GSI Commerce agrees to buy Innotrac for $52 million (Associated Press via Forbes)


Vishay may raise bid for International Rectifier (MarketWatch)

SAP APPOINTS JOHN PAPANDREA TO LEAD HEALTHCARE BUSINESS UNIT (SAP Press Release)

SAP Announces 2008 Third Quarter Preliminary Software and Software-Related Service Revenue Numbers (PRNewswire)
SAP: “Very Sudden And Unexpected Drop” In Business, Pressuring Enterprise IT Stocks
(Barron's :Tech Trader Daily)

POWER: WHIFFING ON WI - FI (Philadelphia
Magazine)

Verizon bets big on network infrastructure (CNET News)

Comcast, Verizon Agree To Cease-Fire On Patents
(Multichannel News)

BlackArrow Raises $20 Million (NewTeeVee)

AOEware Selects Baltimore's Sawmill Marketing Public Relations for Launch PR (PRNewswire)

Rowan opens Tech Park (Gloucester County Times)

Guardian Capital Partners Acquires Majority Position in Corporate Call Center, Inc. (BusinessWire)

Kulicke & Soffa completes Orthodyne purchase (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Finisar expects minimal impact from global slowdown
Former Optium chairman says comprehensive transport strategy can lessen impacts (EE Times)

L&T Infotech and Astea to deliver global field service, mobility solutions (livemint.com)

Sposto Interactive Helps Write Nikon's Page in Rock History (PRNewswire)




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Canoe Ventures Paddles Ahead
(Light Reading: Cable Digital News)
Comcast Tries Addressable Advertising Pilot in Baltimore (Broadband Reports)

Three questions for Greg Maffei (Rocky Mountain News)

Wachovia Says Court Order Doesn't Invalidate Wells Fargo Bid (Bloomberg)

SAP: Goldman Cuts Ests, Target On Macro Risks (Barron's: Tech Trader Daily)

Senators Specter and Casey Announce Final Approval of Southeastern Pennsylvania Defense Projects
(Media Newswire)
Money for everyone!



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People News



Tyco Electronics appoints President of New Medical Products unit (EMS Now)

Baroni departs as head of Unisys federal
(Washington Technology)

Verizon Appoints Milch Top Lawyer (Washington Post)

Activant Adds Two New EVP Positions to Lead the Company's Growth in Wholesale Distribution, Hardlines and Lumber (PRNewswire)

ISA Consulting to Expand Reach of Services to Southeast Region (BusinessWire)

Aloysius Butler & Clark Grows Web Department with Promotion and New Addition (Philly Ad Club News)

Joseph Piazza Named as Director of Interactive Services for Allebach Communications (Philly Ad Club News)

Stephanie 'Stevie' Davidson of Health Informatics Consulting Named to New Jersey Health Information Technology Commission (PRNewswire)




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Papers' owner defers payment (Philadelphia Inquirer)

International Rectifier fires back at Vishay
Calls hostile bidder's charges against IR board "irresponsible attacks" (MarketWatch)

$100k Business Plan Contest: What’s the Big Idea? (MidStateMantra)




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Sources: Comcast Wants WiMax Femtos in 2009 (Unstrung)

Clearwire CEO Wolff talks WiMAX strengths, killer enterprise apps (Network World)


Citigroup Demands Wachovia, Wells Fargo Terminate Merger Deal (Bloomberg)

SAP builds on mobile strategy
Partnership with RIM is 'just the beginning' (VNUnet)

What will SAP get Business Objects for its anniversary? (SearchSAP.com: SAP Watch)

Unisys Names Ted Davies as President of Federal Systems Business (BusinessWire)

Stone Point Completes Signal Holdings Sale (Private Equity Hub)

APPLABS AND KNOWLEDGECORE PARTNER TO CREATE UNIQUE SOA OFFERING (PR-Canada.net)

Philadelphia Open Studio Tours (Virtual Earth, An Evangelist's Blog)

My house, worth more than Journal Register? (Reuters Blogs)

Adaptation, teamwork spark Sting Communications' success (Central Penn Business Journal)

Bank-fraud charges added in Iran case (Philadelphia Inquirer)




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Sprint's WiMax efforts doomed to failure? (CNET
News)

Credit Crunch Could Stall Clearwire Network (GigiaOM)

Philadelphia's Wi-Fi Story Begins a New Chapter (Wi-Fi Planet)

Did Google Sabotage Ringside Networks? (eWEEK: Google Watch)

Saving the World for a Latte
A startup is betting free coffees and groceries will encourage reluctant recyclers. (Newsweek)
RecycleBank is now officially headquartered in New York, though it still has significant operations in Philadelphia (Its Customer Care Center, Operations, and Mid-Atlantic Sales Staff ).
Philadelphia Plans to Expand Recycling Program with RecycleBank (Alcoa Recycling Company Blog)

Kayentis, the Provider of the "Unique Paper-Based E-Trial" Solution, is Strengthening its U.S. Presence (PRWeb)
Expanding its US operations in Philadelphia.

