Comcast pins hopes on a mobile future
The cable giant is hoping that a new wireless broadband network will give it a leg up in a tough market. (Fortune)

Comcast buyback paying off (Fortune)


Comcast launches $2 bln debt in two-part sale (Reuters)

Big Ten, Comcast close to agreement
A deal could be announced in 2 to 3 weeks (The State Journal Register)

SAP expects margins to rise in 2009 in spite of Business ByDesign delay (Forbes)

Analysts: Delay to SAP's Saas rollout no surprise (ZDNet UK)

SAP AND RIM USHER IN A NEW ERA FOR ENTERPRISE MOBILITY (SAP Press Release)

Tyco Electronics 2Q EPS narrowly tops Wall St estimates; raises FY guidance (Thomson Financial via Forbes)

TVGuide No More: Macrovision’s Acquisition Of Gemstar Complete; To Be Called Macrovision Solutions
(paidContent.org)

Vurv SAP acquisition (Retail
E-Recruitment Blog)

Honeywell Security buys barcode scanner company
Metrologic Instruments sold to Honeywell by equity firm Francisco Partners (SecurityInfoWatch)

SEDONA and CU ink Extend Partnership to Deliver Marketing Services to Intarsia Customers
(PRNewswire)

Deacom Enhances Document Management System for Manufacturers (BusinessWire)

inTEST Reports First Quarter 2008 Results (PRNewswire)

Comcast 1Q profit falls, but Internet, phone lifts stock (Associated Press via Google News)

Heartland Payment Systems 1Q earnings rise 27 percent (Associated Press via CNNMoney)

Safeguard Scientifics Announces First Quarter 2008 Financial Results
Company Expects Sale of Legacy Partner Companies to Close in May 2008 (BusinessWire)

Primavera(R) Celebrates 25 Years of Helping Customers Achieve Excellence in Project, Program and Portfolio Management (PRNewswire)

Health Market Science Launches Prism Advanced Analytics (b-eye-network)

ActiveStrategy Demonstrates First Enterprise Performance Management Application for iPhone at Client Conference (BusinessWire)

iGuard.org Alters the Face of E-Health: New Web Service Draws 10,000 New Patients Weekly
(PRNewswire)

SAP's profit drops 22%; license sales miss forecast
German business-software giant delays investment in BusinessByDesign (MarketWatch)

Time Warner Splits Cable (Forbes)

Unisys swings to first-quarter loss on weaker US business (Associated Press via Houston Chronicle)

Special Report: Apple's secret iPhone WiMax plans? (9 to 5 Mac)

QVC Goes HD
Shopping Channel Now Available In High-Definition (Multichannel News)

Online Ad Company Marchex Enters Mobile With Pay-Per-Call Service (mocoNews.net)

CDI Q1 revenue lags Wall Street; backs '08 outlook (Reuters)

InfoLogix Announces First Quarter 2008 Financial Results (PRNewswire via Biloxi Sun Herald)

SunGard is a Founding Member of Banking Industry Architecture Network (SunGard Press Release)

Infragistics Announces TestAdvantage(TM) for Windows(R) Forms (for IBM Rational Functional Tester)
(PRNewswire)

TIBCO BPM Impressions (BPMS Watch)

McKinsey surveys the new software landscape (Rough Type)

21st Century Software Named 'Cool Vendor' by Leading Analyst Firm (PRWeb)

Buchanan Adds Two Intellectual Property Attorneys in Philadelphia (PRNewswire)

Honeywell Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire Metrologic Instruments, Innovator of Scanner Technology (PRNewswire)

Vishay swings to 1st-quarter loss on discontinued operations (Associated Press via CNNMoney)

Comcast Boosts Business Class Internet Speeds to 16 Mbps at No Additional Cost for Small- and Medium-Sized Companies Nationwide (BusinessWire)

TimeWarner owners want cable sale; Comcast a buyer? (Philly.com: Philly Deal)

Why Pivot mattered (Fierce IPTV)

Inquirer circulation slips (Philadelphia Business Journal)

Regional Newspapers are Doomed (Portfolio.com)

TVGuide.com’s Strange Ways: To Be Retained By Macrovision? (paidContent.org)

ExpertPlan Acquires Trust Service Company, Inc. (TSCI) (PRWeb)

HMP Communications Holdings Acquires Princeton Media Associates
Significantly Expands Accredited Programs and Provides Entry Into Managed Care (BusinessWire)

Premier Research Group plc and Octagon Research Solutions, Inc. Announce Strategic Partnership
(PRNewswire)

ClinPhone plc Reports Strong Growth with Preliminary Year End Results (PharmaLive)

Case Details Revolution Health's Growth And Future (Online Media Daily)

Review of NJ e-voting approved; won't be in time for election (ars technica)

SAP product woes endanger mid-term targets - paper (Reuters)

Growing customer base boosts Verizon 1Q profit by 9.8 pct (Associated Press via Forbes)

Verizon to Raise Prices, Cut Jobs (Light Reading: Cable Digital News)

Mathias: It's time for a convergence standard to emerge (Computerworld)
Discusses the importance of InterDigital.

