networks have been such a flop. (Slate Magazine)


Newspapers To See Profit Boost From Partnership With Yahoo: Analyst (paidContent.org)
Good news for Philadelphia Media Holdings if correct. (Though they are still committed to Monster instead of HotJobs, and Monster is having problems.)


ING Bank assumes $1.4B in deposits from closed NetBank (Philadelphia Inquirer)


Marlton company near catching up in its SEC filings (Philadelphia Inquirer)
On MedQuist.


Radio Tunes in Electronic Ratings (Associated Press via Google News)
How new ratings system may change radio.

Got IT? Optimized Code + Crawlability ≠ SEO (SearchEngineWatch)
Column by Philadelphia's William Flaiz, VP at Avenue A/Razorfish.


Tips From a Comcast Support Rep
Screaming at us does absolutely nothing... (BroadbandReports.com)


Provantis Pre-Clinical Solution Chosen by Vet Path Services; Using Software-as-a-Service Delivery Model (BusinessWire)
About Instem of Conshohocken.

New Set-top Boxes Driving CableCard Growth, Says NTCA (TVTechnology.com)

Council bans building digital billboards (phillyBurbs.com)

Companies striving to sequence genome in a jiffy (Philadelphia Business Journal)
Joint venture including Philadelphia-based BioNanomatrix Inc. receives $8.8 million grant from Federal agency.


The GenSight Group Secures $3 Million in First Round of Funding
Transatlantic project portfolio management company to increase sales and support activities to meet growing demand (Business Wire)
More details on company funded by Susquehanna International Group's venture arm, as reported on Tuesday.

Liberty CEO says DirecTV-EchoStar merger unlikely (bizjournals.com via MSNMoney)
Other comments on possible strategic and structural changes within Liberty Media.

Steve Abramson Is OLEDing the Way (Motley Fool)
Interview with President & COO of Universal Display Corp.


Advanta Weaves Web 2.0 (Motley Fool)
Positive review of Advanta's new website for ideas, unveiled at DEMOfall 07.


German software maker SAP sticks to 2007 forecasts (Dow Jones MarketWatch)


The latest Oracle-SAP lawsuit news (SAP Watch: SearchSAP.com)

Tyco Electronics announces $750M buyback program (Philadelphia Business Journal)
Just a week ago, Tyco Electronics purchased $2 billion in debt.The old axiom "debt is cheaper than equity" applies.

Lockheed Martin raises quarterly dividend by 20% (Dow Jones MarketWatch)

USA Technologies Issues Letter to Shareholders (BusinessWire)

Market for physician office financial systems to reach $6B by 2013 (HealthcareIT News)

Payer-based summaries paying off (HealthcareIT News)
Discusses MEDecision and three of its customers.

ORIX Venture Finance Provides $18M Debt Financing to mindSHIFT (BusinessWire)


Propulsion Media Labs Launches New Website Development Service
Web Development Will Complement Firm’s Market-Leading Audio and Video Production Services (BusinessWire)


Clips: Josh Kopelman's bad break (Video: Technology News Blog)
Josh had a little accident in Las Vegas.

Handwritten Lawsuit Accuses Google Having A Name Similar To Accuser's Social Security Number (Techdirt)
Pennsylvanian sues Google for $5 billion. (Check this one out!)

Summit sees boom times ahead for Wilmington
City points to recent boom in private sector development
(Wilmington News Journal)

EchoStar, With Slingbox, May See Set-Top Box Opportunity (Dow Jones via CNNMoney.com)
Could pose a longterm competitive threat to Motorola's set-top box business, based in Horsham.


At Age 2, Verizon FiOS Evolves (Light Reading: TELCOTV NEWS ANALYSIS)
FIOS TV to move to an all-IPTV platform.


Court affirms Vonage infringed 2 Verizon patents (Reuters)
The article refers to Vonage having the highest market share in VoIP, though I think by most measurements Comcast is now considered the leader.


TCS Teams with SAP on the Launch of the 'Perfect Plant' Center of Excellence (PR Newswire via CNNMoney.com)
Center to be located in Newtown Square.


