Researchers Find Way to Steal Encrypted Data (New York Times)
Reseach based at Princeton.


Site lets fans track web of celebrity connections (Philadelphia Inquirer)
New Comcast site.

Environmental Tectonics shareholder Lenfest offers to buy entire company (Philadelphia Business Journal)

Vanguard CEO Brennan to step down (Philadelphia Business Journal)

Motorola: With New CFO In Place, Is Split-Up Ahead? (Tech Trader Daily: Barron's)

T-Mobile USA Completes Acquisition of SunCom Wireless (BusinessWire)

Comcast ‘on trial’ at FCC hearing Monday (ZDNet Blogs)

Philly Stuff (Broadcasting & Cable)

Phila. Univision station launching newscasts (Philadelphia Business Journal)

Innovative Solutions & Support To Buyback Up To 1 Mln Shares (TradingMarkets.com)
Its interesting to see companies such as Kenexa and IS&S, which are supposed to be growth stocks, buying back shares at this time.

PALINET and SOLINET Discussing Merger (Library Journal)

Philadelphia Fed February Factory Index Falls to -24 (Bloomberg)
Here is the Philadelphia Fed Report
Although this report tends to focus on the "old" economy more than the new, it is considered to be a very important indicator nationally.

Google Health Pilot Goes Live Today? (Mashable)


Market maturity and Microsoft lead Gartner's latest business intelligence report (SearchDataManagement.com)

SAP sends Oracle's JD Edwards packing at Hobby Lobby (SearchSAP.com)


Thomson Scientific Announces Strategic Alliance With Collexis to Develop Custom Data Mining Solution for Web of Science Users (PRNewswire)


Motorola Unveils Full Portfolio of DOCSIS(R) 3.0 CPE (PRNewswire)
DOCSIS 3.0 is an important technology standard for helping Cable systems stay competitive in the race to provide faster broadband. There is a possibility, however, that Cable's own new technology may cut Motorola out of the loop.

Yahoo Expands Newspaper Consortium; Now Up To 634 Papers (paidContent)
Philadelphia Media Holdings(The Inquirer, Daily News, and Philly.com)is a major force behind the Yahoo consortium.

Majority Of FCC Approves News Corp.-DirecTV-Liberty Deal (Dow Jones via CNNMoney)
Liberty Media owns QVC.

Entercom Communications swings to 4Q net loss, posts charge of $38.7M (Thomson Financial via CNNMoney)

Radio One 4Q loss widens (Baltimore Business Journal)

Rodale Reports 2007 Full-Year Results (BusinessWire)

InfoLogix introduces technology to reduce medical errors (Philadelphia Inquirer)


TAGSYS, Sirit Announce RFID Technology Partnership (BusinessWire)

Infragistics Announces NetAdvantage for .NET 2008 Volume 1 (PRNewswire)

Lithium Technology Corporation to Launch Advanced New Product Line (PRNewswire)

Bluewolf Announces Expansion of Authorized Training Centers to Boston and Philadelphia for Salesforce.com Customers, Partners and Developers (BusinessWire)

Ametek acquires Okla. firm (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Missile Strikes a Spy Satellite Falling From Its Orbit (New York Times)

SunGard Announces Record Results for 2007 (BusinessWire)

7 Questions: Parexel-ClinPhone Deal (ClinPage)

Unisys asks its investment bank to explore options (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Unisys lays out services-led plan for data centers (Computerworld)

A Piece of Cake? Hardly, but Autumn Bayles Helped Herself, and Others, Rise to the Top (Knowledge@Wharton)

Kenexa approves 3M share buyback (Associated Press via MSNMoney)

Disgruntled customer sues Comcast over P2P throttling (ars technica)

Innovation Philadelphia scrambling for new funds (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Growth Slowing in World CAD Market - Cambashi (TenLinks.com)

QlikTech's MusiQ Tracker Provides Visualization of Radio and Internet Airplay (PRNewswire)


NATO Selects ActiveStrategy for Balanced Scorecard Software, Consulting (BusinessWire)

Optium Introduces Integrated Optical Channel Monitoring and OSNR Capability Into WSS Family of Products At OFC/NFOEC 2008 (PrimeNewswire)

Pervasive Software and PeopleForce Aggregate Siloed Information Quickly for New Jersey First Responders to Enhance Service, Metrics and Resource Allocation (PRNewswire)

Unisys asks its investment bank to explore options (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Safend secures $9M in venture funds (Philadelphia Business Journal)

SAP eyes smaller buys, absorbs Business Objects-CEO (guardian.co.uk)

Looking Back at SAP (SAP Watch: SearchSAP.com)

Motorola's Cable Problem: Shortages Today, Displaced Tomorrow? (Silicon Alley Insider)
Is Motorola's powerful set-top box business, based in Horsham, at risk?