Pulse Introduces the Smallest GPS Antenna on the Market (BusinessWire)

myYearbook Finds Success in Casual Gaming (Mashable)

The unification theory of content management (Really
Strategies Blog)

How SOA matters in SAP environments (SearchSAP.com: SAP Watch)

SAP customers to face BI disruption
NetWeaver business intelligence apps to be phased out (Computing.co.uk)

Vishay Mails Letter to International Rectifier Stockholders (BusinessWire)


Video exercises aid driving skills
Allstate targeting those over 50 with 'brain fitness' tool (Chicago Tribune)
To be tested on Pennsylvania drivers.

Taxes could get sky-high with aerial technology
(Press of Atlantic City)




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Ricocheting off its success, AirClic has even bigger plans (Philadelphia Business Journal)
A look at AirClic's very expensive history here .

XOHM WiMax is Live in Philadelphia, Sort Of (Gearlog)
Advocacy groups already nervous about Xohm WiMAX policies (BetaNews)

Comcast begins bandwidth limits today (Detroit Free Press)

Leap OKs 'roaming' deal with MetroPCS (San Diego Union-Tribune)

SunGard Completes Acquisition of Majority Interest in GL TRADE (SunGard Press Release)

Ecount takes on parent Citigroup's name (Philly.com: Philly Inc)

JP Morgan downgrades Heartland Payment (Reuters)

1&1 Opens Lenexa Data Center
(Web Host Industry Review)

Checkpoint Systems, Inc. Appoints Steven Davidson President, Global Apparel Labeling Solutions (BusinessWire)

India's outsourcing bubble is bursting (ZDNet)

Glaxo to shed 850 research jobs in drive for efficiency (The Guardian)

Gigya brings in $11M to grow widget services (VentureBeat)
Early investor First Round Capital participates in latest round.

How to Know if You Should Fire Your Social Media Consultant (Mashable)
Written by Philadelphia's Alex Hillman.

Hanson Creates Evocative Brand Campaign for Revolutionary Design Software from Bentley (BusinessWire)




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Some Google, Rohm & Haas Trades Canceled, Nasdaq Says (Bloomberg)

SAP lower as Microsoft CEO's comments hurt (Thomson Financial via Forbes)

Ringside Networks down for the count (Too much information)
ringside lessons (Jason Kinner)
All Good Things... (Games Without Frontiers)

International Rectifier bashes Vishay (TheDeal.com)

Comcast Renews Deal With Amdocs (Multichannel News)

QlikTech Names William Sorenson as CFO
(QlikTech Press Release)
Should be helpful in getting the company to an IPO, but that probably isn't going to happen for awhile now.

Sovereign Gains Most in 22 Years as Perrault Named (Bloomberg)

Alcatel-Lucent adds targeted advertising to IPTV (Telephony Online)

Happy Neat Day! (Neat Company
Blog)

Want to tour a coworking facility?
(The Viddler Blog)

Kulicke & Soffa Completes Divesture of Wire Business Unit (BusinessWire)

AGI and AER Form Business Partnership (PRNewswire)

For her, on the Web means in the bag
Robinson Luggage flies high with addition of online sales (Philadelphia Business Journal)

eResearch Makes 1818 Market St. its New HQ (CoStar Group)




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Citigroup to buy Wachovia banking assets (CNN Money)

Vishay Commences Tender Offer for International Rectifier Corporation (BusinessWire)

NeatReceipts Relaunches as The NeatTM Company, Debuts All-New Scanning and Software Solutions (Marketwire)

Xohm WiMAX Launches: Limited Service, No Bandwidth Caps (GigaOM)


Comcast, Sprint: Oppenheimer Cuts Ratings; Sees Cyclical Slowdown In Consumer Communications (Barron's: Tech Trader Daily)

Feds And Internet Service Providers Don't Mix (Forbes)

Bio-Imaging Technologies Appoints Peter S. Benton President of Its Phoenix Data Systems Division (BusinessWire)

Sherrerd funds new building at intersection of engineering and social science (News at Primceton)

Tyco Electronics shares could rise-Barron's (Reuters)

Tyco Electronics completes sale of two businesses (Associated Press via CNN Money)

SAP takes centre stage with HCL, Infosys' bid for Axon (Business Standard of India)

HealthVault Surges, Google Flounders (Chilmark Research)

Voxware Reports Record Revenue and Profit for Fiscal 2008 (BusinessWire)

Former Denver Newspaper Agency Exec Starts New Company (Editor & Publisher)




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