Dear A.I.G., I Quit! (New York Times: Op-Ed)


Comcast Continues Image Makeover With New Blog (Broadband Reports)

Comcast's Twitter Team Coaching Salesforce.com
The add-on for Salesforce CRM lets companies track and aggregate customer complaints on Twitter.

(information Week)

Report: AT&T, Comcast Confirm Trial Participation in RIAA's 'Three Strikes' Plan (Wired Blogs: Epicenter)

Cox Severs Ties to TVWorks (Light
Reading: Cable Digital News)
TVWorks now wholly owned subsidiary of Comcast.

Why Are Healthcare Information Manufacturers Free of All Liability When Their Products Can Result in Medical Errors?
(PR Newswire)
Should health IT be immune from suits (ZDNet Healthcare)

Sarnoff Spin-off, Lightscape Materials Inc., Secures Series A funding from leading Electronic Component Companies (Business Wire)

IBM to cut 5,000 jobs in U.S.: sources (Reuters)

Philly Jihaad
They came to shoot a Bollywood thriller. They left owing plenty.
(Philadelphia Daily News)

Local director no 'Dog' (The Quad-West Chester U.)

Cricket to Bring World's Largest Working Cell Phone to Philadelphia (PR Newswire)

Committee approves cell-phone driving ban (Philadelphia Inquirer)

SunGard Opens a Window into the Opaque World of Short Selling
SunGard has launched an online market data service that will help corporate executives anticipate if short sellers are targeting their share price.
(PR Web)

New SunGard Availability Services Program Designed to Accelerate Business Partner Growth
(PR Newswire)

ENTERCOM TO PROPOSE OPTION SWAP
(Radio Ink)



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Why Advertising Is Failing On The Internet (TechCrunch)
Wharton Prof Eric Clemons' piece sets off quite a debate.

Redlasso Back From The Dead... Sort Of (Silicon Alley Insider: The Business Insider)

Wolf Block decides to dissolve
(Philadelphia Business Journal)

Red Hat Rises on Oracle Bid Speculation, Analyst Says (Bloomberg)

Threatened by the Web, Comcast and cable look to ... the Web (St. Paul Pioneer Press)

Users Can Now Buy Comcast DOCSIS 3.0 Modems
A number of retailers (including Fry's) start to offer them...
(Broadband Reports)

Jonathan Takiff: Comcast, Sony hook up to offer cutting-edge tech (Philadelphia Daily News)

Countdown to Philly ETE 2009 (ZDNet Blogs)

Pharma Reps' Worst Fear Is Near: Outsourced to the Internet! (Pharma Marketing Blog)

Osage on its way
Unique new fund promises to help universities profit from their technology transfers
(Philadelphia Business Journal)


Oracle to acquire Relsys (CNET News)
Furthers expansion into Life Sciences/Healthcare IT; Expect more deals.

Safend Announces 50% Revenue Growth for 2008
Endpoint Data Protection Leader Records Substantial Revenue Growth, Expands Solution Offering and Shores Up Industry Partnerships
(Marketwire)
Despite its growth, Safend did lay off at least 8 employees late last year, according to the TechCrunch Layoff Tracker, although its not clear whether any of these were from its Philadelphia office.

Little Brother is Watching (SF.StreetsBlog.org)

GrubHub.com Makes Ordering Delivery Easier for Philadelphians (PR Web)
Food Delivery Service GrubHub Secures $2 Million In Series B Funding (TechCrunch)



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Salesforce Integrates Service Cloud With Twitter (PC World)


Critical meeting for Wolf Block (Philadelphia Inquirer)


Philly Tech Events



Brian Tierney on WSJ Report (CNBC)














A Man’s Existentialism, Construed as Blasphemy
(New York Times)
A Philadelphia story.