High Costs Drive Online Prescribing Push (Associated Press via New York Times)

ClinPhone: Statement re: Share Price Movement (PharmaLive)


AmSurg® Chooses NextGen® For Nationwide Deployment (BusinessWire)

Frankford rehab center uses video games to improve therapy (Philadelphia Business Journal)

Boomi On Demand SaaS Integration Deployed by MDS Pharma Services, Connecting SaaS and On-Premise Applications in Less Than Six Weeks (Marketwire)

CreativeHub.com Launches to Connect Businesses with Creative Talent (PRNewswire)

TEMIS Named a 2008 Codie Award Finalist for Best Enterprise Search Engine and Best BI & KM Solution. (PRNewswire)

Baseball's top fielders ranked in new statistical system (Associated Press via International Herald Tribune)
Developed by researchers at Penn(Guess they don't have anything better to do.)

Verizon to offer unlimited voice, data, and messaging packages (engadget)

IDS Scheer: Jazzing up BPM (ZDNet Blogs)
Excellent piece describing IDS Scheer's strategic positioning as BPM gains momentum.

Moorestown’s Lockheed has role in satellite shooting (Philadelphia Inquirer)


Let the cable wars begin: AT&T takes on Comcast (MLive.com)

Announcement in Relation to the Movement in the ClinPhone Share Price (PRNewswire)
ClinPhone, which provide IT systems for clinical trials, has its US headquarters in East Windsor, NJ.


The fare essentials: As technology simplifies transit commute, will that mean standardized system here? (Gloucester County Times)

Avenue A Razorfish Names Ken Dhouti Client Partner (PharmaLive)

Freeman's Set to Partner with WorthPoint (PRWeb)

Newspaper to Pete Dexter: Show Us the Money (The Daily Examiner: Philadelphia Magazine)

Patent Suits Target Operators, Broadcasters
Rembrandt’s Choreographed Litigation Aims To Paint Green Results (Multichannel News)
Suburban Philadelphia "patent troll" criticized.

Don't Buy Vague Buyback News (TheStreet.com)
Plaudits for Philadelphia Business Journal's reporting on Comcast.

Winners, Losers in Digital TV Transition (Associated Press via New York Times)

Sector Glance: Web Ads, Research (Associated Press via Houston Chronicle)
Marchex attributes growth in part to VoiceStar.

SOA World Feature: SOA as a Business Strategy (Sys-Con.com)

Carlson Says U.S. Must Emphasize Innovation (NJBIZ.com)

Lepton Technologies gets Franklin funding (LancasterOnline)

Satellite Shootdown Plan Began in Jan. (Associated Press via Google)

Comcast answers critics; quarterly profit soars (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Up The Data Stream With A Paddle, Comcast To Invest $70 Million In 'Canoe' (MediaDailyNews)

Startups Battle Comcast Over Video Blocking (Red Herring)

Heartland Slammed on Earnings Shortfall (Associated Press via CNNMoney)


Publicis misses 2007 organic growth target (Dow Jones)
Publicis has significant health marketing operations in the Philadelphia area.

Mortgage insurer Radian loses $618M in quarter (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Small Companies Are Finding a Home on the Web (New York Times)

PeopleMetrics can help define a career path (Philadelphia Business Journal)


Chris Tihansky Appointed President of In Vivo Cellular Imaging Leader Cellvizio Inc. (PRNewswire via FoxBusiness)

ISS Solutions Secures Three-Year Contract Extension with Geisinger Health System (BusinesWire via Philly.com)

Customer spending drives Comcast 4Q (Associated Press via San Jose Mercury-News)

Comcast CEO: We Don't Want Yahoo Or Sprint (Silicon Alley Insider)

Internet Capital Group Announces Fourth Quarter and Year-End Financial Results for 2007 (Centre Daily Times)

StarCite Reports Impressive 2007 Growth (BusinessWire)

Report: EMC in talks with SAP to jointly build hosted services (Computerworld)

Judge Orders Oracle Vs. SAP To Mediation (Information Week)

GSI Commerce Expects Greater 2008 Sales
GSI Commerce Forecasts First-Quarter Loss, but Full-Year Sales Outlook Is Better Than Expected (Associated Press via CNNMoney)
I'm still not sold on GSI's business model. Annual rate of one billion in revenues and still not breaking even? Soaks up capital. No clear proprietary technological advantage, as far as I can determine.

