School tech consultant target of contract probe
(Press of Atlantic City)

Motorola Clips Advanced-Video Groups
Cuts VOD and Switched Digital Video Teams As Part of Broader Layoffs (Multichannel News)

Sovereign Bancorp slashing 1,000 jobs (Philadelphia Business Journal)

FreedomPay Raises More $$ (PE Hub)
I wasn't sure if FreedomPay was even around anymore. Obviously, it is. Here is a FreedomPay press release from a few weeks ago. Doesn't say too much.

311 call center to debut Jan. 1 (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Genachowski to be new FCC Chaiman? (Fierce Telecom)

Ellison: Database machine will need time to fly (IDG via New York Times)

Northrop will not protest Lockheed satellite win (Thomson Financial via Forbes)

The Journal Register Co. Shuts Down 16 Papers (Media Bistro)

PharmaNet Pursues Strategic Alternatives, Possible Sale (Clinical Trials Today)

Tyler Technologies Signs Property Assessment Software Contract with Bucks County, Pennsylvania (Business Wire)

City of Ashville, NC, Wins IEDC Award with Avencia's DecisionTree Software (Geospatial Solutions)

Concurrent, This Technology, INVIDI, BIAP Team on Advanced Ads (Cable360)

Drexel University Begins Work on New Medical Training Center (KYW Newsradio)




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December 2008 Business Outlook Survey (Philadelphia Federal Reserve)
Philadelphia Fed Factory Index Improves in December (Bloomberg)

Oracle Profit Little Changed; Sales Miss Estimates (Bloomberg)
Oracle’s second quarter in line; Ellison takes aim at Salesforce.com
(ZDNet Blogs)

SevOne raising cash to enter Europe, Asia (Philly.com: Philly Deals)

Nayatek Raises First Round (PE Hub)

Ben Franklin to Invest $642,045 to Support Northeastern PA Economic Development (Business Wire)

Deadlines loom for ITIP contract (Federal Computer Week)

IMS, SDI request a rehearing on NH data ban (Medical Marketing & Media)

Sprint Nextel Plans More Devices for WiMax Network (CIO.com)

Chester, Pa., Residents Set to Join Verizon's FiOS TV Family (PR Newswire)

Nationwide DTV test hits snags with Comcast, Dish (BetaNews)

Interview with College Fanz (and ESPN) Founder Bill Rasmussen (JIM DELORENZO PRESS RELEASES)




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U.S. cable companies giving free equipment for digital move (Reuters)

Motorola To Freeze Salaries, US Pension Plan (Dow Jones via CNN Money)

Clear WiMAX Network at Wall Street’s Mercy (GigaOM)

First Round Capital Literally Makes All Their Startups Dance (TechCrunch)

SAP project halted after shareholder pressure (CIO.com)

Advanta suspends work on new Upper Dublin HQ (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Aetna to eliminate 1,000 jobs in cost-cutting move (Associated Press via Google News)
Includes about 165 in Blue Bell.

Infrastructure Software Simplifies Factory Design (Design World)

SunGard Announces Their India Deal - TaTa Power Trading ((ETRM Software Community)

Comcast: Give the gift of HD (Broadcasting & Cable)
Comcast offers gift cards.

Bush’s controversial FCC chief loses power already (Philadelphia Inquirer)

AT&T's U-Verse signs up 1 million households (ars technica)

Philly Papers Launch Local Music Web Site (Editor & Publisher)

Kenexa Acquires Industry-Leading Culture Indicator Solution (Marketwire)

CERN, Leading Swiss-based Research Firm, Taps MEN Micro for Latest in Embedded Functionality in Particle Acceleration Program (PR Newswire)

Aline(TM) Announces End-to-End Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) Solution
Turnkey Offering Available Initially for Banking and Manufacturing (PR Newswire)



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Vishay cuts Q4 revenue outlook, sees margin fall (Reuters)

Siemens Settlement: Relief, But Is It Over? (Business Week)

Air Products won't say where 1,300 layoffs will occur (Allentown Morning Call)

SAP Business ByDesign Update (ZDNet Blogs)

New PolicyMap Feature Simplifies Online Map Sharing
Online Mapping Tool Now Lets Users Embed, Share Thematic Maps on the Web (PR Newswire)

eMoney Advisor Announces eMoney Mobile for iPhone(TM) Available in the Apple App Store
(PR Newswire)

Comcast Irks Customers by Moving Some Basic Channels (Bloomberg)

D.C. Council Gives FiOS TV Green Light
Verizon Awarded 15-Year Franchise for District of Columbia (Multichannel News)

SES AMERICOM To Cease IP- PRIME® Service by July 31, 2009 (Business Wire)

1&1 Internet Unveils Windows Advanced Solution (HostingTech.com)

Herley Reports 1st Quarter Results (PR Newswire)

ARSENAULT ASSOCIATES ANNOUNCES MAJOR TECHNOLOGY INITIATIVE (Layover.com)

Bucking the Trend: College Marketing Firm TargetX Is Hiring in the Face of an Economic Storm (PRWeb)

