Muni WiFi flop a bad omen for FCC's free wireless plan
Philadelphia freedom (ars technica)

Fed grants GMAC ability to seek bailout funds (Associated Press via via Google News)
Hard to tell what will be left of its mortgage operations in Montgomery County.


Aria Systems is singing its own praises
Software company to use round of venture capital to impress customers (Philadelphia Business Journal)

Rewarded For Recycling
What's the reward for recycling? How about groceries? (Forbes)
Interview with co-founder of RecycleBank.

Princeton researchers discover new type of laser (News at Princeton)

MBA Student Venture Capital Fund Seeking Startups For Investment Consideration
(Penn State Smeal College of Business)




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Pressure grows on IDS Scheer owner (Reuters)

Harmonic To Buy Scopus For $51 Million
Acquires Video-Encoder Vendor to Diversify Markets and Customer Base (Multichannel News)
Scopus has its North American headquarters in Princeton.

Brian Tierney Gets Into The Holiday Spirit Drinking From A Half-Full Mug (Reality Bites Back)


A bug in Classrooms for the Future (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Skura completes divestment deal with IMS (PharmaLive)

Synygy Selected by Akcelerant Software for Data Hosting and Business Continuity Services (Business Wire)

Infonetics Research: Cisco on Motorola's heels in IP set-top-box market; 3Q IPTV/SDV equipment up 6% (Marketwire)

Agilent workers in Del. prepare for pay cuts (Wilmington New Journal)

Bentley Publishes Digital and Print Versions of ‘The Year in Infrastructure 2008’ (Business Wire)



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Unisys Announces Actions to Reduce Cost Base by More Than $225 Million Annually (Business Wire)

Real Estate Wrap: Unisys exploring way to escape move to Center City (Philadelphia Business Journal)

The top SAP stories of 2008 (SearchSAP.com)

Maverick raises $1.5M in first VC raising (Philly.com: Philly Deals)

Newspapers to sell buildings, but who's buying? (Associated Press via Google News)

Zycus Posts 122 Percent Growth in First Half (Business Wire via Philly.com)




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GeoData Explorations: Open Street Map's Growth (O'Reilly Radar)
There is growing interest in Open Street Map locally, and a Philly Meetup group seems to be gaining some traction. Next meetup on January 13.




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CIO Values: Donald H. Hopkins, SunGard Availability Services (Information Week)

Philadelphia's newspapers: A public trust (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Orbius: Social Computing for Business
(Intranet Journal)
Orbius is based in Newtown Square.




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People News


Cadient Group Expands Award-Winning Capabilities with Key New Hires (PR Newswire)

Comcast's Krone Joins Reid's Staff
(TV Week)


CMC Hires John Roy as VP Cable Ops and Engineering
(Cable360)

Verizon Telecom's Marketing Chief To Retire
Former 'Wonder Woman' Played Key Role in Launch of FiOS TV (Multichannel News)

Verizon Names Marketing Head for Landline Unit (Wall Street Journal)

IKON Names Mark Davey Vice President of IKON Legal Enterprise Solutions (Business Wire)

New President/CEO at SMART Business Advisory and Consulting
Industry Veteran Steve Samek to Lead SMART in It’s Continuing Growth (Business Wire)

Checkpoint Systems, Inc. Announces the Appointment of Robert N. Wildrick to Its Board of Directors (Business Wire)



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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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