Lots of Healthcare IT news today, since the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) is holding its annual conference in Orlando. Also, Comcast gets its so-called day in court with the FCC, but it sounds like the jury has already decided.



Microsoft Joins Forces with SAP America for Healthcare IT (PRNewswire via FoxBusiness)
Ironic timing, considering the New York Times article on Saturday.


FCC Mulling New Internet Rules (Light Reading: Cable Digital News)

Comcast Pursuing $35 Digital Dongle (Light Reading: Cable Digital News)
Didn't know what a Dongle was until I read this.


Motorola Acquires Chinese Digital Cable Set-Top Assets (TMCnet: IT Communications)

Moto Calls Up Wideband CPEs (Light Reading: Cable Digital News)


Avenue A | Razorfish Attributes $735 Million of Online Spend to Vertical Properties and Search Engines (Avenue A | Razorfish Press Release)

Avenue A SVP: Microsoft + Yahoo = Irrelevant (Silicon Alley Insider)

Rohm and Haas signs IBM chip deal (Associated Press via CNNMoney)

Liberty Media gets FCC OK for control of DirecTV (bizjournals.com via MSN Money)

Unisys Signs $225M Australian Contract (Associated Press via Forbes)

MEDecision Partners with NextGen Healthcare (BusinessWire)
Two area companies work together.

CapMed Introduces icePHR Mobile, Allowing Consumers to Access Personal Health Records (PHRs) from Cell Phones (BusinessWire)

Draeger Launches New Infinity® Omega Solution in the USA – Featuring a Widescreen for Integrated Patient Monitoring and Electronic Records, Both at the Bedside (BusinessWire)

Phoenix Data Systems Extends EDC Platform and Electronic Submission Capabilities (BusinessWire)

Albert Einstein Healthcare Network CMIO To Present Lecture On Automatic Patient Tracking Insights At HIMSS Annual Conference (Data Collection Online)

Microsoft Should Buy SAP Instead of Yahoo (Silicon Alley Insider)


Join a user group (The Apple Core: ZDNet Blogs)
Jason O'Grady commemorates tenth anniversary of the Philadelphia PowerBook Users Group.

Tacoma and Lakewood police officers will get high-tech help
Tacoma, Lakewood police grant to pay for crime early warning system (Tacoma News Tribune)
Will use GIS technology from Philadelphia-based Avencia.

The New Face of the Silicon Age
How India became the world's computer capital. (Little India)

Maybe Microsoft Should Stalk Different Prey (New York Times)
Suggests Microsoft should be pursuing SAP instead of Yahoo. Interesting hypothesis. IBM has usually been mentioned as the most likely suitor for SAP.


Europe's Crop of 'Billion-Dollar Babies' (BusinessWeek)
Focuses on Qliktech, now based in Radnor, discussing possibility of billion dollar IPO in not too distant future.

FCC To Talk 'Net Neutrality' With Comcast, Verizon Monday (Associated Press via CNNMoney)

FiOS: Nearing Full Speed (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Suburban developer plans to buy famed Philly news building (Associated Press via phillyBurbs.com)


Avenue A/Razorfish: 2007 Billings Up 36% (Silicon Alley Insider)

Representatives are standing by (Med Ad News)
On changes in pharmacuetical marketing affecting many Philly-area firms.

Mike Armstrong talks with Jeffrey D. Erb of Norristown Studios about the local film industry. (Philadelphia Business Today: Philly.com)

NWCT Looks Toward the Future of Leadership and IT Trends (PR.com)
Conference to be held on March 29.

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)