Study on Digital Inclusion and Civic Engagement (MediaShift Idea Lab)

Comcast security manager gets prison for theft (Wilmington News Journal)





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Politics, Comcast slow Verizon's pay-TV bid (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Google says plan would not threaten net neutrality (Reuters)

Comcast: Subs Buying HDTV Sets, But Not Necessarily Service (Cable360)

Portland Gets WiMAX Service (GigaOM)

Siemens to Pay $1.6 Billion to Settle Bribe Cases (Bloomberg)

Rohm and Haas Announces Agreement to Develop Semiconductor Packaging Materials with IBM
Materials will Focus on 3D and Underfill Technologies (Business Wire)

Gartner Says BPM Software Growth to Outpace Market in 2009 (BPM in Action)

HCL's Leveraged Leap to India's Top Tech Circle
In borrowing the cash to take over Axon Group, HCL Technologies is challenging the cozy worlds of SAP installation and Indian tech finance (Business Week)

SAP Loses Bid to Dismiss Portions of Oracle Code Theft Lawsuit (Bloomberg)

Worksoft Closes Equity Funding Round with Crescendo Ventures and Austin Ventures (Business Wire)

ACN unit buys stake in WorldGate (Charlotte Business Journal)

GSI commerce cuts jobs, relocates employees (Business First of Louisville)

Altered states (phillyBurbs.com)

Q&A: Tech pioneer Earl Pace on racism in the IT workplace (Computerworld)

WPCS Reports Second Quarter FY2009 Financial Results and Revises Guidance (PR Newswire via MSN Money)

Associate Layoffs at Wolf Block, Drinker Biddle (AmLaw Daily)




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FCC cancels meeting for free Internet vote
(CNET News)

Action Line: Comcast complaint? E-mail the boss (San Jose Mercury News)


Testing the marketing waters (Mode of Being)

US investors seek out Israeli high-tech opportunities (Israel21c)

Safend, mentioned in the above article, apparently laid off 8 employees in late November, according to the TechCrunch Layoff Tracker citing TheMarker. The Marker appears to be written in Hebrew, which I can't read it, so I'm not sure whether the cuts were in Israel or in its US headquarters in Philly.

Locavestors (NY Times Magazine)

Ideablob Interviews from SoCap08 (Social Capital Markets 2008)

Getting technical (Delco Times)
Article dup is paper's doing, not mine.




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SunGard Higher Education cut about 200 positions last week, according to edu1world.org . I haven't heard anything specific about cuts at SunGard Financial. though I certainly would expect that some would occur if it hasn't happened already.




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People News


Kayentis Appoints New VP of Operations (Applied Clinical Trials)

Canoe Brings Three Execs On Board
Cable Ad Venture Hires Staff For Product Development, Client Relations (Multichannel News)

NASDAQ OMX Appoints William H. Morgan as Senior Vice President of Human Resources
(GlobeNewswire via MarketWatch)

SpringSource In My Step ((Open
Thoughts on Software, Business, Life)
Former Ringside Networks exec Shaun Connolly joins SpringSource.

3FX Adds 3 Animators & Project Manager (3fx website)

Fiberlink CEO James Sheward Joins as Advisor to Nair & Co. Board
Multi-Award Winning Entrepreneur is CEO and Co-Founder of Fiberlink (PRWeb)

W.net Awards Heartland Payment Systems’ Chairman/CEO Bob Carr with Its Highest Honor (Business Wire)


Anne Robson Joins Kelleher Associates, LLC as Senior Partner (MMD Newswire)

Epifani appointed business manager of South Jersey Technology Park (Cherry Hill Courier-Post)

Deputy business editor to depart Philadelphia Inquirer (Cision)




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WorldGate Announces Strategic Investment Agreement (Business Wire)
WorldGate and ACN Announce that ACN, Inc. Will Purchase in Excess of $50M in Video Phones (Business Wire)





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Siemens Agrees to Pay Fine to Settle Bribery Charges (Bloomberg)

Capital Still Available For New Ventures (The Bulletin)

FiOS to Raise Its Voice
Verizon Plans to Widely Roll Out Internet-Based Phone Service in Early 2009 (Multichannel News)

Fund-tracker InvestorForce wins clients as stocks, hedge funds fall (Philly.com: Philly Deals)

iPhone Delayed in Walmart Until After Christmas (Wireless Week)

Planview Offers its Market-Leading Portfolio Management Solution in SaaS Delivery Model (Business Wire)
SunGard Availability Services to provide hosting.

PJM Launches Redesigned Web Site (PR Newswire)

SAP and its customer relationships (SearchSAP.com: SAP Watch)

SAP: Jefferies Downgrades On Eroding IT Budgets (Barron's: Tech Trader Daily)

Infor Cuts 5 Percent of Its Workforce (PC World)

CenTrak's InTouchCare™ Recognized As "Best Of Breed" In Journal Of Healthcare Information Management (RFID Solutions Online)
CenTrak is based in Newtown.



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