India to help build second Silicon Valley in US (The Economic Times India)
A bit of an exaggeration, perhaps. First incubation center planned for somewhere in New Jersey.


Outsourcing Works, So India Is Exporting Jobs (New York Times)


Latest Issue of BE Magazine Looks at Intelligent Transportation Systems (BusinessWire via Yahoo Finance)
On Bentley Systems' magazine.


Out of the Gate: Tyco Electronics
Tyco Electronics Shares Rise As Credit Suisse Analyst Begins Coverage at "Outperform" (Associated Press via CNNMoney.com)


SGE Announces David Tamburri as Entrepreneur in Residence (PR Newswire)
SGE is a private equity branch of Susquehanna International Group.


Safend Joins SanDisk Enterprise Solutions Technology Alliance (MarketWire)
Safend, an Israeli software security firm, has its US headquarters in Philadelphia.


Microsoft Takes Aim at Google’s Ad Supremacy (New York Times)


Penn’s Autonomous Car “Little Ben” Advances to the Semi-Finals (University of Pennsylvania Almanac)


Aria Systems Takes In-Game Billing to New Level With IBM (Marketwire)

Technology PR Sessions at 2007 PRSA Conference (Copywriting That Sells High Tech Blog)
To be held next month in Philadelphia.

LiquidHub raises $38M (Philadelphia Inquirer)
King of Prussia systems consultant backed by NewSpring, others.


Dykstra: Tune In to Comcast Calls (TheStreet.com)
In case you didn't know, now that he is no longer running into fences and (hopefully) driving into trees, Lenny Dykstra is giving investment advice. Caveat emptor.

Zimbra plays matchmaker for Comcast and Yahoo! (ZDNet Blogs)

Comcast Wireless Rumors Dragging Company Stock
Will Comcast bid on upcoming 700Mhz spectrum? (BroadbandReports.com)


Judge steps up pace in Oracle-SAP spying case (Reuters UK)

Larry Ellison Says 'Just Say No to SaaS' (Intelligent Enterprise)

SAP's rocky road to on-demand
Can SAP make the transition to a services business model? (InfoWorld)

DHS to Reopen Technology Contracts; Thompson Calls for Independent Probe (CQ Today)
More about the Unisys situation.


New CEO at Radnor software firm QlikTech (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Steve Case's Gratis Card Relaunches As Revolution Card (alarm:clock)
A threat to the very foundation of Delaware's economy?

Facebook Slice Could Boost Microsoft's aQuantive Unit (Information Week)


Strategic investment made in software company (Philadelphia Business Journal)
Project Management software upstart receives $3 million in funding from venture arm of Susquehanna International Group.

N.J. invests $1M in Camden company (Philadelphia Business Journal)

Marchex Announces Closing of VoiceStar Acquisition, Bringing Call-Based Services to Marchex Local Advertising Platform (eMediaWire)


Corpus Christi Muni—The Exception That Proves the Rule? (Out of Control: Reason.org)

Supply Chain Consultants Announces Release of Report 'Forecast Less and Get Better Results' (PR Newswire)

Seven Primavera(R) Customers Win Constructech Vision Awards (PR Newswire)

WorldGate Announces Investment of Additional $1 Million from Current Investor (Business Wire)

Software Freedom Day, PLUG West and MythTV Seminar (pleia2’s blog)
On recent Linux activities in the Philly area.

The Comcast Conundrum (Barron's)

Arris Group to Acquire C-COR for $730M (Associated Press via CNNMoney)
C-COR is based in State College. Both C-COR and Arris do significant amounts of business with Comcast.


Disappointing Deal for Arris Group?
One analyst wonders if Arris will get enough long-term growth from C-COR's equipment for cable providers (Business Week)


Out of the Gate: Optium (Associated Press via Forbes)
Another good day for Optium.


SAP Appoints Director Of Its Palo Alto Labs
Rami Branitzky, a longtime ally of former SAP President Shai Agassi, will be charged with beating the NetWeaver drum. (Information Week)

Smaller and Even Less Flexible (EvolvingExcellence)
Interesting perspective on the wisdom of imposing a SAP-like structure on a smaller business.

