Q&A with First Round Capital’s Josh Kopelman (PE Hub)

2009 Outlook: Vanguard's Bogle sees long recession (Associated Press via Forbes)

How Comcast Controls Sony’s Internet TV Plans (New York Times: Bits)

Clearwire Sinks; Attractive Spectrum Isn’t Enough (Barron's: Tech Trader Daily)
Clearwire CEO: Not Married To WiMax If Rival Format Takes Off (Silicon Alley Insider)

Filing: SAP co-CEO had concerns about TomorrowNow deal (IT World)

Layoffs under way at The News Journal (Wilmington News Journal)
Gannett eliminates positions at N.J. newspapers (Courier-Post)
Documents reveal double-digit profit margins at scores of papers now on verge of massive layoffs (Gannett Blog)

InterDigital Announces Financial Guidance for Fourth Quarter 2008 (Business Wire)

Lockheed wins weather satellite deal up to $1.1 bln (Reuters)

Unisys Teams with Microsoft to Develop Enterprise Content Management Solutions (Business Wire)

Geisinger Health System's Plan to Fix America's Health Care (Fast Company)




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Comcast Tries To Slow Verizon's Philly Entry
Cable giant works city council to protect home turf.. (Broadband Reports)

Clearwire CEO: Co Will Be Independently Run (Dow Jones via CNN Money)
Clearwire may slow WiMax build to cut funding gap (Thomson Financial via Forbes)

Canoe's David Verklin Navigates Tough Waters
Canoe Ventues CEO discusses the challenges of heading the new cable-advertising consortium (Broadcasting & Cable)


SAP Pays Price for SaaS Maturation (Intelligent Enterprise)

In bad economy, students worried about internships (Philadelphia Inquirer)
SAP cuts out paid interns for now.

A Scenario for the Future of News (The Huffington Post: Jeff Jarvis)
Can the Inky run with a newsroom staff of 35 people?

Dow Chemical, partner reaffirm Kuwait deal
K-Dow, a 50-50 joint venture, is slated to start operations by January (MarketWatch)

Rohm and Haas Uses Elemica's Terminal and Warehouse Solution to Drive Efficiency & Accelerate Time to Invoice
Automation of Manual Processes Reduces Costs in Supply Chain (PR Newswire)

MEDecision Adds Key Executives to Further Strengthen Operations, Sales (Business Wire)

IS&S Takes $6 Million Hit On Loss Of Eclipse Work (Aero-News.Net)

New Prospects for Payment Card Application
in Health Care (Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia)

Safeguard Scientifics, Inc. The Wall Street Analyst Forum Call Transcript (Seeking Alpha)




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SunGard opens Middle East HQ (Finextra)

He has a keen eye for innovation
Ed Dougherty's inventions help bring the game closer to the viewer. (Phialdelphia Inquirer)




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People News



Comcast Sports Names Smith SVP Of Strategic Marketing
President Of Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia Begins New Post Jan. 5 (Multichannel News)

SAP Names COO Erwin Gunst Labor Relations Director and Responsible for HR, IT and SAP Labs (PR Newswire)

AMETEK Names Charles Lohwasser Vice President and General Manager (Business Wire)


Tyco Electronics Names John Van Scoter to Company's Board of Directors (PR Newswire)

HighPoint Solutions Launches New Quality & Compliance Practice
New Group Addresses IT Regulatory Compliance for Life Science Companies (PR Newswire)




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Software ‘interoperability’ key to efficient business processes (Daily
Commercial News)

Cable System Sales On Hold
Comcast's 400,000-Subscriber Offer May Buck the Credit-Crunch Trend, Though (Multichannel News)

SAP Trimming Head Count, “Can’t Rule Out” Layoffs (ZDNet Blogs)




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Americas’ SAP Users’ Group Announces Leadership Transition
ASUG Board of Directors Releases CEO; Executive Committee to Assume Interim Leadership (Business Wire)

Versus tries punching up its programming (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Ecommerce loses immunity to economy woes (Reuters)

Verizon hits roadblock in Wilmington
City says FiOS provider should offer more (Wilmington News Journal)

Better Business Bureau Recommends Verizon Modify FiOS Claims
Bureau’s National Advertising Division Acted On Cablevision Complaint (Multichannel News)

Economy Worries Slowing DOCSIS 3.0 Rollouts (Broadband Reports)

Clearwire completes massive Sprint merger, gets $3.2 billion infusion (Seattle Times)

Pa. Website Helps Shoppers Find Hot Gifts (KYW NewsRadio)

Shaky economy boosting growth
Two friends created a Web-cam-based way to practice interview skills. Now, not only colleges subscribe. (Philadelphia
Inquirer)

South African-based retail software provider UCS has apparently established a US presence with the opening of a Philadelphia office, according to allAfrica.com.




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Breaking: SAP User Group fires CEO (ZDNet Blogs)

SAP slapped with ’sell’ rating; Pushback from customer base cited (ZDNet Blogs)


Will Oracle And SAP Offer Big-Business SaaS? Sort Of. (Information Week)

SunGard Completes Tender Offer for Shares of GL TRADE (PR Newswire)

Unisys Corporation Files To Raise Cash (UIS) (24/7
Wall Street)

TiVo Still Seeking Cable Payoff (Light
Reading: Cable Digital News)

Sling Opens Up Its Hulu Competitor To The Public (TechCrunch via Washington Post)

QlikTech named European High-Tech Entrepreneur of the Year
(Business Week)

ING Direct targets savers with Web 2.0 micro-site (Finextra)

Devon IT Launches Thin Client, Virtualization Test Center in China Headquarters (Business Wire)

Event: Miles Technologies' employees to work from snow globe during coat drive (Newark Star-Ledger)
I don't quite understand what this snow globe is about.

RefreshPhilly planning session at the Comcast Center (Labs.Cimians)




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Samsung and InterDigital reach 3G and 2G settlement
(CNET News)

Where Will the World's Greentech Hub Be? (Greentech Media)

Halifax firm expanding market for port logistics software
(Halifax Chronicle Herald)

BofA confirms job cuts in card operation (Wilmington News Journal)

MapQuest: “We’ve Come Out Of Hibernation” (Search Engine Land)

MindTree set to bid for US firm Seal Consulting (Economic Times of India)

Motorola: Worth More Dead Than Alive? (Barron's: Tech Trader Daily)

Motorola DOCSIS 3.0 Modems in the Wild (Media Experiences 2 Go)

Christmas show debuts at Comcast Center lobby (Philadelphia Inquirer))

When green initiatives and wireless are at odds
Philly property owner loads cellular, Wi-Fi signals onto DAS (Network World)

Craigslist Founder Shares Secrets Of Entrepreneurship (The Bulletin)

VGXPO: Le Montage (Geekadelphia)

Study: Spending on HR Technology to Hold Steady (Workforce Management)

MEDecision’s Alineo Now Live at DC Chartered Health Plan, Inc. (Business Wire)

WPCS Announces $9 Million in New Contracts (PR Newswire)

N.J. extends loss carry forward to 20 years (Philadelphia Business Journal)




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Deloitte recently released its nationwide Fast 500. Unlike its regional Fast 50s, which show only percentage growth, the Fast 500 shows revenue figures for each company as well. There are 18 Philly area IT companies included, and several Biotech/Life Sciences companies. In addition, Neat Receipts (now Neat Company) was named as one of the 9 "Rising Stars" nationally.








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InterDigital Announces Settlement of Samsung Patent Licensing Disputes
Settlement Resolves 2G Arbitration and 3G Patent Licensing Disputes for Sales Through 2012 (Business Wire)




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