Quaker BioVentures Closes Second Fund with $420 Million in Total Commitments
Fund provides investment capital with focus on Mid-Atlantic life sciences companies (BusinessWire)

Robotic arm uses repetition to rebuild brain pathways (Knoxville New Sentinel)

Ascend Acquisition Corp. and e.PAK Resources (S) Pte. Ltd. Terminate Business Combination
(PRNewswire)

Bio-Imaging Expects Synergies with Phoenix Data Acquisition (Bio-IT World)


CLSI Releases Infobase™ 2008
Searchable CD-ROM of CLSI Standards and Guidelines (BusinessWire)

Ulticom responds to the service-oriented drive
Breaks out of component shell with edge signaling solution (Telecommunications Magazine)

Synygy Continues Upward Trends in Growth and Profitability in Q1
Market Growth and Base of Subscription Revenue Bode Well for 2008 Results (BusinessWire)


Public-television revolutionary
WYBE’s new model offers 5-minute shorts (Philly.com)

Taking a walk in the clouds (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Tour and video of Comcast's new headquarters.

Aegis’s Verklin Moves On, Possibly to ‘Project Canoe’ (Media Buyer Planner)

Interesting job with Comcast:
VP Strategy Planning/Wireless Product Development (Wireless Career)

Oracle v. SAP Legal Fight Gets Messier, Raises Tough Questions About Third-Party Maintenance (CIO.com)

NMC blasts software company's 'negligence'
(Traverse City Record-Eagle)
On SunGard's stolen laptop.

EU puts second Galileo test satellite into orbit (Reuters)

Bethlehem innovators to get awards (PennLive)

Time Warner, Viacom, Comcast profits seen higher (MarketWatch)

Comcast Cares -- But Only About People Like You (TechDirt)

Comcast Networks to Standardize on Sony XDCAM Technology (TV Technology)

NFL Network In IPTV Distro Deal With SES Americom
Satellite Service To Offer Football Programming To Telco TV Providers (Multichannel News)

J:COM Puts Motorola DOCSIS 3.0 Modems in Homes Starting TODAY (Media Experiences 2 Go)

GSI Commerce shares jump after strong 1Q results (Associated Press via Forbes)
Somewhat better than expected, but I'm still not sure GSI has found a viable economic model.

L-3 Communications Q1 profit up, raises 2008 forecast (Reuters)

Octagon Research Solutions, Inc. Announces Record Growth in CDISC Engagements (PRWeb)

Now Hiring Smart People! (Invite Media)

New Publisher GreenScreen Acquires DSI and ZOO, Announces Game (Gamasutra)

VCs Pour On Investments For Open-Source Leaders (Investor's Business Daily)

Is Web 2.0 Disruptive to Databases? (Intelligent Enterprise)

The Franklin Institute Receives Record $4 Million Gift from Biopharmaceutical Leader, Cephalon
Gift to Support Creation of Brain Exhibit (BusinessWire)

Comcast Ramping Up Wireless Ambitions
So much for Roberts not liking the 'quadruple play' (Broadband Reports)


Comcast Seeks Restraining Order Against AT&T (Online Media Daily)

On Top of High Tech (Jewish Exponent)
High Tech ties between Israel and Philadelphia.

Microsoft Launches On-Demand CRM Software into a Crowded Market (CIO.com)

NextWave, From Spectrum to Hard Technology (WAVE) (24/7 Wall St)

Primavera(R) Delivers Superior Integrated Program Management Solution (PRNewswire)

Social Networking: From the Server Side (Dr. Dobbs Portal)
About Ringside Networks of Marlton.

Encoda Launches Latest Version of the M/EDI Information Generator™ at New Jersey Practice (BusinessWire)

Sports Network Web site hacked
(phillyBurbs.com)

How blogs have reinvented Philadelphia Tourism (UTalk Marketing)

Entrepreneurial Activity Remained Strong in 2007 with Major Shifts among Men, Women and Immigrants, Says Kauffman Foundation Study (BusinessWire)
Philadelphia lowest in entrepreneurial activity among major metro areas, according to study.