Gemstar-TV Guide International 4Q results below Street view (Thomson Financial via Forbes)

IDS Scheer and Minitab Join Forces to Deliver Unified Six Sigma Offering (BusinessWire)

Main Line Health selects MobileMD Service for Electronic Communication with its Philadelphia Physician Practices (BusinessWire via Philly.com)

New Pennsylvania law opens more records to the public (Associated Press via Penn Live)

Now Hear This: Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Partners With KYW-AM to Launch Online Tourism Radio Station (PRNewswire)

Dynasil Announces First Quarter 2008 Results (BusinessWire)

GSI Commerce buys e-Dialog, says 4Q earnings off 76% (Philadelphia Business Journal)


Heartland Payment Systems Announces Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2007 Financial Results (BusinessWire)

Real estate info device maker Smarter Agent gets $6M (Philadelphia Business Journal)

Column: Citigroup scoops up Bala Cynwyd firm (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Comcast Investors Seek Buyback, Payout as Shares Drop (Bloomberg)

Comcast founder to take $1 a year (Associated Press via Business Week)

Rumor: Plaxo Sells to Comcast for $175M in Cash (Mashable)

Science Debate Is Set; Now, Will Candidates Come? (New York Times)
Not on April 18. Maybe sometime after the conventions, an event such as this might occur. But there is no way candidates from opposing parties are going to get on the same platform before their nominations, and when they do the format will be tightly
scripted.

Bio-Imaging quarterly profit up 30% (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Verizon Wireless Adds 300 Philadelphia Region Employees in 2007 (PRNewswire)

Business Objects offers soup-to-nuts BI platform (InfoWorld)

Supervisors headed to Philadelphia for tour of Drexel (Auburn CA Journal)

Penna. May Be Close to Having 'Open Records Law' (KWY Newsradio)

Comcast Plans to Take FCC To Court Over 30% Ownership Cap (Broadcasting & Cable)


Comcast defends Internet practices (Associated Press via Seattle Post-Intelligencer)


Foolish Forecast: Comcast's Boost Won't Last (Motley Fool)


Technologicology Special Report: Like A Pussy Boyfriend, Earthlink Finally Breaks It Off With Wireless Philadelphia (Philebrity)

Will Home Shopping Solve The IAC/Liberty Fight? (Silicon Alley Insider)

Yahoo! Starts Sweetened-Bid Bonanza (TheStreet.com)
Comments by Kevin Kemmerer, senior vice president at Safeguard Scientifics.

Bill Gates demos Xobni (Redeye VC)
Xobni is a First Round Capital portfolio company.

Company announces soaring revenue
PROFITS FOR USA TECHNOLOGIES RISE 267 PERCENT IN 2ND QUARTER (Daily Local News)

NEAT Receipts Announces Increased Capabilities to Simplify Tax Time Preparation (Marketwire)

Franklin Electronic profits grow 89% (Philadelphia Business Journal)


Optellios Adopts U.S. Military Security Information Exchange Standard (BusinessWire)

SIVOO Announces Technology Services Agreement with JumpTV (PRNewswire)

Comcast doubles top speed of its Internet service in Bay Area (San Jose Mercury-News Blogs)

HealthiNation and Comcast Spotlight Launch on Demand Health Portal for Digital Cable Customers (BusinessWire)

Comcast Bulks Up (Multichannel News via Broadcast Newsroom)

Firms Expect to Profit from AT&T’s Latest Move
The telecom giant promises to broaden the market for IPTV (NJBIZ.com)

Should SAP make a play for Salesforce.com? (SAPWatch: SearchSAP.com)

USA Technologies Announces Second Successive Record Quarter for Fiscal Year 2008 (BusinessWire)

FCC approves $2.4B SunCom acquisition (Philadelphia Inquirer)

The rebirth of the Phila. Stock Exchange (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Credit Card Datapoint of the Day (Portfolio.com)

SEM Firm Applies Century-Old Linguistics Law (ClickZ)
On Commerce360.

AMETEK Acquires Materials Hardness Testing Technology and Products (BusinessWire)

ExpenseWatch.com Completes Best Year Ever (PRNewswire)

InterComponentWare Inc. Aligns with the Center for Health Transformation (PRNewswire)

FutureScripts Promotes Paul Urick to Senior Vice President to Lead the Pharmacy Benefit Management Operation (PRNewswire)