FBI probes Unisys after U.S. government hack
The systems integrator allegedly failed to detect a hack of DHS computers (Computerworld)
As if Unisys didn't have enough problems.

Are Web Giants Looking to Edge Out Ad Agencies? (Adweek)
Raises questions again about Microsoft's long-term commitment to Avenue A/Razorfish.


Genome research grant goes to Phila. firm and Princeton U. (Philadelphia Inquirer)

BioNanomatrix Announces Issuance of Key Nanofluidics Patent Enabling Single Molecule Whole Genome Analysis (PR Newswire)

Advanta Proudly Announces the Birth of ideablob.com, Where Ideas Grow (PR Newswire)


InfoLogix Announces Approval for NASDAQ Listing (PR Newswire via CNNMoney)

eMoney Advisor is a Leading Financial Planning Software According to Independent Research Firm (PR Newswire)

Georgia Tech Pioneers Intelligent Decision Making in Simulated Environments with Ternion FLAMES(R) and PHX ModelCenter(R) (PR Newswire)
Discusses Philadelphia-base Phoenix Integration.

Business of health care school launched in Phila. (Philadelphia Business Journal)
University of the Sciences starts new school.


Healthcare Veteran Richard Findlay Joins Diamond Management & Technology Consultants as Partner (PR Newswire via CNNMoney)

Productivity Gains enabled by ICT and KM Support Systems (Barry Hardy: The Ferryman)
Discusses Knowledge Management conference at Bryn Mawr next month.

Two interesting tech events will be held in Philadelphia next week. InfoCommerce 2007 will be held at the Park Hyatt from September 24 through the 26th. The same group will also stage a conference called HealthContent 2007 on the 24th, also at the Park Hyatt. Not sure about seating available for the conference, although I believe there is also an exhibit hall.

The 6th RFID, Barcoding & Emerging Technologies for Hospitals and Health Systems (that's a mouthful) will be held at the Hub Cira Centre in Philadelphia from September 24-26. It's obviously a major topic of interest to many in the Philadelphia area.

A Shopping Network Wants to Own the 17th Letter of the Alphabet (New York Times)


Liberty Interactive sees boosting debt leverage (Reuters)


QVC, HSN combination hinges on valuation: Malone (Reuters)


Premarket Movers: Optium Soars (Associated Press via CNNMoney)
Up 28% in one day is very impressive.


Heartland Payment Shares Rise (Associated Press via Forbes)



U.S. satellite projects appear in jeopardy-WSJ (Reuters)



Five Questions For SAP's Leo Apotheker (Information Week)


SAP-rival Oracle's 1Q Profit Up 25 Percent (Associated Press via Philly.com)


Oracle gives business users a bigger say in SOA (SearchOracle.com)
Discusses Oracle's deal with IDS Scheer. Basically, IDS Scheer has the intellectual property that many vendors build their Business Process Management offerings around. With BPM being a very hot market right now, that puts IDS Scheer in a strong position.


Exec exits papers to become head of N.Y. Lottery (Philadelphia Daily News)
Gordon Medenica leaves Philadelphia Media Holdings.


Lobbying kicks off against patent bill
FOES SAY 'TROLL' MEASURE WOULD STIFLE INNOVATION (San Jose Mercury-News)
Discusses InterDigital's concerns.


Troops share tips on Web (Washington Times)
Gestalt LLC of King of Prussia puts up website.



New Appointments to Help Drive USA Technologies Expansion
Company Signs Industry Experts to Lead Sales, Services & Business Development (BusinessWire)


Accu-Sort(R) Bar Code Systems Help Snack Food Maker Keep Production Crisp (Marketwire)


StarCite CEO Speaks to Company’s Growth Strategy at Think Equity Growth Conference (BusinessWire)


MEN Micro Inc. Named Winner in the 2007 Intel(R) Communication Alliance Technology Showcase Contest (PR Newswire)


Web 2.Uh-Oh?(Business Week)