Rumors of e-vote Fraud in Pennsylania, but Voters Like Machines
(Popular Mechanics)

West Chester film festival opens today (Daily Local News)

Earnings Roundup


GSI Commerce Inc F1Q08 (Qtr ended 03/29/2008) Earnings Call Transcript (Seeking Alpha)

AMETEK, Inc. Q1 2008 Earnings Call Transcript (Seeking Alpha)

Motorola Loss Widens as Phone Sales Fall (Associated Press via New York Times)

Kulicke & Soffa 2Q loss nearly triples on higher costs (Associated Press via Houston Chronicle)

Building a Kulicke and Soffa Pyramid (Seeking Alpha)

IKON Announces Second Quarter Results
EPS of $0.24 at High End of Improved Outlook (BusinessWire)

Technitrol Reports Q108 Results (BusinessWire)

MEDecision Reports First Quarter 2008 Financial Results (BusinessWire)


Entercom Communications Corp. Reports First Quarter Results
Announces a 67% Increase in First Quarter Free Cash Flow and New Dividend Policy (BusinessWire)

Gemalto Q1 sales 388 mln euros vs 362 mln, confirms 2009 margin target (Thomson Financial via Forbes)

Environmental Tectonics Corporation Announces Restated Prior Period Financial Results
(PRNewswire)

Business Objects apologizes to customers (SearchSAP.com: SAP Watch)

SAP downgraded: TomorrowNow, Business Objects, economy at fault (SearchSAP.com: SAP Watch)

Salesforce.com’s bold development platform vision [includes executive podcast] (ZDNet Blogs)

GSI Commerce Reports Fiscal 2008 First Quarter Operating Results (PRNewswire)

Sources: Comcast To Sever Involvement In Pivot
Memo obtained by BBR shows mutual decision to part ways... (Broadband Reports)

Comcast hires former O2 CTO, possibly starting wireless division (engadget)

GPS devices lure thieves (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Situation Room
Inside the Rohm and Haas webcasting studio (Philadelphia Business Journal)

The Washington Hospital Goes Live with MobileMD Health Information Exchange and Enterprise Access (BusinessWire)

IDS Scheer AG: Preliminary figures on first quarter of 2008 (nachrichten)

ARIS Blog is Launched! (Per Aeternam In Altum)

Liberty Interactive: Stifel Cuts Rating On QVC Slowing (Barron's: Tech Trader Daily)

Universal Display Corporation Delivers Flexible OLED Prototype with Novel Capabilities to U.S. Army (BusinessWire)

Obama Site Visitors Redirected to Clinton Campaign (Washington Post)

QAD to Acquire FullTilt Solutions’ Product Suite
Product Information Management and Master Data Management Solution Capabilities to Complement QAD’s Vision (BusinessWire)

SEI Reports First-Quarter 2008 Results (PRNewswire)

Lockheed Martin 1st-qtr profit up; raises forecast (Reuters)

SunGard Launches Ambit (SunGard Press Release)

Entercom May Cut Dividend as JPMorgan Buys Shares (Bloomberg)

Innovative Solutions & Support, Inc. Announces Financial Results for the Second Quarter Ended March 31, 2008 (BusinessWire)

Thomson Innovation Enhances Intellectual Property Research with Business and News Information (PRNewswire)

SAP Customers and Partners to Gather at SAPPHIRE(R) 2008 Event Series to Explore "Business Beyond Boundaries" (Marketwire via CNNMoney)

Oracle Plus SAP Equals Love (Motley Fool)

US FCC chief again critiques Comcast network tactics ((Reuters)

N.J. Court Requires Subpoena for Internet Subscriber Records
(Associated Press via New York Times)

MEDecision gets new president
(Philly.com: Philly Inc)

Social Application Unites Art Lovers across Facebook and E-commerce Site Using Ringside Social Application Platform
Fulcrum Gallery “What is Art?” Facebook Application Highlights the Potential for New Revenue Streams via Facebook and its Own Site (BusinessWire)


QlikTech Hosts Customer & Partner Conferences April 27 – May 1, 2008, in Miami, FL (BusinessWire)

MRO Upgrades Technology Infrastructure;
Releases Software Enhancements to ROI Online™ (BusinessWire)

Welcome to the Viddler Lab (Viddler)